Get Virtual Care
For Businesses
About Us
A member asked:
My knee hurts with shooting pains and it clicks when i walk up stairs. what can this be?
16 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Tracking Disorder: All joints can make noise. If the noise hurts, that may indicate a problem. Most people without a history of trauma and pain with stairs is usually a patellar tracking disorder. The knee cap can rub against the femoral groove when going up/down stairs causing inflammation and pain. This is often resolved with consistent rehab. You should see a sports medicine specialist or an orthopedist.
Answered 4/29/2017
6.1k views
Patellar pain: The most common cause of knee pain and crepetance walking up and down stairs is patello-femoral pain / chondromalacia of the patello-femoral surfaces. Often appropriate excercise can be successful in limiting these symptoms.
Answered 4/29/2017
5.8k views
Related Questions
A member asked:
How come both my knees hurt when i walk down the stairs?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
A week ago fell and hit my knee on a bit of curb. It still hurts and i can't go up or down stairs. I can walk with a limp. I feel an indent. Broken?
2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
A member asked:
My left knee has just started to give up on me when i go up the stairs and hurts when i walk. What can I do to recover?
4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
A member asked:
I am an 18 y/o girl and I just fell down my stairs a few hours ago. I'm fine, except my knee just feels jiggly. It doesn't hurt, when I walk it jiggle?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
My knees hurt just below and under knee cap everytime i walk up but especially down stairs? Possible cause?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
People also searched for:
I workout pretty hard and recently my knee has been clicking when i walk down stairs or try to do any leg exercises. No pain. What could this be?
My knee started clicking above the knee cap when I walk up the stairs or demi plie. What is it? Are there there exercises to correct it?
Got hit in the knee with a puck it swelled then later bruised its been 2 days and is getting worse hurts to walk and stairs and shooting pain down leg?
My knee clicks and hurts on the outside when i walk up stairs or down hill ?
Knees make clicking/popping noise using stairs. Like knuckles popping but not as loud. What could it be and how do I make it stop? Kinda hurts/grinds.
Didn't find what you're looking for?
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.
Ask your questionMore of what we treat
Download HealthTap
Video visit and message your doctor
