Patella Tendentious

Patella Tendentious is when a ligament between your knee cap and your tibia starts to have pain. You usually start noticing it when you are exercising or just after. Sometimes it becomes a nuisance. It starts getting in the way of your normal day routine.

            Patella Tendentious it isn’t as serious as it sounds. It is a strain on your ligament in your knee. It is bad, but not as bad as it sounds. When you get patella tendentious you get a pain in your knee. Your knee will often swell up and become red. The swelling is trying to help with the pain. Swelling is your body’s way of a temporary relief. Some common causes of this are athletes who jump around a lot. Basketball players often get this condition. However, even though it is most common in people who run and jump, you can get it just from everyday life and not from sports, because it is an overuse injury.

            Patella Tendentious is usually treated through RICE. Sometimes your doctor might refer you to physical therapy where they help you strengthen your muscles in your knee to prevent further damage. Your doctor might also give you a strap for you knee to relieve pressure on the tendon. To prevent such a condition you can strengthen your muscles in your legs. If they are strong they won’t put so much pressure on your knee. You can also stop if you have pain in your knee. Since this is an overuse injury, once you start having pain stop and go through the RICE process.

            If you have patella tendentious then you should consider exercises to help you knee. You can use the exercise call the slant board squats. This exercise is when you “Place one foot on a bench behind you, and the heel of the other foot elevated on a 2-inch by 4-inch board or an angled board. Perform a slow squat, lowering yourself to the midpoint in five seconds, and return. Repeat for up to three sets of 15 repetitions on the afflicted knee” ( livestrong). You should feel this in your knee. It will hurt for a little bit because you need to strengthen that muscle. Another exercise is called ankle mobilizations. With this exercise you “Kneel on your right knee with your left foot in front. Place a stick perpendicular to the floor by your left little toe. Keeping your foot flat on the floor, push your knee to the outside of the stick until you can no longer keep your heel on the ground. Repeat up to 15 times before switching sides. Perform up to three sets on each ankle” (livestrong). You will also feel this in your knee for the same reason above. Another exercise is called the eccentric squats. With this exercise you bend your knees as if you were sitting in a chair so your thighs are parallel to the floor. Hold there for ten seconds then slowly come back up. Do 10 rep of this exercise. Again you will feel this in your knee for the same reason above.

            Patella Tendentious is not fun to have. If you want to avoid having it I would suggest doing the squats. Even though I told you to use it for rehabilitation, you can also use it for prevention. If you do these before or after you are preventing this condition. Your tendon will be strengthened and you will have decreased your chance for having this condition. I am not saying you are guaranteed to not have it; just it is a good way to prevent it.