Can Quadriceps Cause Knee Pain?

The most common muscles to become tight and cause anterior knee pain are your hamstring muscles (at the back of your thigh) and your quadriceps muscles (at the front of your thigh) - see diagram. If these muscles become tight they cause pressure over your patella (kneecap) causing it to rub on the joint beneath it.

Can a quad strain cause knee pain?

The most common symptom of quadriceps tendonitis is pain at the bottom of the thigh, above the patella (kneecap). The pain will intensify as you move your knee. Other symptoms of quadricep tendonitis include: Swelling around the quad tendon.

What does quadriceps tendonitis feel like?

What does the condition feel like? Pain from quadriceps tendonitis is felt in the area at the bottom of the thigh, just above the patella. The pain is most noticeable when you move your knee. The more you move your knee, the more tenderness develops in the area of the tendon attachment above the kneecap.