Eytons' Earth: Natural & Alternative Medicine

[ihsan shanti]

What are the Causes of Leg Pain Behind Knee?
Leg pain behind knee mainly occurs when, the knee cap rubs against the lowermost end of the femur (thigh bone). For efficient movement of the knee, the knee cap has to actually glide over the femur. However, in this condition, instead of gliding, it starts rubbing and the friction thus produced damages and roughens the cartilage present beneath the knee cap. This friction further intensifies and results in leg pain behind knee. Another important cause of leg pain behind knee, is the condition of being overweight or obese. Your upper body weight actually tends to exert a lot of stress on your knees, which affects the frontal as well the rear portion of the knee, causing pain in it. The bending movement of knees is possible because of the hamstring muscles and quadriceps. However, overuse and excessive stress on the knees can result in the weakening of hamstring muscles. Other important reasons leading to leg pain behind knee are injury, fracture, weakness in muscles, trauma, fault in the structural alignment, aging etc.

How to Stop the Condition From Getting Worse?
The pain can intensify and cause more damage, if you ignore it or continue with your rigorous physical activities. Therefore to prevent worsening of the condition, you need to reduce your walking activities, stop walking up and down stairs frequently, decrease your running and jogging exercises and avoid all those activities that would put pressure on the knees and the area behind it.