Sharp knee pain ON knee cap-- help please

Sounds serious, maybe you should go to the doctor?

Does the tendon above or below it ellicit pain if you press into it? Can you move your patella side to side and tilt it without reproducing pain? Is there noticeable swelling?

Does it feel like it gets more or less tight after ice? Does it trigger when loading your stride (leg flexed backwards). If so, it could be a possible ligament strain, cause by doing too much too soon. I am dealing with this now. My sypmtoms are that it is more painful the harder I run. It normally loosens up a good bit after activity. I heat before, foamrolling the IT band really helps. The recovery process for this injury is long unfortunately. I believe Centro dealt with something similar to this last year.

Sounds like Runner's Knee which is what I have, although one thing I've learned about knee injuries is that there are many different causes, most of them having nothing to do with the knee itself. Running injuries SUCK and you might feel better getting a PT to check it out, just to get a plan to re-hab.

I had this a couple of days ago, it's from overuse and one of your tendons is too tight, rotate the foot of the aching knee counter clockwise for a couple of minutes, works like magic!!!

No pain in the tendon above or below. I can move the patella from side to side easily and tilt it up and down without out pain.

The knee in general feels tighter after icing,and yeah I'd say the pain is the worst while running when my leg is flexed backwards. Also at what degree should I rotate the foot? And there is no pain in any of the tendons and I have full range of movement and no pain with the patella cap. Finally there is no swelling.

Does it hurt when your just running or all the time like when your walking around and sitting like a movie theater?

I am experiencing the same thing and have all the exact same symptoms. Interested in what other people think this might be also.

Going through something similar right now minus being able to move something back and forth. Pain on the very left top of kneecap...about the size of a quarter. At first, I thought I'd bruised my kneecap, but it just kept hurting (that was a month and a half ago). Tried all the normal remedies - ice, rest, ibuprofen, etc. Bought a knee band and that has seemed to help when I run, but the pain is still there.

No it doesn't really hurt when i'm just walking around, but it does hurt to bend the knee around 5-10 minutes after a run, but just normal walking and sitting- no.

I'd say stop trying to run through it and take a few days- weeks off untill the pain is gone all the way.

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Yes, this has happened to me. Awful right? just stretch out that area really long, ice at times will work but never worked for me. just take 1-3 days off and you'll be back. This usually occurs due to maybe not have trained in a while then getting right back to it like what i did. Just take mine and others around you and on the blog

Since first noticing the injury back in December I've probably ran only 10 times with the longest run only 7 miles. Right now I'm at almost 2-weeks no running and I can still feel it, so 1-3 days off isn't cutting it. In fact after I first felt it come on I took a solid week off and it started right back up.

Really can't believe it's lasted this long as it seems like the most inane injury I've ever had. Absolutely nothing seems to work. I've tried every remedy. I guess it's off to the doctor and he'll prescribe more time off (which I already knew).

Hi annoyed runner,

I am a cyclist and have the exact same problem after i bumped my knee. Been out for 6 weeks now and the injury keeps coming back no matter how long I rest. Did you eventually find a solution?

Hi Oiuo,

I was reading your post about your knee pain onto of your knee. I have had it for seven years now and have tried everything. Were you able to resolve yours? If so how?

Hope all is well.

John

Could be an IT band problem. Tight IT band can pull on the kneecap.

could be a slight fracture.

get it xrayed right away