Yirkaa
Jul-09-09, 03:03 PM
NOTICE: I know its quite painfull to read text from someone who isnt native speaker, so IŽll use as much video as I can for better understanding.
What is Patellar Tendinitis
http://www.ptclinic.com/medlibrary/images/v2/ptendinitis.gif
Its pain right below your kneecap. Its chronical problem (I have it for one year now, so IŽve become quite a expert to this injury :smile: ) and its caused by jumping activity so I assume that there are a few trickers who have this condition too.
Better explanation here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBNG17Mp3GQ
How to avoid Patellar Tendinitis
By strenghtening your quadriceps. Squats are the best, but if you already have PT, its better to avoid them.
video here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2z5d_BOlxI
Healing Patellar Tendinitis
Something was said in previous videos, but healing this condition is quite hard, cause there isnt enought blood stream and blood heals right ? :wink:
There are two NON-RECOMMENDENT treatments.
1. injections - they could cause more problems such as inflammation and results are questionable
2. surgery - same as injection treatment, its last possible treatment when all other fails.
So whats the f*cking treatment ?
1. Short term treatment:
a) Ice and rest (or classic RICE) but pain will keep coming back after another session.
b)Taping. Its just relieve during session, it doesnt heal, but really lowers the pain.
How to tape your knee:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYrqC6EE61w
There are of coure special ?bandages? you can buy in your pharmacy, but the priciple is the same.
Resting for month has NO effect to this injury, it will come back, trust me... If you wanna wait, 3 monts are minimum and again, result is questionable and who wants to wait 3 fucking moths right ?
2. Long term treatment:
1. Lowering your tricking activites. No jumping on concrete or grass. Plyo floor is OK once in a week.
2. special workouts
- quadtriceps stretch
1:43 - 100 stretches in the morning, afternoon and night every day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Xbvjir_Ew&feature=channel
- second excersise in video 2. NO SQUATS ! Same reps. as previous
These 2 excercises really works because both of them strenghtening the quadriceps and there isnt as much pressure to your knee as if you did squats. Also this helps lower the pressure to your patella during impact because quadriceps supports knee as well
3. If neither of this helps (my case) and it hurts even when youŽre walking up the stairs there is one treatment that finally helped me. Its quite new treatment called Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT)
- its non-invasive
- involves the delivery of high-energy sounds waves to affected areas of the body causes micro-trauma and controlled injury at the affected area, thereby leading to the formation of blood vessels (revascularizatiion) which triggers the body’s natural healing process and repair mechanisms. Its quite painfull (it pressures your injured area 5x in 1 second) during session (10-15 minutes) but works immediately and significantly reduce pain after just one session. There are reccomended 3-5 sessions (1 in a week) and there is the only problem, Insurance company wonŽt pay for it (at least in my country). One session costs me approx. 40$ but its worth it.
- During the treatment do the special workouts in step two and forget to trick (3-4 weeks arent so much). After week two I can run and walk up the stairs with no pain at all. I can feel pain when putting pressure on it but its 100% better than it was 2 week ago.
-after treatment slowly began to trick again with bandage and keep doing the stretches.
ESWT can heal also Heel pain or tennis elbow etc.
ESWT looks like this (sorry couldnt find video where treats the knee, but again, principle is the same.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7AuY0eb_W0
for more info:
http://www.shockwavesystems.com/eswt.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extracorporeal_shockwave_therapy
Apologize for overusing word treatment :wink:
What is Patellar Tendinitis
http://www.ptclinic.com/medlibrary/images/v2/ptendinitis.gif
Its pain right below your kneecap. Its chronical problem (I have it for one year now, so IŽve become quite a expert to this injury :smile: ) and its caused by jumping activity so I assume that there are a few trickers who have this condition too.
Better explanation here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBNG17Mp3GQ
How to avoid Patellar Tendinitis
By strenghtening your quadriceps. Squats are the best, but if you already have PT, its better to avoid them.
video here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2z5d_BOlxI
Healing Patellar Tendinitis
Something was said in previous videos, but healing this condition is quite hard, cause there isnt enought blood stream and blood heals right ? :wink:
There are two NON-RECOMMENDENT treatments.
1. injections - they could cause more problems such as inflammation and results are questionable
2. surgery - same as injection treatment, its last possible treatment when all other fails.
So whats the f*cking treatment ?
1. Short term treatment:
a) Ice and rest (or classic RICE) but pain will keep coming back after another session.
b)Taping. Its just relieve during session, it doesnt heal, but really lowers the pain.
How to tape your knee:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYrqC6EE61w
There are of coure special ?bandages? you can buy in your pharmacy, but the priciple is the same.
Resting for month has NO effect to this injury, it will come back, trust me... If you wanna wait, 3 monts are minimum and again, result is questionable and who wants to wait 3 fucking moths right ?
2. Long term treatment:
1. Lowering your tricking activites. No jumping on concrete or grass. Plyo floor is OK once in a week.
2. special workouts
- quadtriceps stretch
1:43 - 100 stretches in the morning, afternoon and night every day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Xbvjir_Ew&feature=channel
- second excersise in video 2. NO SQUATS ! Same reps. as previous
These 2 excercises really works because both of them strenghtening the quadriceps and there isnt as much pressure to your knee as if you did squats. Also this helps lower the pressure to your patella during impact because quadriceps supports knee as well
3. If neither of this helps (my case) and it hurts even when youŽre walking up the stairs there is one treatment that finally helped me. Its quite new treatment called Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT)
- its non-invasive
- involves the delivery of high-energy sounds waves to affected areas of the body causes micro-trauma and controlled injury at the affected area, thereby leading to the formation of blood vessels (revascularizatiion) which triggers the body’s natural healing process and repair mechanisms. Its quite painfull (it pressures your injured area 5x in 1 second) during session (10-15 minutes) but works immediately and significantly reduce pain after just one session. There are reccomended 3-5 sessions (1 in a week) and there is the only problem, Insurance company wonŽt pay for it (at least in my country). One session costs me approx. 40$ but its worth it.
- During the treatment do the special workouts in step two and forget to trick (3-4 weeks arent so much). After week two I can run and walk up the stairs with no pain at all. I can feel pain when putting pressure on it but its 100% better than it was 2 week ago.
-after treatment slowly began to trick again with bandage and keep doing the stretches.
ESWT can heal also Heel pain or tennis elbow etc.
ESWT looks like this (sorry couldnt find video where treats the knee, but again, principle is the same.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7AuY0eb_W0
for more info:
http://www.shockwavesystems.com/eswt.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extracorporeal_shockwave_therapy
Apologize for overusing word treatment :wink: