Ankle and knee pains when riding, help!!!!

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Some of you may remember I did a sponsored ride yesterday. It was 15 miles long and took us just over 4 hours (the first half was very boring as the people who tagged along with us wouldn't go faster than trot!!!).

By 2 hours in my ankles were getting really painful, and by the end they were realllly bad. I rode in Sprenger stirrups for the first time and they helped with my position, but not so much the pain.

I got up this morning and I couldn't walk without holding onto the wall and couldn't go up and down stairs without holding the banister and the wall. My ankles and knees just couldn't take my weight (I'm just over 9 stone). They are still really sore now, 24 hours after finishing the ride.

I'm thinking about going to the GP and asking for a referal for physio, as I've had this in the past for my knees and it's really helped. I also think I've got some tendon/ligament damage in my left ankle that needs sorting out.

Does anyone know of anything I can do to ease the pain? A hot bath did absolutly nothing, the Sprenger stirrups worked to a degree, and I'm off riding in half an hour for my lesson, should I just do flatwork and give jumping a miss?

Any advice appreciated!
 
I have serious problems with my right knee as I don't have enough formed cartillage to support the joint. My GP told me not to ride anymore (this was 4 years ago) and also told me to wear a knee support! Neither of which I do!

Have you tried a deep heat type gel rub stuff.....that might work?

If I were you I'd keep to as little strain on your legs/ankles as possible!

If physio has worked before it might be worth trying it again!
 
My knees and ankles used to click constantly, was really painful! doctor put it down to riding I then tried some cheapy flexi stirrups and the problem stopped all together worth a try, have a feeling you can even trial then on www.shop4bits.com
 
I have a nice grinding knee at the mo......agony,am on my fourth day of taking Corteflex HA for us humans,has really improved....not cheap at £28.99
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, but worth every penny...30 tablets in the bottle,but the improvement...might help!
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My knees and ankles used to click constantly, was really painful! doctor put it down to riding I then tried some cheapy flexi stirrups and the problem stopped all together worth a try, have a feeling you can even trial then on www.shop4bits.com

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Yep use those as well very good!
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If you can, try lengthening your stirrups which will open up the joints more and should make it less painful. It might be that you already ride with quite a long length, in which case this won't help!
 
Slap a load of deep heat on your knees, then put some on a large doubled thick tissue, place tissue on top off cream allready on knee, fit knee support over tissue to keep it all in, do this before going to bed, it will be really hot and burning, cooks the joint nicely, make sure you aint allergic to the cream first.
I used to do this years ago when I did a lot of Martial arts, it helped a lot.
 
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