Knee Pain? What does it mean?
Concerned by a non-descript knee pain?
Knee pain can be worrying. Particularly as it often appears for no apparent reason and it is often difficult to find an obvious cause. For those who run it can be really confusing as one knee can hurt, whilst the other does not. Normal activity is affected, gym routines are compromised and climbing or descending stairs and getting out of chairs all become difficult and maybe painful on the knee. The vast majority of knee pain can be traced to a number of factors:
direct trauma (the bad tackle or skiing accident);
degenerative anatomical changes (osteoarthritis – the gradual achy stiff knee); or
functional issues, where undue stress is placed on the knee due to one or more aspects of the lower limb not working properly.
Whilst injury to the knee occurs often during sporting activities it should be noted that a high percentage of these occur without contact. For example 72% of Anterior Cruciate Ligament ruptures are reported to involve no contact.Experiencing knee pain when running, squatting or jumping, could suggest that an intrinsic degree of instability in high load situations is the likely cause, particularly if there is no history of trauma or obvious degenerative changes.
Knee pain can be worrying. Particularly as it often appears for no apparent reason and it is often difficult to find an obvious cause. For those who run it can be really confusing as one knee can hurt, whilst the other does not. Normal activity is affected, gym routines are compromised and climbing or descending stairs and getting out of chairs all become difficult and maybe painful on the knee. The vast majority of knee pain can be traced to a number of factors:
direct trauma (the bad tackle or skiing accident);
degenerative anatomical changes (osteoarthritis – the gradual achy stiff knee); or
functional issues, where undue stress is placed on the knee due to one or more aspects of the lower limb not working properly.
Whilst injury to the knee occurs often during sporting activities it should be noted that a high percentage of these occur without contact. For example 72% of Anterior Cruciate Ligament ruptures are reported to involve no contact.Experiencing knee pain when running, squatting or jumping, could suggest that an intrinsic degree of instability in high load situations is the likely cause, particularly if there is no history of trauma or obvious degenerative changes.
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