Two Very Helpful Knee Pain Topics

Everyone's knee seems to hurt on this part of the forum

Why does it hurt? What is the injury, easy quiz.

If it is Runner's Knee, click here.

Good luck if you do have one of these!

I was hoping one of the questions was going to be:
Are you stupid enough to play football on a frozen pond? If the answer is yes you could be a retard, see [d] below.

Looks like I have patellar tendonitis.

thanks... that helped me out.

Good links. Hopefully I'll never have to use them though.

thanks for the links!
the first one kind of matches most of mine, like the symtoms match but the area it describes doesn't. It's more like below the knee cap, and a little to the right of the patellar tendon...
"Q: Do you feel stiffness over the front or inner side of your kneecap, especially after sitting or kneeling? Does it hurt more walking down steps? Does the pain go away a few minutes into your run?"

T B K wrote:Looks like I have patellar tendonitis.

I had that last spring. I ran through it, you just have to take it easy and not race until it heals.

FinishingKick wrote:

T B K wrote:Looks like I have patellar tendonitis.

I had that last spring. I ran through it, you just have to take it easy and not race until it heals.

I used to do hills alot dring the week because I have a nearby bridge that I would usually run over if I wanted to do a run more than 3 miles. I'm pretty sure that may be the culprit.