Patients with anterior knee pain may have pain with activities that load the patellofemoral joint (PFJ), such as squatting, going up or down stairs, and running. When is it important to offload patients PFJ during your rehab, to help settle their symptoms? How can you design a rehab program to improve your patients' knee pain? Find out in this podcast with Tom Goom (Running Physio) as you discover how to effectively offload and treat patellofemoral joint pain, exercises to include in rehab, and activities and exercises to reduce during your initial phases of treatment. Improve running injury assessment & treatment now with the Running Repairs Online course with Tom Goom at clinicaledge.co/runningrepairs Free running injury assessment & treatment video series available now   Links associated with this episode: Improve your confidence and clinical reasoning with a free trial Clinical Edge membership Join Tom live on Facebook & ask your shoulder related questions every Friday Download and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes Download the podcast now using the best podcast app currently in existence - Overcast Listen to the podcast on Spotify Tom Goom on Twitter Tom Goom’s website David Pope - Twitter David Pope & why I started Clinical Edge Review the podcast on iTunes Infographics by Clinical Edge Article associated with this episode: Hart HF, Patterson BE, Crossley KM, Culvenor AG, Khan MC, King MG, Sritharan P. May the force be with you: understanding how patellofemoral joint reaction force compares across different activities and physical interventions—a systematic review and meta-analysis. British Journal of Sports Medicine. 2022 Feb 3.

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