Do your knees & IT bands hurt?

I have knocked knees and osteoarthritis. I badly injured my knees but have been working with PT to rehab them.

My IT bands kill me at night. I stretch, use a pillow between my knees, occasionally use EMS/tens, the Chinese suction cups and/or the “blade” on the muscles.

It helps, but they hurt most nights. You can feels the gravel of “nodules” under the skin.

I thought this was just muscle/ knee issues but think it might be lipedema pain?

One other hing - it’s hard for me to get out of a low chair / toilet - is this also a lipedema symptom? i can walk 5 miles, but I can't get my butt up off a chair easily.