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Hello i am an active 19 year old female and exercise regularly. i have knee pain and cracking in my right knee. what could be causing this?
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Knee pain: Knee pain in females, particularly anterior knee pain is a nebulous problem. Commonly this is due to an increased q-angle. The angle from the anatomic axis of the femur to the tibial tubercle which causes your patella to glide on the outside of the trochlea, causing pain. Physical therapy with quad strengthening is our treatment of choice, but a difficult problem to treat.
Answered 12/9/2013
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