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Originally Posted by bombers821
could also be imbalances of the upper leg muscles surrounding the knee which is common in a lot of runners basically your vastus lateralis (the muscle on the outside of the leg) can tend to be stronger than the vastus medialis muscle (on the inside of the leg) which in effect can cause patella alignment issues of the knee and place additional strain on the ligaments causing pain according to the weaker side of the leg.
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This is what I have
Put your leg out straight on the floor sitting up and contract your quads - if your knee cap moves up and across to the outside you probably have this issue and need to strengthen the inside muscle if the knee cap goes stright up and down then not that issue.
Either way I would go and see a good sports physio to get them to have a look at it