Lateral knee pain when fully bending leg?

[Physical Wreck]

Hi Gcoe

Thanks for the response and possible causes.

I am going to seek further specialist advice as you suggest.

I am guessing at this stage, but feel it is probably your first suggestion i.e. Lateral meniscus pain as I am also experiencing clicking in the knee when I have been sat down for a while or make sudden movements.

One thing I forgot to mention was that I have over mobile joints. Well that is what a Physio told me when I dislocated my shoulder whilst playing squash way back in my twenties. He told me not to play racket sports or high impact sports, not that I took any notice :-)

Anyway the strengthening exercises sound good and then perhaps I will have to settle for sub 300 Yard drives :-)

[gcoe]

Yes keeping strong and being active in sports are great ideas, and is obviously something you enjoy. so keep going. As our joints and soft tissues get a a bit older, compensating by building muscle strength is a great way to keep on the field, have less pain and injuries and counter the aging in our locomotor system. And you re right with joint hyper mobility - building and keeping muscle strength can keep this in check.

Even if you do have a meniscus problem that eventually requires a visit to the surgeon, keeping your knee as strong as possible may reduce the need for that intervention and if not, improve the post-surgical outcome and reduce rehab time.