If you play volleyball, basketball, CrossFit, or any sport with a lot of jumping and cutting, and you’ve started noticing pain right at the front of your knee just below the kneecap, there’s a good chance you’re dealing with patellar tendinopathy, what most athletes call jumper’s knee. I’m first going to describe what it is […]
Jumper’s Knee in North County Athletes: What’s Really Going On Read More »
If you’ve been told to rest your patellar tendon pain, you’ve been given advice that sounds logical but is often completely wrong for this type of injury. Rest reduces the pain. But it doesn’t fix the tendon. And it doesn’t fix the reason WHY the tendon started hurting in the first place. In fact, it
Patellar Tendinitis: Why Rest Makes It Worse (Not Better) Read More »
The chain reaction Few Actually explain If you’ve been dealing with knee pain for more than a few weeks, there’s a good chance the knee isn’t the problem. Often, it’s the victim of a problem happening somewhere else. Your knee is sandwiched between your ankle and your hip. Both of those joints have to move
Why Your Knee Pain Keeps Coming Back (And What’s Actually Driving It) Read More »
Written by: Dr. Jonny Blue, DPT Here’s the thing most people, including a lot of providers, get wrong about persistent knee pain: the knee is almost never the source of the problem. It’s where you feel it. That’s not the same thing. The knee sits between two of the most important joints in your body,
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