The Optimal Body 208 | Persistent Knee Pain with Running or Jumping? Is it Knee Tendinitis?
Knee pain from running or jumping? Perhaps a knee tendonitis diagnosis? DocJen & Dr. Dom present current perspectives on understandings surrounding tendonitis and tendonopathy. As they describe the anatomy of the patella tendon, they dive into potential risk factors for tendonitis, stages of tendonopathy, and stages of rehabilitation for tendon re-modelling, Theu provide insight on whether or not ice is beneficial, the importance of activity modification, and the most optimal progressions to progressively loading the patella tendon. Learn how you can optimize your knees!
What You Will Learn In This PT Pearl:
02:25 - Anatomy of patella tendon
03:58 - Tendonitis vs Tendonosis
07:07 - Risk Factors for tendonitis
08:44 - Stages of tendonopathy
09:46 - Should you ice?
10:36 - The key is Activity Modification
12:53 - What to do for tendon remodelling?
15:27 -Adding load over time
16:38 - High repetition vs load & plyometrics
17:49 - Mobility & activations
For research and full show notes, visit the full website at: https://jen.health/podcast/208
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