[twoshoes]

I've done something painful to my right knee/shin. There's a spot that hurts about two inches below the kneecap on the inside of the front of the shin. (Does that makes sense? I'll try and add a photo.)

It's hard to pin down exactly what causes the pain. It seems to be anything that involves flexing the foot downwards and then pulling the lower leg backwards - I can't 'pull' at all with that foot. Heel hooks hurt like hell too and I'm pretty sure it was a heel/toe cam on Weedkiller that caused the problem.

I can't find a single stretch that hits the spot. Calf raises don't hurt. Squats have no effect. Pushing away with my toes doesn't hurt unless the leg moves as well.

I'm currently thinking that it's some sort of shin-splint like injury. Does anyone have any better ideas? Ta.

[SA Chris]

It's just residual pain from the tattoo.

[Nibile]

There's a lot of stuff under that cricle Twoshoes, it's a busy area.
If it was a heelhook, given the rotation of the knee, it's likely that you have strained something. It could be the anterior insertion of the semitendinosus muscle, that is one of the hamstring muscles, that are stressed by pulling.
Go see a specialist.

[duncan]

Sartorius insertion to Tibia? Sartorius is a knee flexor, like the hamstrings, but attaches to the inside front of the upper part of the shin. That would fit with pain on heel hooking. Flexing the hip and knee together, lifting foot of affected leg on to the opposite knee when you're sitting, might hurt.



If it's a recent injury treat as a muscle strain, ie ice, relative rest, gradually increase load; if longer standing, seek help.

[twoshoes]

Thanks guys. I'd not considered the possibility of it being upper leg-related, but that makes some sense. Gives me a whole lot more leg to stretch and massage while I rest it.

[bigironhorse]

I thought I had a shin splint type injury but when I got it checked out the doctor said it was more likely to be damage to soft tissue covering the bone, particularly as I think it was caused by jumping off boulder problems and a slackline.