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I have pain in my right knee. in the muscle just above the knee cap to the right, close to the knee cap. hurts after i apply pressure. i am an athlete?
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Quad muscle: This sounds like the vastus lateralis muscle which is one of the quadriceps muscles. This can be painful with a strain injury to the muscle or tendon injury called a tendinosis if it has been going on for a while.
Answered 5/3/2015
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Vastus lateralis: Part of the quadriceps. Youcould either have a vastus lateralis strain or insertional tendinitis of the lateral quads tendon.
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