ANKLE AND KNEE PAIN - AN OVERVIEW

The knee cap is typically known as the patella.  In patellofemoral syndrome, the knee cap no longer tracks smoothly within the boney groove.   As a result of misalignment, the knee cap rubs repetitively from the boney wall with harm to your cartilage, ligaments, and tendons.  These accidents quite often lead to knee clicking and/or pain and swe