FT Questions....

[Scott Stevenson]

Many thanks Scott! i found out that at most thigh movemenets my knee bothers me when the transition from negative to positive happens..so i found two ways to eliminate the knee pain..reverce banding or knee wraping..( only at my heaviest sets..)
so another guestion might be whats your experiences-views on this subject?( knee wraping to eliminate pain through such situations?

(Please note my first comment above... LOL)

Wrapping can be a necessary evil, but if you've got perpetual knee pain that you're bandaiding with wrapping, well, then, you're band-aiding the knee pain and possibly perpetuating it such that you can end up with a more serious overuse injury down the road.

So as far as wrapping, I generally see a few reasons:

1.) For performance - you're stronger using them. This is more for powerlifters.

2.) They help with stability and allow for greater loading.

*As far as the above two, some feel that wrapping reduces muscular loading, whereas others feel they can load the target muscle better when wrapping. This is a matter of lifting style, purpose (PL'ing vs. BB'ing) and "ego" too (as some just want to lift as heavy as possible / it's just more fun to lift the most absurd loads, but it's not necessarily the best call for BB'ing.)

3.) The do the above and thus also help prevent knee pain, but there is no issue generally as long as you wrap.

4.) You need do to so b/c of pain - you'd not be able to train with these movements / in this way (as heavy as one goes, etc.) without wrapping, at least not for many workouts. This is really where the issue comes.

-S