I suffered a dislocated patella when I landed from a jump in a weird position 3 weeks ago. I've been on crutches since but would like to slowly return to load bearing PT, but have a lot of mental trauma about it happening again. Could you show a wrap that is specifically to prevent recurrent patella dislocation? I'd be more aggressive in my PT if I could wrap my knee in a way that makes it almost mechanically impossible to re-dislocate.
Great video John thank you, some say that the tracking disorder has to do with IT band however it was only activated because of having weak glute, should I more focusing on activating the glutes instead of releasing tension of my IT band?
Thanks for the message and to look at 'why' the gluteus medius is potentially weaker will help more than releasing the iT Band as a study showed it needed 923kg to lengthen it by only 1%...regards JG
Been suffering with pain from maltracking issues for many many years now. Always wear and knee sleeve or tape it but it has to be every day as I am strengthening my glutes, quads/ VMO and working on hip mobility as well. How long does something like this take to heal and finally be pain free?
So I tried this for the first time, my experience is that it provides pressure on the patella when I am flexing my knee. I felt like I was stretching the tape 75-80% when applying it, but when I flex my knee it obviously stretches more. I was using KT Tape Pro. Maybe I need to use less stretch when applying it?
I think this will help tremendously in creating a sense of stability, but would you use the same taping method for patella alta? Will the tape hold up against constant j tracking due to poor trochlear grove in bony anatomy?
Does taping the kneecaps get them to track correctly on some kind of permanent basis? Seem like taping would push the kneecaps over to the right place only as long as the tape is there.
Love your work John. Just a quick question, if your trying to encourage the pattela to come more medial would anchoring the tape from the other side not be more effective? Maybe I've missed something. Thanks John
If the patella was misaligned towards the medial side (the opposite of this, with vastus laterallis being the weaker muscle head) would it be as simple as applying the tape the opposite way, starting from medial side and influencing the patella towards the lateral side?
Hello, I have shallow femur groove and prone to subluxation/disc location during high demand (e.g. soccer). Is this taping method good for supporting in that circumstances or other methods would be more beneficial? Of course I do the strenghtening and getting protecting braces for this purpose (but did not quit that sport).
@@JohnGibbons Thank you for the answer. I tried it and it felt good. A little bit strange at first due to the extra compression-pull on the patella but nothing wrong with it. I did leg workout, soccer play with it and kept for whole day for now. I am wondering if this taping method can "hurt me" if my Knee is not maltracking by default (e.g. my VMO/ligaments become lazy or causing maltracking on the opposite side). It did not seem that way at first but I want to be cautious. What do you think about it?
Hello sir Please solve my query 1)What is common direction of fault in occipital condyle ? 2)Do posteriorly struck atlas transverse process reduces cervical Range of motion?
I am 20 and very active. My knee pain started from football and it wont get better. Been suffering for 15 months. I used to be so sad and even had panic attacks bcz of pain. I used to see all these utube videos , tried physio but nothing worked. Fast forward 2 yrs. I had my knee arthoscopy 5 months ago. Turned out I had patellor maltracking with lateral shift and also chondramalacia features. And now I can tell you this : it gets so much better after arthoscopy. I know the recovery is a long process cant run for now. But I am pain free. Waking up every morning feels so better. I had muscle loss bcz of 15months of noactivity preop. But exercise helps in regaining muscle too now. So mannn this is my genuine advice to you : plz stop watching these videos. Go to a consultant and get an MRI. mri explains every thing. Get a arthoscopy if u have to especiaaaly if u are young and wana return to sports. Lots of best wishes to you nomatter where u are. And if u waana ask plz ask freely. I am 2nd yr med student myself and I pretty much understand the knees anatomy myself Lots of love ❤😊
Thanks for the message and comments and the majority of knee pain is only a symptom as the causative factor is generally somewhere else, surgery in reality is a last resort and the surgeon generally only focusses on the symptom that is giving the patient the pain rather than trying to consider other factors. For some (like you) it has worked but doesnt work for everybody, regards JG
