What Causes Buckling Knee While Climbing Stairs?

Posted on Wed, 21 Jan 2015

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Wed, 21 Jan 2015 Answered on

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Question : My knee buckles at times when I'm walking up the stairs. Is this caused by weak muscles surrounding my knee.

Answered by Dr. Saurabh Gupta (41 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Due to muscle weakness or ligament laxity.

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for your query.

It could occur due to muscle weakness or ligament laxity around knee.
Doing muscle strengthening exercises would be helpful to regain strength around knee.

I do hope that you have found something helpful and I will be glad to answer any further query.

Take care

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar