Tight knee cap

[JJinSS]

i didn't even do anything. i just randomly, i sat down and after i got up. my right knee cap was so tight. or all the ligaments around the knee were very tight.

When i try to squat down or bend my knee till my butt touches my calf, the tighter it feels. It feels like someone took a rubber band that was supposed to fit that entire ROM, but than cut it in half and stretched it out. So once i go past half, the knee feels like it can't stretch anymore.

And im like wtf? how does this even happen? I didn't even do anything. And im trying to think, how the hell do i fix this? i tried stretching and kicking my leg into the air and twisting it in midair. Nothing seemed to work...

some help would be nice, and some sort of explanation?

thanks!

[ktothewire]

You didn't do anything but question.

Did you do legs that day? squats?

i didn't even do anything. i just randomly, i sat down and after i got up. my right knee cap was so tight. or all the ligaments around the knee were very tight.

When i try to squat down or bend my knee till my butt touches my calf, the tighter it feels. It feels like someone took a rubber band that was supposed to fit that entire ROM, but than cut it in half and stretched it out. So once i go past half, the knee feels like it can't stretch anymore.

And im like wtf? how does this even happen? I didn't even do anything. And im trying to think, how the hell do i fix this? i tried stretching and kicking my leg into the air and twisting it in midair. Nothing seemed to work...

some help would be nice, and some sort of explanation?

thanks!

[JJinSS]

You didn't do anything but question.

Did you do legs that day? squats?

nope. i didn't workout at all. i was sitting down to watch a movie and when i got up. it was like as if my knee couldn't bend as far as it used too. I could walk fine, but going down stairs or a longer stride it would feel like a rubber band at the point of snapping.

[ktothewire]

nope. i didn't workout at all. i was sitting down to watch a movie and when i got up. it was like as if my knee couldn't bend as far as it used too. I could walk fine, but going down stairs or a longer stride it would feel like a rubber band at the point of snapping.

Check this out: http://www.localhealth.com/article/stiff-knee

[Pelipe]

Anterior knee pain and tightness is usually associated with weak external hip rotators. Most of the current evidence based medicine says to look at hip biomechanics for anterior knee complaints

[Curlers]

Try foam rolling the IT Band. its suprisingly painful to start with but it really helps take tension off the knees. when i was foam rolling halfway down my outer thigh, it was so tight i could feel ALOT of strain on my knees. just sit on the painful spots until they go away. this should help.