These articles have quotations from film adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings and related works: 1  The Lord of the Rings.  J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (1978)
This causes a twisting on the tibia and changes its relationship to your kneecap. This can cause tracking problems as well. If your quadriceps or hamstring muscles are too tight, they also will affect the mechanics of the knee and lead to compensation patterns that cause pain.
Patellar tracking disorder is a condition that disrupts the normal function of the knee. Normal kneecap function As your knee straightens and bends, the kneecap (patella) glides up and down the femoral groove at the front end of the thighbone (femur).