New right knee pain when squatting

[rao00010]

Hey folks,

I've developed a new stupid pain in my right knee when squatting. It's on the way down and is a sharp pain on the side of the knee (not the front or back). It's starts during my warm ups and then gets better.

I noticed that my stance was placing most of my weight on the outer edges of my feet (I wasn't really "planting" them flat) and I've tried to concentrate on this but the knee pain persists.

I used a wider stance (apologies to Larry Craig) when I squatted the other day and it seemed better.

Any idea of what I might have done or should do to improve it?

Thanks.

Sunil

[SteveL]

If it's the outside of the knee it could be your IT band is irritated. You could try rolling on a foam roller along the entire IT band area and see if that helps loosen things up.

Did it come on like an sudden injury or more slowly?

[rao00010]

It came on all of a sudden during one of my warm up sets about two weeks ago. I came up out of the hole, and noticed a "twinge" in my knee. Now I'm having some pain when I try to climb stairs (nothing when going down the stairs). IT band is a good thought. I'm also wondering if I was inadvertently twisting my knee when my feet weren't planted flat and I've injured a meniscus or something.

Sunil

[SteveL]

It came on all of a sudden during one of my warm up sets about two weeks ago. I came up out of the hole, and noticed a "twinge" in my knee. Now I'm having some pain when I try to climb stairs (nothing when going down the stairs). IT band is a good thought. I'm also wondering if I was inadvertently twisting my knee when my feet weren't planted flat and I've injured a meniscus or something.

Sunil

Since it was sudden it does make me wonder if you did injury it vs overuse. Rolling can't hurt it any but don't roll on the knee just the band part not the bony part.

[umairsemail]

I'll make an educated guess and say it's patellofemoral pain syndrome--which can develop spontaneously or gradually. Read this and let me know if it sounds right:
Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome-OrthoInfo - AAOS

[chrisd]

Is the pain under the kneecap or down the outside edge of the joint ?

[Karl Schudt]

Are your knees in line with your toes?

[rao00010]

Thanks for the link to patellofemoral syndrome. It was helpful. Some of the symptoms are similar but the pain is on the outside and inside of my knee, not in the front.

I think my knees weren't in line with my toes and I pulled or stretched the ligaments on the outside of my knee joint. I must have gotten lazy on one of my warm up sets and didn't pay close enough attention to form.

It's tough to bounce back from these minor transgressions when you're a geezer.

Sunil

[umairsemail]

Thanks for the link to patellofemoral syndrome. It was helpful. Some of the symptoms are similar but the pain is on the outside and inside of my knee, not in the front.

I think my knees weren't in line with my toes and I pulled or stretched the ligaments on the outside of my knee joint. I must have gotten lazy on one of my warm up sets and didn't pay close enough attention to form.

It's tough to bounce back from these minor transgressions when you're a geezer.

Sunil

I had pain on the outside and inside of my knee and was diagnosed with PFPS.

[mrflibble]

I had pain on the outside and inside of my knee and was diagnosed with PFPS.

So in other words, you had knee pain and you were diagnosed with knee pain.