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Knee pain when moving side to side?
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Many causes get seen: The knee can hurt moving side to side for a variety of reasons. Your meniscus in your knee can be injured causing pain, your ligaments can be strained, you can have a stress fracture of your femur or tibia, your muscle insertions can be inflamed, you can have an inflammatory arthritis. Less likey but other causes: gout, lyme disease, recent illness, tumor. Get seen by orthopedic surgeon.
Answered 3/6/2019
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