Eliminating Anterior Knee Pain through Exercise (At home) There are millions of people who suffer from anterior knee pain, or as it is sometimes called Patellofemoral Syndrome (PFS). Sufferers usually struggle with movements such as squatting down, or climbing stairs. Quite often, this pain is often made worse when going down. For many people, [...]
Who Gets OSD and Why? Growing Pains For a lot of us, growing up and getting hurt is all part of the game. Kids are going to scuff their knees, break bones and go running to their parents with tears and other stuff streaming down their faces. What is It? OSD is a little bit [...]
What is it? Quadriceps Tendinitis can be described as the inflammation of the quadriceps tendon. It is essentially a microfracture of some of the fibers of the quadriceps tendon or the muscle attachment to the tendon itself. Similarly, there may be a minor avulsion (tear) of some of the quadriceps tendon from the top of the knee [...]
How Being Overweight and Obese can Influence Knee Health I was tidying up my study last night and came across some old coursework I did for my Post-Grad in Sports Injury Rehabilitation. So I sat myself down and reminisced for old times sake. The coursework was on the worldwide problem of childhood obesity and the implications it has into adulthood. [...]
Background and Management In today’s post we’re going to talk about a common injury that happens to a lot of our readers; Osteo-Arthritis (OA) of the knee joint. There are a number of reasons as to why people suffer from OA such as: Being over the age of 40 – unfortunately Old Father time catches [...]
Here we provide you with key recommendations to help protect your knees while running. Always make sure you have a good pair of running shoes. I know these can be expensive, however if you’re going to be pounding the pavement and putting in the miles then a good pair will be worth the cost (Asics, [...]
A Simple Plan to Dramatically Decrease Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFS) by Using Only a Foam Roller and You! Part 1 – Self-Myofascial Release (Foam Rolling) It’s no surprise when people show scepticism after I tell them their knee pain can be dramatically reduced within 3 weeks. I see them bracing themselves for another quick fix [...]
Who Gets OSD and Why? Growing Pains For a lot of us, growing up and getting hurt is all part of the game. Kids are going to scuff their knees, break bones and go running to their parents with tears and other stuff streaming down their faces. What is It? OSD is a little bit [...]
Background and Management In today’s post we’re going to talk about a common injury that happens to a lot of our readers; Osteo-Arthritis (OA) of the knee joint. There are a number of reasons as to why people suffer from OA such as: Being over the age of 40 – unfortunately Old Father time catches [...]
Anatomy of the Popliteus Muscle The popliteus is a thin, triangular muscle that helps form the bottom part of the popliteal fossa (one of 3 lymph glands we have). It’s tendon, seen at the top of the muscle in the image to the right, works with the articular capsule of the knee joint, and lies between a fibrous capsule and a [...]
Over the years, I’ve had people come to me complaining of pain pretty much right where the Pes Anserinus Tendon/Bursa (PATB) should be. The unfortunate thing is, I’m not a human MRI machine so I can’t diagnose these types of things. However, I really wish I was!! How profitable would that be!?) The use [...]
Eliminating Anterior Knee Pain through Exercise (At home) There are millions of people who suffer from anterior knee pain, or as it is sometimes called Patellofemoral Syndrome (PFS). Sufferers usually struggle with movements such as squatting down, or climbing stairs. Quite often, this pain is often made worse when going down. For many people, [...]
I’m sorry it’s been a while since I last posted an article on the knee pain I was experiencing, but I have a few excuses. Good ones, but excuses none the less. Disaster struck when I was cut off from the internet at my apartment. There is a big house being built beside me, and [...]
What is it? Quadriceps Tendinitis can be described as the inflammation of the quadriceps tendon. It is essentially a microfracture of some of the fibers of the quadriceps tendon or the muscle attachment to the tendon itself. Similarly, there may be a minor avulsion (tear) of some of the quadriceps tendon from the top of the knee [...]
Here we provide you with key recommendations to help protect your knees while running. Always make sure you have a good pair of running shoes. I know these can be expensive, however if you’re going to be pounding the pavement and putting in the miles then a good pair will be worth the cost (Asics, [...]
Today I’m going to talk about a problem I’ve been having, and I’m really annoyed at myself. And it’s a little ironic too, seeing as though I’ve started this website and I’m supposed to know a thing or 2 about knee pain. My right knee has been killing me today. I’m pretty sure that it’s [...]
Today I’d like to discuss something I hear about a lot where I live. And I have to admit this is one of my pet peeves about fitness. Running. People think I have something personal against running but I honestly don’t. It’s just that I see so many people doing it incredibly poorly! Way too [...]
Housemaid’s Knee vs Gardener’s Knee (Subcutaneous Infrapatellar Bursa) Pre-Patellar Bursitis Back when I was studying for my undergrad at London’s South Bank University, I used to spend the summer working for a friend on his construction sites. It was hard graft some days in the hot summer sun. To a lot of people, London, England is [...]
Putting It All Together Hi All, I am writing this from the small town of Gleneely, Donegal on the North West coast of Ireland. For those of you who have never been to Ireland before, it is exactly what you would expect really. Girls with long flowing red hair ridding horseback on white sandy [...]
A Simple Plan to Dramatically Decrease Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (PFS) by Using Only a Foam Roller and You! The Importance of Static Stretching in Relieving PFS Over the last 2 posts we’ve talked about Patellofemoral Syndrome (PFS), why it happens and who it happens to. We also gave you 6 top tips to make sure you [...]
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What is it? Quadriceps Tendinitis can be described as the inflammation of the quadriceps tendon. It is essentially a microfracture of some of the fibers of the quadriceps tendon or the muscle attachment to the tendon itself. Similarly, there may be a minor avulsion (tear) of some of the quadriceps tendon from the top of the knee [...]
Top 10 Tips for Runners to Avoid Knee Stress
Here we provide you with key recommendations to help protect your knees while running. Always make sure you have a good pair of running shoes. I know these can be expensive, however if you’re going to be pounding the pavement and putting in the miles then a good pair will be worth the cost (Asics, [...]