The Pain of Runner's Knee (symptoms)
If you’re an athlete who takes part in any sport that forces you to regularly bend your knees, you are at risk for runner's knee. Sports that are usually considered low impact, like bicycling, as well as high impact sports, like basketball, all carry some level of risk to develop the symptoms of Runner's knee. Some of the symptoms associated with runners knee are:
- Pain when the knee is bent
- The pain is usually near the top of the knee
- Swelling in the knee
- A popping noise
- Going down stairs makes the pain worse
- Pain behind the kneecap (patella)
- A grinding noise from the knee
Petellofemoral Pain Syndrome AKA Runner's Knee
The medical term for runner's knee is patellofemoral pain syndrome due to the pain being behind the patella and close to the femur. Really this syndrome is used to group together a number of disorders with similar symptoms. The disorders that can cause runner's knee included:
