Knee pain from walking meditation

[Digity]

I've developed pain in my right knee from doing walking meditation. The strain on the knee seems to have developed from the constant turning of the body when I get to the end my walking path. I've tried turning in the other direction hoping that will lessen the strain on my right leg. Although, I run the risk of making them both sore. Anyone else had this experience? Any advice? Maybe I should take a break of walking meditation and do metta instead.

[barcsimalsi]

It looks like a serious problem you got.
How long did the pain last?
Did the pain occur in other occasion during casual walking or jogging?

[mikenz66]

I sometimes have problems, not from turning, but from walking slowly. When walking slowly one doesn't have the usual momentum that propels the foot upwards, and it's easy to get into some unnatural motions that put pressure on the knees. It may help to take shorter steps when walking (or turning).


Mike

[Polar Bear]

The knee is a hinge, it is only built to move in two directions, back and forth, so when one is twisting the knee slightly to turn around one can cause it damage. In order to not do this, you have to learn to turn differently. I don't know a whole lot about anatomy or physiology but if you google it I'm sure you can learn to turn differently than the way you are now which seems to be causing pain.

[manas]

Hi.Digity
i.find.that.the.orderly,measured.way.in.which
Ven.Yuttadhammo.demonstrates.the.turns
helped.me.greatly.when.i.adopted.it
so.i.recommend.this.video

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metta

[EmptyShadow]

How long is your walking path? I have experienced the same pain in the past while doing walking meditation at home where the walking path was too short and the turning around was way too often than it should be.

[marc108]

I've developed pain in my right knee from doing walking meditation. The strain on the knee seems to have developed from the constant turning of the body when I get to the end my walking path. I've tried turning in the other direction hoping that will lessen the strain on my right leg. Although, I run the risk of making them both sore. Anyone else had this experience? Any advice? Maybe I should take a break of walking meditation and do metta instead.

probably this is a result of you turning your hips with your foot planted and rotating/torquing at the knee. simply dont rotate at your knee at all. use small, incremental upward steps to rotate yourself. think of marching in place while turning.

[reflection]

Are you sure it is developed by walking meditation and not a past injury that is brought to light? Or perhaps it is caused by your sitting posture? I may still be young and fit, but it seems very unlikely to me walking meditation causes injuries like this.

[Digity]

Hi.Digity
i.find.that.the.orderly,measured.way.in.which
Ven.Yuttadhammo.demonstrates.the.turns
helped.me.greatly.when.i.adopted.it
so.i.recommend.this.video

...

metta

You're right! I followed that method today and things were better. Do you do the noting too? I did it today and I felt it helped. I've been dealing with a very scattered mind of late and the noting of each step and turn helped me be more concentrated. Anyway, thanks for the video and thanks to everyone for the replies.