What is Anterior Knee Pain?
Anterior Knee Pain is pain felt around your kneecap. It is usually felt around the front of the knee although at times it can spread to the sides and occasionally to the back of the knee.
Anterior knee pain is usually triggered following a recent growth spurt, a change in sport or an increase in training. This causes an increased loading of your knee joint and pain can occur.
A sudden increase in activity levels may also stress the area and the pain is nature’s way of protecting the kneecap from overuse and damage.
What are the common symptoms?
The most common symptoms of anterior knee pain are:
- Knee pain either during or after taking part in sports, prolonged walking and/or walking up and down stairs
- Generalised pain and sometimes tenderness around your kneecap
- Reduced knee strength
- Tightness with reduced flexibility of your leg muscles.
These symptoms usually appear gradually and can appear in one or both of your knees.
