LCL Hurts

[FightingScott]

My LCL in my right knee hurts when I close my knee all the way. If I try to close my knee just by flexing my hamstring I can bring it right to the edge of when pain starts. It's really only a problem when I'm warming up with squatting lighter weights or if I do something like kneeling or trying to stretch my quad - an action where I manually push the knee to a more closed position than I could normally take it to.

I've tried foam rolling and I haven't hit on anything that feels bad. I've taken 2 ice baths but they haven't helped. I've tried some hamstring stretching but I'll admit I might just not be finding the right stretch to help me.

What should I do?

[wildman536]

get it checked out by a specialist.

[Ajweins]

When did it start? What were you doing that aggravated it? Is it getting worse, improving,or staying the same?

[FightingScott]

When did it start? What were you doing that aggravated it? Is it getting worse, improving,or staying the same?

Started maybe 6 weeks ago, maybe longer. Pretty sure it's not from lifting but from having my right leg kinda bow-legged when I drive to fit under the steering wheel. It's stayed about the same.

[Ajweins]

Hmm.... a naturally bowlegged position would naturally stress the LCL more as I am sure you know. Does it hurt the most if you go into a figure four position with the affected leg and put a lot of varus (like pushing of the medial side of the knee) stress on it?

If this bothers then it does sound like an LCL sprain (though I don't typically hear of this type of injury very often). There is not a ton you can do for a grade I or II LCL sprain other than give it time, ice like you are doing, and avoid any rotary movements of the knee and bowlegged types of positions/stress.

If it still keeps bothering you then obviously get it checked out. Internet diagnoses are usually minimally/moderately helpful at best. But you mentioned putting a lot of stress on it while driving which makes sense.

[FightingScott]

Today I hopped on the Airdyne bike for like 4 minutes, did some massage stick on the right IT band, and did a good bit of IT Band stretching. Made a HUGE difference.

[Knickerbocker24]

My LCL in my right knee hurts when I close my knee all the way. If I try to close my knee just by flexing my hamstring I can bring it right to the edge of when pain starts. It's really only a problem when I'm warming up with squatting lighter weights or if I do something like kneeling or trying to stretch my quad - an action where I manually push the knee to a more closed position than I could normally take it to.

I've tried foam rolling and I haven't hit on anything that feels bad. I've taken 2 ice baths but they haven't helped. I've tried some hamstring stretching but I'll admit I might just not be finding the right stretch to help me.

What should I do?

1. Can you tell us a little about your training or a typical training split?
2. How is your posture?
3. Do you feel pain anywhere else or do you feel particularly tight anywhere throughout your body?
4. Any chance of a few pics (front, back, and side, all full body with no shirt and only shorts) to take a closer look at postural imbalances?

***if you can do #4 that is all that's needed, if not the other 3 will help