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8 Causes for Pain Behind the Knee (And How to Treat It)
Behind-the-knee pain could be due to muscle strain or arthritis—or something far more serious. Orthopedic experts say these ...
Lateral knee pain is common among distance runners ... Popliteal tendinitis is an inflammation of the tendon located behind the knee. It may be caused by overuse, running, jumping, and other ...
Tight calves and shin splints are common issues runners face. But they shouldn’t be the only areas you pay attention to in ...
If the knee is hot, red, swollen or tender this could be because of infection, gout or trauma to the knee. Get advice from ...
People with sartorius muscle pain may have pain in their knee or the front of their hip. Certain exercises can help strengthen the muscle and reduce pain. The sartorius is the longest muscle in a ...
“Pain might only be felt behind your knee or the pain may also spread down ... surrounding the pes anserinus tendons becomes inflamed, causing pain. Meniscus tear – a tear of the medial ...
If you have knee pain while running, your first instinct may be to zero in on the joint itself, but surprise! Strengthening muscles further up the kinetic chain is a better bet, and that’s where glute ...
Enthesopathy is the inflammation of a tendon at its insertion on the bone and it can occur in many areas of the body. One dominant area that this occurs is in the Achilles tendon behind the heel ...
A growing body of anatomic, biomechanical and clinical data has demonstrated the utility of quadriceps tendon autograft in arthroscopic knee ligament reconstruction. The quadriceps tendon autograft ...
While stretching does have benefits for runners with sore knees who have “tight” muscles, the surgeon continued: “In many cases, the core issue [behind knee pain from running] is muscular ...