Lateral knee pain when squatting

[TideGear]

Well, the outside of my knee hurts when doing squats. I saw an ortho and he said that the x ray showed patellar tracking but no arthritis. Overall my knees looked good he said. He prescribed PT. For 6 weeks they had me doing exercises to strengthen my hips and glutes. That's pretty much all they had me do. It did not help.

That was quite a while ago. I just returned to the gym after 6 months off and the pain came right back as soon as I tried to squat more than an empty bar. I've been reading about doing stretches, rolling the IT band, and strengthening the quad muscle on the inside of my leg.

Have any of you had success with this kind of injury and been able to resume squatting?

 

[Logan44551]

Following, my right knee has been killing me for months. X-ray looked fine. I have an online appointment with a specialist in a week or two. It starting to effect performance at work.

 

[TideGear]

Following, my right knee has been killing me for months. X-ray looked fine. I have an online appointment with a specialist in a week or two. It starting to effect performance at work.

Hopefully someone has a solution for us. PT was an absolute joke.

 

[Eman]

I've struggled with knee issues for years... Every time I've had an issue in the last few years, I've fixed it myself by researching on Squat University's site. Aside from a little too much fluff in his videos and articles at times, I can't recommend the guy enough. If I'm not mistaken, he'll do video consults and diagnose squatting issues based on that.

Personally, I've had great experience with a PT but he was very sports specific.. worked with college football teams and such. If you get someone that deals mainly with elderly folks or just not great diagnosing from a sport perspective you'd probably have a shittier time. I'd definitely reach out to Aaron from Squat Uni if I had a long lasting issue I was struggling with.

I'd start here:

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[TideGear]

I've struggled with knee issues for years... Every time I've had an issue in the last few years, I've fixed it myself by researching on Squat University's site. Aside from a little too much fluff in his videos and articles at times, I can't recommend the guy enough. If I'm not mistaken, he'll do video consults and diagnose squatting issues based on that.

Personally, I've had great experience with a PT but he was very sports specific.. worked with college football teams and such. If you get someone that deals mainly with elderly folks or just not great diagnosing from a sport perspective you'd probably have a shittier time. I'd definitely reach out to Aaron from Squat Uni if I had a long lasting issue I was struggling with.

I'd start here:

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Thanks man

 

[Nemesis RR]

Whenever I don't have a balanced leg workout over the long term the result is knee pain. For example if I don't workout my inner thigh/groin for over 6 weeks outer knee pain is coming. If I take it easy on my hamstrings for to long knee pain is also coming.

 

[TideGear]

Whenever I don't have a balanced leg workout over the long term the result is knee pain. For example if I don't workout my inner thigh/groin for over 6 weeks outer knee pain is coming. If I take it easy on my hamstrings for to long knee pain is also coming.

Is there a good way to evaluate how balanced you are by looking?

 

[Demondosage]

Easy solution, STOP DOING SQUATS! You dont need to do them, you can get huge legs with presses

 

[TideGear]

It's also tender to touch along the lower outside. I can't find any reference to what that might mean

 

[Nemesis RR]

Is there a good way to evaluate how balanced you are by looking?

My suggestion is to find a good strength coach to evaluate everything. It's not something you can always see. You will never see a tight quad but that will cause pulling on the knee and causing pain.

But as someone else said, you don't need squats unless it is for sport. Have you tried a safety squat bar?

 

[TideGear]

My suggestion is to find a good strength coach to evaluate everything. It's not something you can always see. You will never see a tight quad but that will cause pulling on the knee and causing pain.

But as someone else said, you don't need squats unless it is for sport. Have you tried a safety squat bar?

I haven't