How I Fix Jumper's Knee Pain With Science

Dr. Matt Casturo, DPT, CSCS explains why you are having knee pain with jumping and what you can do to fix it.

00:00 Intro Knee Pain with Jumping
00:20 Why you have knee pain
01:16 Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
03:00 Patellar Tendinopathy

Patellar tendinopathy is most common in young athletes under 30 doing a lot of jumping in their sport. Primarily male athletes and elite female jumping athletes.

Some symptoms of patellar tendinopathy include knee pain in one specific area typically right below (inferior to) the kneecap or on the tibial tuberosity. You can put one finger on the spot.

With patellar tendinopthy the pain is worst with jumping and deceleration, because these movements stretch the patellar tendon quickly.

More diffuse knee pain with a lot of activities not just jumping and deceleration may be more characteristic of patellofemoral pain syndrome.

If you have patellofemoral pain syndrome we don't want to jump into loading the knee slow and heavy right away like we do with patellar tendinopathy. Instead there is typically more work on hip and core strength, mechanics, and the diamond bracing technique should be applied as well.

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