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Offline vancour

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knee pain when squatting
« on: October 05, 2009, 11:49:13 PM »
Hey, so this has been hurting for maybe 2 weeks now. At first, i could not bend my knee back all the way using my hand without a good amount of pain. Now i can thankfully. However, when i squat down, it is fine until i reach a certain level, where my butt is below my knee. Before it was fine. My left knee has no problem but my right knee.. it hurts, especialy wth my weight (170). I feel as if something moves everytime i squat down that low, as if my muscles are moving or my knee it self kind of shifts. I cannot go to physio or a doctor as my parents do not have insurnace. Yeah fun stuff.

If anyone has any suggestions or previous experience with this, lemm know!

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Re: knee pain when squatting
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2009, 05:27:27 AM »
Kinda sounds like patellar tracking disorder, but that's not a diagnos.

Your best bet if you can't see a doc or chiro (there are free chiro's around, just scarce) is to just let it rest IMO.
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Re: knee pain when squatting
« Reply #2 on: November 06, 2009, 09:24:11 PM »
When you feel something move in the knee, where is it (inside, outside, back, front, deep inside the joint, etc.)?
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Re: knee pain when squatting
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2009, 06:37:45 PM »
When you feel something move in the knee, where is it (inside, outside, back, front, deep inside the joint, etc.)?

Also, poke around your hips/upper legs/lower legs and see what muscles are tight/sore based on google anatomy.
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