Knee/Quadricep Pain for 1.5 Years!!

[DieselShaq]

The story brings you back to October 2007 in Kota Kinabalu of Malaysia...

It was a school trip and we were climbing up Mount Kinabalu, which is, apparently, the tallest mountain in southeast Asia. We started in the morning of day one and rested at a place called Laban Rata which is like, 75% up the mountain? So basically my knee was still fine at that point. The purpose of climbing up Mount Kinabalu was to witness the sunrise, so we stayed overnight at Laban Rata and woke up at 0200 the next day for the final ascent. As I started on the ascent, I started feeling a really sharp pain in the back of my right knee, somewhere between the knee and the thigh. I took really frequent breaks 'cause the pain was quite unbearable but it wouldn't really go away. It somehow disappeared, though, after I reached the summit and didn't bother me on my descent.

However, after that hike, I would feel pain in the same spot whenever I did sports for even 15 minutes. Like, I can't run continuously or play basketball for even 15 minutes straight without feeling pain in my knee and eventually stop. But the thing is, it hurts even more when I stop and rest, though it gradually gets better. At times, it's so bad that I can't even walk continuously for 15 minutes.

I've been to a doctor and he said that some tendons in there might be screwed up and I should do some light sports to hope ease it. He also recommended me to this physiotherapist whom I haven't been to yet due to schoolwork and other events. I'm kinda afraid that I tore my MCL or something like Andrew Bynum...

Does anybody here have any ideas what might be wrong and what I can do to help it?

[Soy]

I play alot of basketball. Muscle injuries don't last long so I'm guessing this may be arthritus / lack of cartlidge in your knee. Yes it can be VERY painfull

Get an x-ray on it, as you could cause long term bone damage to your pattella

Notice i didn't read all of it, just skipped through

[DieselShaq]

But this is at the back of my knee, so it's got nothing to do with the patella. And I didn't get it from playing basketball, I got it from hiking up a mountain...

[kuzkasate]

I had this/still do. It is very common in boys to have it. Its called Osgood Schlatter.

Definition:
Osgood-Schlatter (say: "oz-good shlot-ter") disease is one of the most common causes of knee pain in young athletes. It causes swelling, pain and tenderness just below the knee, over the shin bone (also called the tibia). It occurs mostly in boys who are having a growth spurt during their pre-teen or teenage years. One or both knees may be affected.

I do boxing so that probably explains where my pain came from.

BTW HI! long time no speak this is Cutbrakes btw

[DieselShaq]

I had this/still do. It is very common in boys to have it. Its called Osgood Schlatter.

Definition:
Osgood-Schlatter (say: "oz-good shlot-ter") disease is one of the most common causes of knee pain in young athletes. It causes swelling, pain and tenderness just below the knee, over the shin bone (also called the tibia). It occurs mostly in boys who are having a growth spurt during their pre-teen or teenage years. One or both knees may be affected.

I do boxing so that probably explains where my pain came from.

BTW HI! long time no speak this is Cutbrakes btw
Nope, not quite it either. The pain is at just above the back of my knee. Thanks for the help, though.