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I have a pain in my left knee cap. when i bend my knee, it feels painful to straighten the knee and if i have been standing, it feels painful to bend?

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Dr. Patrick Mckenna answered

Specializes in Preventive Medicine

Anterior knee pain : This kind of knee pain is fairly common. It could be inflammation of the patellar tendon or might be pain in the patello-femoral joint space (where the knee cap rubs against the end of the femur). Either way, this sort of knee pain usually improves with physical therapy exercises.

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Answered 9/2/2015

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