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Sun, 04/12/2009 - 3:35am — Guest

I occasionally get a sharp pain below and to the right of my knee cap on my left leg from squatting. The weight im squatting seems to have no bearing on weather the pain occurs or not for example yesterday I was warming up by doing bodyweight atg squats and it happened again the pain lasts for a few days, its quite sharp. Massaging seems to help quicken the recovery. What do you guys think is causing this problem? Incorrect knee cap tracking? Weak vmo? What can I do to fix this this problem

Thanks in advance

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Sun, 04/12/2009 - 2:00pm — Nick Hinde

Diagram

Does this diagram help you pinpoint where the problem is?
Hamstring tendon????

http://healthlibrary.epnet.com/PamphletPrint.aspx?token=de6453e6-8aa2-4e...

(I'm not suggesting ITB friction syndrome, just showing the picture)

Nick

Mon, 04/13/2009 - 5:54am — BbB (not verified)

my knee

no no its on the front of the knee. between where the bones of the knee meet probably near the lateral patellar retinaculum or the lower part of the illiotibal band or the upper patellar tendon in that pic, the pain is in a small area just to the right of the knee cap

ignore this bit if i explained myself clearly enough
heres a pic that may help me explain it a bit better

(.| )

imagine the (.| ) in the pic is my knee, the pain is where the . is below and slightly to the right of the knee cap as i look at my leg between the two bones. its a small area of maybe 2cm squared

thanks for the reply
any help is much appreciated

Tue, 04/14/2009 - 9:09pm — BbB (not verified)

anyone? help is much

anyone? help is much appreciated

Tue, 04/14/2009 - 9:34pm — Todd Wilson
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Have you done any Peterson

Have you done any Peterson Step ups?

Wed, 04/15/2009 - 1:09am — BbB (not verified)

thanks for the reply yes i

thanks for the reply
yes i very recently starting doing them, afaik there an exercise designed to help strengthen the vmo? i just wasnt sure if that was the cause of my problem

Wed, 04/15/2009 - 5:01am — Nick Hinde

Petersons and Physio

Do the Petersons.

This thread might help:

http://drsquat.com/content/todd-videos-my-attempts-petersons

Do you have a competent physiotherapist you can visit? Find out the cause, get some treatment and rehab????

But do the Petersons anyway - and keep your form good.

Nick

Sat, 01/09/2010 - 1:24am — jermy

it happened again the pain

it happened again the pain lasts for a few days, its quite sharp. Massaging seems to help quicken the recovery. What do you guys think is causing this problem? Incorrect knee cap tracking?

Sat, 01/09/2010 - 11:44am — Todd Wilson
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Massage them before working

Massage them before working out. The VMO may not be firing properly whether it's strong enough or not.

Also, how much unilateral work do you perform?

Wed, 02/10/2010 - 11:39pm — jermy

the pain is where the . is

the pain is where the . is below and slightly to the right of the knee cap as i look at my leg between the two bones. its a small area of maybe 2cm squared.