Do you have knee swelling or knee pain after working out or doing daily activities? Physical therapy can help!
Dr. David Lee shares two sources of patellar tendon pain that could be causing your knee to swell or causing you chronic pain:
1. Tendonitis (aka jumper's knee) - inflammation of the tendon
2. Tendinosis - degeneration or wearing down of the tendon Physical therapy along with a customized treatment plan can help reduce your knee pain.
We Can Help
Treatments for patellar tendon may include:
1. Icing
2. Resting
3. Using a Cho-Pat Strap
4. Eccentric loading of the knee cap
This is the last video of a three part series on Ask A PT: Knee Pain Explained.
Check out the other two Knee Pain series videos, Knee Part 1: Osteoarthritis and Knee Pain Part 2: Patellofemoral Syndrome in our blog for more information or if you have questions call us (301) 235-3031.
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