Squat alterations

Hi guys,

I get a toothache-like pain in my right VMO muscle the day after squatting, its about 3/10 on pain scale. I’m worried about pushing my squat too hard and causing more damage to the muscle.

General speaking, should I squat in a manner that would put more stress on the VMO to make it stronger or should I squat in a manner to take the emphasis away from the VMO?

What of the following variations would focus the emphasis on the VMO more;

Wide/narrower stance?
Squat shoes/chucks?
High bar / low bar?
Front / back squat?

I tend to only back squat, should I add some other exercises in?

Any ideas what’s going on?

Cheers :smile:

You aren’t causing any damage to your muscle.

You cannot selectively stress the VMO with a particular style of squat.

You probably need a form check.