Pain on outer side of knee

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9:05p, 10/3/25

AG

Not sure what I did, but I have pain in my knee on the outer side of the knee below the kneecap. I started noticing it when going down stairs. Didn't feel it going up stairs. It got worse, and now it is very painful when attempting to do squats - even without weights.

Thoughts on what this could be and what to do about it?

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In reply to WestTexasAg • 10:53p, 10/3/25

Cursory guess would be to strength your glute medius and minimum and external rotators of the hip, while rolling out your IT band.

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11:44a, 10/4/25

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I just went to a sports med conference in Maine last weekend. Agree with bigtruck. Most likely tight IT band starting up at the booty pulling your patella laterally and over time that lateral facet of the patella is bumping on the femoral notch causing irritation and pain. A patella cut out knee brace may help initially. Ice, NSAID, rest and getting that IT band and glut to pull less with stretching, theragun, rolling should help.

The other off the wall possibility is a Baker's cyst but in my experience that is usually a rear knee pain.

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12:10p, 10/4/25

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Thanks guys

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4:01p, 10/5/25

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Had a stress fracture last year in that area but of course it was deep so as long as that's not the case, may eliminate something

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1:07p, 10/6/25

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Happens to me periodically as I have gotten older. Usually comes and goes pretty quickly. I have noticed using lifting wraps or braces, the big heavy neoprene ones, seems to help. I never thought it would work, but after not using them for squats and cleans for years, I have found they really do seem to help.