About 4 years ago, in an effort to wake up a little and get some blood flow during a coffee break from a particularly sleep inducing work meeting, I walked into the hallway and starting doing a few basic squats. I have always been a moderately athletic person, and no stranger to squats so I thought nothing of it. During these basic squats I felt a very sharp pain below my patella. This pain has never completely gone away so 4 years later I am still struggling with the same issues.
The pain is not constant, it doesn't hurt while sitting nor kneeling. It only hurts in my right knee at a very specific angle while transitioning from a squated or seated position to a standing position (or vise versa). I can do weighted squats if I lean back and put all of the weight on my heels. For some reason that does not hurt, but the second I do a squat or anything similar with weight on the front of my feet, about half way through the transition I experience that very sharp and very sudden pain.
I practice tae Kwon doe (a martial art composed of 80% kicks) with little to no pain and I can go many weeks or months without much pain, but recently while playing tennis the pain returned quickly, suddenly, and sharply as I tried to backpeddle for the ball.
I truly apologize for the very long post but I have been battling this pain for years and Everytime it returns it takes weeks of light use and Ibuprofen to suppress it again. Does anyone have any idea what my injury may be or steps I can take to repair or just suppress the pain?
I have seen a medical doctor (no help really) but not a specialist.
Thank you!