Anyone had knee/shin pain like this?

[Christy]

I realize the limits of internet diagnosing but I hate to run to my Dr yet so I thought I'd ask here...

After a day about a month ago where I XC skied and snowshoed, and a weekend where I'd been walking a lot on snow and ice with spikes, I suddenly had such acute pain around the knee I couldn't put weight on it. Stretching helped, icing helped, then I could walk on it again. I assumed it was overuse/strain. But it won't resolve, and the pain moves all around the outside of the knee. Sometimes it's at the top of the shin. Sometimes it's above my knee to the outside. Sometimes it's on the inside of the knee (not inside the joint, I mean toward the middle of my body). It hurts when walking or sitting, sometimes; it doesn't hurt when doing Pilates but a harder workout can make it flare up later. Luckily there is no weakness.

I almost wonder if it's runner's knee as sometimes the pain reminds me of that, and I was experiencing symptoms of runner's knee at the end of last hiking season (very apparently on the downhill). But I didn't think runner's knee pain could gravitate all over like this?

Anyone had anything like this? Just trying to get a clue as to what it could be.

 

[vickie]

I've been having mild to moderate pain on the outside of my left knee for months. I went to a sports medicine doctor instead of an orthopedic surgeon. She had me do various bending and squatting movements and diagnosed it as IT Band Syndrome due to an imbalance in my abductors. I am in PT now. The main focus is stretching the muscles underlying the IT band and strengthening abductors and glutes.

I can't say I've had no pain elsewhere on my knee. It was only recently that I could identify and put my finger on exactly where the pain was coming from.

I saw a chart on knee (maybe also leg?) pain. If I can find it again, I'll post a link.

 

[vickie]

Here's the Chart.

 

[Christy]

Thanks @vickie!

My pain rotates between all of those zones except the kneecap.