Knee "Tightness" Question

Thought I’d see if anyone else has had this:

I’ve started getting a strange tight feeling on the front outside of my knee after running. No pain, just a feeling that something is tight when flexing my knee. It seems to be just to the outside (and possibly a bit below) the patella.

There have been a number of factors that might have brought this on: starting running again after a 3 week break, starting bike intervals after just doing light miles for a month post an oly distance race and getting new shoes (went from a neutral shoe to a light stability shoe).

It completely goes away after a weights session.

Any one experienced something like this? Should I be making an appointment with an ortho post haste or is it harmless?

Cheers,
-M

Do a search on this forum on IT Band Syndrome. You’ll find plenty of info. Start stretching! Sounds like you caught a potential problem very early. Smart move paying attention to it. Good luck, Andy