Hi everyone – I have what I think is called ‘anterior knee pain’, the front-and-lower area of my knee (the patellar-ligament?) hurts when I squat, kneel, run, or sit down for extended periods. basically, it hurts when i bend my knee.
However, the pain wasn’t
caused by running or overuse - 2 weeks ago I jumped off a fence from a height of 12-15ft and landed on my feet on a hard surface. the pain stems from after this date.
I know this is very speculative, but is it possible that the extreme impact of the landing could have caused:
an imbalance of the muscle forces around the knee cap, causing it to pull laterally and produce abnormal stresses on the undersurface of the knee cap.
?
The pain is not excruciating, but id like to get it seen to asap. I have stopped running for the moment and I go swimming, hasn’t made it better but hasn’t made it worse, I suppose.
Could anyone recommend a good physiotherapist in North London? or do i even need one??
Ben
