For a time I practiced Capoeira, which if you are not familiar, is a kind of musical acrobatic dance fight. I liked it for many reasons, the Portuguese, the music, the atmosphere, and the fun nature of actually playing Capoeira, which is reappy more like a game than a real martial art.
But my knees always hurt terribly. Capoeira involves lots of lunges and movements from a lunge position, and frequently I would feel sjarp shooting pains in my knee for days after just trying to stand up.
All the people there, from the owner to the trainers all just said "that will go away with time, you just need to train more". Well after more than a year it did bot go away, abd after asking many times no one was able to provide any actionable advice, and so I stopped for my knees sake, even though I really enjoyed it besides that.
I recently ran into an acquaintance from Capoeira and mentioned this, and he had the attitude that the knee pain was really unavoidable, and something you just have to accept as part of it.
For those of you who practice sports or martial arts regularly, does this sound sensible? Just deal with consistent pain and shrug it off? This seems like you are setting yourself up for big problems later, and if you cant practice something without serious joint pain you are better off leaving it be.
To be clear I am not talking about sore muscles I am talking about shooting pains in my knee unlike anything I have ever felt before that would prevent me from walking normally.
But my knees always hurt terribly. Capoeira involves lots of lunges and movements from a lunge position, and frequently I would feel sjarp shooting pains in my knee for days after just trying to stand up.
All the people there, from the owner to the trainers all just said "that will go away with time, you just need to train more". Well after more than a year it did bot go away, abd after asking many times no one was able to provide any actionable advice, and so I stopped for my knees sake, even though I really enjoyed it besides that.
I recently ran into an acquaintance from Capoeira and mentioned this, and he had the attitude that the knee pain was really unavoidable, and something you just have to accept as part of it.
For those of you who practice sports or martial arts regularly, does this sound sensible? Just deal with consistent pain and shrug it off? This seems like you are setting yourself up for big problems later, and if you cant practice something without serious joint pain you are better off leaving it be.
To be clear I am not talking about sore muscles I am talking about shooting pains in my knee unlike anything I have ever felt before that would prevent me from walking normally.