if you have no pain,
and a certified lifting/movement coach has looked at your movement to make sure you're not screwing up some other part of your body to do your squat, do your squat.
there's...
simple heuristic:
no pain, no pain.
test a movement without load -
check out its range of motion
check out speed
find out where the pain is.
work around the pain - never into the pain....
THe following post is about how sometimes -with a chronic or long standing physical niggle - it takes time to debug what's going on in our bodies to find a solution.
Pain - well discomfort - can be an interesting way to get at analysis of what's going on if that pain goes from a current accute issue to chronic.
more here
just fyi...
most of you still complaining about pain describe pretty much passive only approaches to recovery.
it might be time to look into an active approach.
overview here:...
if your doc says you're good to go, see a movement coach (best) or start practicing dynamic mobility.
here's what i'd recommend in the train along dvd/manual world...
any work that doesn't induce pain and lets you explore ranges of movement is great.
really - let pain be your guide. if there's pain, reduce load, speed, ROM in that order - retest after each