![Chronic inner knee pain started when I was 13 visiting Chicago in winter (just turned 30, from LA). Sitting cross legged, up/down stairs, squatting hurts so bad! Docs say it's not arthritis. Chronic inner knee pain started when I was 13 visiting Chicago in winter (just turned 30, from LA). Sitting cross legged, up/down stairs, squatting hurts so bad! Docs say it's not arthritis.](https://i.redd.it/a4ljxnsldhc41.jpg)
Chronic inner knee pain started when I was 13 visiting Chicago in winter (just turned 30, from LA). Sitting cross legged, up/down stairs, squatting hurts so bad! Docs say it's not arthritis.
![Are Indian Habits of Cross-legged Sitting and Squatting associated with Anterior Knee Pain? | Semantic Scholar Are Indian Habits of Cross-legged Sitting and Squatting associated with Anterior Knee Pain? | Semantic Scholar](https://d3i71xaburhd42.cloudfront.net/9f9a95314d42e2578fa77c190579be2274d1c57d/2-Figure1-1.png)
Are Indian Habits of Cross-legged Sitting and Squatting associated with Anterior Knee Pain? | Semantic Scholar
![If you can't sit cross legged even for a minute, here is what your body is telling you - Times of India If you can't sit cross legged even for a minute, here is what your body is telling you - Times of India](https://static.toiimg.com/thumb/msid-82114495,width-1280,resizemode-4/82114495.jpg)