05/24/2011 01:48 PM
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kels
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I've also had this problem and I bet you have a desk job. If so you likely have tightness or swelling in your IT band (I think it stands for illiotibia) or hamstrings. Try stretching these areas three times a day for three weeks. Also try and find a foam roller to massage them about once a week... the darker foam rollers are more expensive, but also better because they are more dense and will give you a deeper massage.
After a couple of weeks stretching you should see improvement. Since you signed up and posted on a knee forum, I bet you have also experienced some general knee soreness. If this is the case and the stretching doesn't work you could have bone spurs that limit the knee range of motion or authritis that produces swelling and irritation in the knee. You might consider getting it checked out or avoiding that degree of stretch in the future. (I know it's a very common pose (called Child's Pose) in yoga, but most instructors will give you an alternate pose if you speak with them before the class.)
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Former collegiate athelete
Microfracture RK, May 2008
ACL reconstruction RK, Nov 2001
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