WTF is going on with my knees?

This page is a stub, created on 2020-09-25 (last updated on 2021-04-06). Its contents are notes on the issues and angles I want to address about this topic.

• no cycling; need to be careful with squats, leg press, snowboarding, walking down stairs (!), getting in and out of cars (!); no problem running
• can do static holds of any weight my quads can support at any knee angle; problem is moving weight through certain angles
• probably result of muscling my way up hills while cycling during triathlons in college
• numerous MRIs and ultrasounds reveal nothing; my allegedly "beautiful" ACLs and menisci
• "patellofemoral syndrome"
• things that maybe helped
  • glucosamine (HT Emily Webb, one of my favorite (now-former) Krav Maga instructors)
  • corkscrewing feet
  • massage
  • Vibrams
  • TBD: physical therapy with Quinn Henoch of Clinical Athlete
• had to be ski-patrolled down at Heavenly after going through Milky Way Bowl and going through trees because the shearing force triggered knee pain, and I couldn't even walk down the mountain