Knee problems help please?

Please help me diagnose my knee problems.?

• 1. When I bend down to pick up something without bending my knee, my knee gives out and the pain is excruciating for a half a second. This also occasionally happens when I'm going up the stairs. 2. When driving, I get a sharp, achy pain below my kneecap after pushing the gas pedal for a while. I've mostly solved this problem. I used to wear a patella strap under my kneecap and that would alleviate the pain. Now I just try to make sure that my heel is lined up with my toes. My problem was that I was pushing the gas pedal with my foot turned to a 45 degree angle. I guess I'm looking for the technical name for this problem.

• Answer:

  I don't know any name that is correct for it. You have a tendon for the muscle going to your kneecap that under the stress of what's going on tightens up pulling the kneecap up on and into the knee making it hard and painful to bend and/or straight the knee. To get rid of the pain you have to release the muscle for your kneecap and the pain will be gone. Here's how to release it: Kneecaps: Do while sitting on a chair with no front cross braces between the legs. While sitting have your leg resting in a stretched position. Place both your thumbs, side by side, about 2 inches behind the kneecap and press down into your leg hard and then redirect the pressure a little towards the kneecap. After one minute slowly slide your foot back and under your chair as far as it will go, release the pressure but hold your foot there for another 30 seconds. Two important things, the thumbs together in the middle and the pressure on the leg if there isn't enough there this won't take. If you do have that happen try it again right away.