Stiffness
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Background:
Around 12 years ago I ruptured my patella tendon and suffered some nerve damage as a result of the surgery in my quad.
Fast forward to now and everything is going well even though I still don't have all of the muscle back. My issue is stiffness/pain on the outside of the knee when I try and stretch my quad by pulling my foot to my butt or sitting on both legs (which I can't really do).
It doesn't bother me unless I stretch it but it really impacts my flexibility when weightlifting and playing sports. I'm not sure if this is an tightness issue that needs to be stretched more which causes discomfort/pain or maybe arthritis. Any information/links to stretches or therapy would be greatly appreciated!!!
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CHICO_MARX Jwhoover
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Just sayin'... My wife always complains that she has a problem with her knees. Multiple visits to the ortho, multiple imaging show no problems. The last time we went, he considered another possibility. He pressed his thumb right above her kneecap. After we peeled her off the ceiling, he told her that the problem was her quadricep tendon where it attached to the bottom part of the femur. This was not a knee issue but a tendon problem. So now we use some Voltaren Gel (RX in the US) for the inflammation and she has to stretch that tendon very, very carefully while rebuilding her quad...both sides. Just putting this out there as a possibility...