Knee Injuries & Pains from bowling

Knee Injury & Pains 

There are four main reasons for injuries or pains in your knees when you bowl.  The first is bad mechanics.  In other words, if you don’t use the proper approach, you could easily over-stress your knee.  That could lead to popping your kneecap out or tearing one of the ligaments in your knee. 

The second reason is accidental injury.  If you’re in the middle of your bowling approach and you hear a loud sound that makes you jump, for instance, it could cause an injury.  You might also get distracted, mid-approach, by anything from a sneeze to a cough.  A small variation in your approach from such a thing can cause you to twist your knee ever so slightly out of position, which could injure it.  Also, the approach area is either slippery or sticky, for instance, it could cause you to trip, fall or just simply twist your leg out of position.  Any of those things could lead to injury.

The third is time based repetitive motion.  In other words, if you repeat the same actions over a period of time, it can cause strain on your knees.  Along those same lines, as you get older, you might develop arthritis in your joints.  That can also cause you knee pain when bowling.

Finally, there’s weight to consider.  If you’re over weight, it puts unnecessary strain on your entire body, particularly your knees.  Just walking can be quite a workout, in those cases.  If you try to bowl, though, your knees may just give out on you.

Types of Injuries:

There are several ligaments that you could injure in your knee.  They’re called the medial collateral, anterior cruciate and posterior cruciate.  The anteriors are the most commonly injured while bowling, since they are generally hurt by unexpected stopping or fast change of direction.  It’s not uncommon to have a posterior cruciate injury, though.  You could also injure your medial collateral ligament, but that’s usually caused by an impact from the outside, such as accidentally hitting your knee with your bowling ball. 

Another possibility is that you could develop a torn meniscus.  The meniscus is the cartilage in your knee.  If you tear your meniscus, it can be very painful. Of course, in rare cases, it’s even possible to break a bone in your leg or fracture your knee while bowling. Again, though, most commonly that would happen if you accidentally fel, and it’s not an injury that you would generally get from the act of bowling itself.

Pain Levels:

Of course, depending on how you injure your knees, the type of pain you have can be different.  You could have a dull ache all the time, for instance.  On the other hand, you might just have a sharp pain when you perform a specific movement.  Sometimes, simply staying off your knee for a while can relieve the pain.  Wearing an ace bandage or brace is another treatment option.  Icing it or elevating it can also help.  In severe cases, though, you need to seek advice from your doctor.   That’s especially true since some knee injuries can make it impossible to walk, or the knee can swell up like a balloon.

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