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Knee Pain Treatment?
Medical Name
- Patellofemoral pain/Patellar Tendonitis
The Condition
- Knee pain/Runner’s Knee/Jumper’s knee
What is Knee Pain
Pain below or behind the kneecap (patella) that is most often caused by running and/or sports with large amounts of jumping (Basketball, Volleyball).
Our Approach to Knee Pain
Typical Treatment: Strengthening/stretching of the quadriceps muscle focusing on tracking of the patella with proprioception training.
- How we handle Knee Pain Treatment
- Soft tissue treatment to the quadraceps muscles to reduce force at the knee
- Hip strength to control the movement of the femur
- Sports specific drills with proprioceptive training focusing on hip strengthening and mobility
Recent MRI studies have confirmed the femur (long bone of the thigh) actually moves into the patella (knee cap) instead of a tracking or weakness that involves the quadriceps muscle.