knee injury?

[Aodhan]

i totally agree with you on how much building hamstring/quad strength can help. i know two people who've had major knee surgery recently, and they both reported that their knees felt a thousand times better once they started strengthening their thigh muscles.

Yeah, it's due to the anatomy around the knee. The quads (Front of the leg) and the hamstrings (Back) either straighten or bend the knee respectively. The tendons for these muscles cross the knee joint and insert on the bones of the lower leg. (One of these tendons encapsulates the kneecap as well.) The stronger the muscle/tendon complex, the more stabilization.

If the pain is a "surface" type pain, then it is probably muscular or tendon in origin. If it is interior, it could be one of the 4 ligaments in the interior of the knee, or possibly the meniscus (Cartilage pad between the femur and tibia/fibula.)

Do the RICE regimen someone else recommended, wrap/brace the knee, and if it keeps hurting, go see a sports doc/orthopod.

Aodhan