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Patella Tendinopathy - Adapting Training
Hi all Apologies in advance if this isn't the type of question to ask here, but I guess it fits in with my current training and is a pretty sports specific issue, so may help others here. I've been struggling with what I believe is Patella Tendinopathy for approx six months. I've followed Jake Tuura's recommendations (I bought his program) and although at times it seemed to relieve the pain, I'm still at a stage where I can't engage my right quad (literally cannot tense it) and as soon as I go anywhere near parallel, there is just no strength there and my knee just fails and I have to bail out of the movement. Side info: I have Rheumatoid Arthritis, and go in for infusions every year to be able to keep going. Last year was the first time in 10 years (diagnosed at 27) that I felt well enough to start playing basketball again, so I joined a local team and had an amazing first season. Come the end of the season, I've ended up with this problem, so I'm currently taking time off in pre-season, hoping to resolve it for starting the season again in September. Has anybody gone through a similar issue and managed to resolve it? I run a pretty simple leg program that involves the isometric recommendations for PT, along with the usual squat variations, hamstring curls, calf, glutes. Look forward to reading any replies. Thanks for creating this Angus, it's such a great idea to get genuine conversation going 👍
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1 like • May 14
Thanks lads. I just don't seem to be able to get past the isometric phase (that's if I use the test within the program to determine if I'm ready for the next step). I guess I just need to persist with it. I'll look into a machine Angus. I actually had some electro-acupunture recently and the physio commented on how high it had to be turned up.
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@James McGaughey Thanks James. I really appreciate the reply. Re the isometric phase, yes it's leg ext for 5x30-45sec initially along with a hamstring bridge, iso split squats, and iso single leg stand. I find that I can manage about 30 seconds at a decent weight on the leg ext, but anything over this really starts hurting. I think switching the type of isometric would be a good idea. I try to sit and contract the quad each night as you mention, so I'll look at adding in the machine to try and get it firing. Will check out David Grey 👍. Thanks again.
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38. Basketball. Rheumatoid Arthritis. Patella Tendinopathy.

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