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Common causes of pain above your knee include quadricep or hamstring tendonitis, arthritis, and knee bursitis.
Muscle weakness and tightness is a common cause of top of knee pain from runner’s knee, particularly if you have flat feet, or wide hips. You can find out all about how patellofemoral pain syndrome causes pain above the knee and the best ways to treat it in the Runners Knee Section.
Pain above your knee can be caused by: Quadricep or hamstring tendinitis: Tendinitis happens when the tendons that attach muscles to your bones (quadriceps and hamstrings) become...
Knee tightness or stiffness in one or both knees is a common issue. Tightness in your knee can be caused by injuries, mechanical problems, or physical stressors on your knees like extra...
This article outlines some common causes of tightness in the knee and their associated symptoms. It also provides some treatment options for alleviating tightness in the knee.
Also known as quadriceps tendinopathy, it is typically an over-use injury caused by too much sport, training errors, muscle imbalance and weightlifting, but can also affect non-athletes. The main symptoms are pain and tenderness at the top of the kneecap that gets worth with exercise, and weakness.
The quadriceps tendon is located just above the kneecap (patella) and connects the quadriceps muscles in the front of the thigh to the top of the kneecap. The patellar tendon is located just below the kneecap. It connects the kneecap to the shinbone (tibia).