Patellofemoral Syndrome Explained 

Fantastic overview! So helpful thank you

This is SO helpful to understand my condition thank you!

This threw out my college volleyball experience out the window.

thanks! this really helps explain exactly where my pain is coming from

Thank you soooooo much😘 God bless U always!😚

My doctor told me I had this when I was in my late teens. 26 now and the pain is too much to get up stairs sometimes. Take care of yourself early kids!!

Thanks

Just putting more weight on the inner part of my foot when I walk is VERY helpful in getting my kneecap to do what it should. When my knees start to act up, I check my shoes and always find the heels are worn out more on the outer (lateral) edge. That shows me I've forgotten to focus on putting more weight on the medial aspect of my foot/feet. I don't try to put all my weight on the arch area, I just make a conscious effort to press more on the arch side and in a matter of days, my knee pain is gone. I was diagnosed with PFS over 20 years ago. The PT was so annoying so I was very glad when an orthopedic doctor told me this little trick of adjusting my step. Decades later, the same little trick works like a charm. If you are suffering with this condition and you too see that the heels of your shoes wear out more on the outer/lateral part, ask your doctor or PT if this is safe to try a modified step.

thanks!!

couldn't find you video for best 3 patella pain exercises

I was diagnosed with this today. I'm 31 and it seems I caught it early. Appreciate the info

Please link us to the video you're referring to that have the suggested three exercises.

I’m trying to currently study cycling and this is one disorder that can be caused by it. The nickname for this disease is “cyclist’s knee”. There is just an unbelievable amount of things to learn if you dive deep into higher level bicycling.

2:55 The video you refer to is not there anywhere on your channel. Could you please link it?

I can't find the video for the knee pain exercises.

thank you for the informative video! you mentioned recent research finding links between pelvic rotation and pfps (hamstrings vs quad imbalance) can you please give me the names/authors of the articles that discuss this finding. I am performing an inservice on this topic and it would be very helpful!

I'm confused, the IT band doesn't connect to the patella. It should miss align the tibia laterally and the pressure of the knee cap would then be on the medial surface.

Sir, is it possible to have both knee Arthroscopy at same time for chondromalacia

Cant find the 3 best exercise for knee pain video for some reason...help?

I’m 13 and I’ve had it sence I was 11 ugh it is the worst it hurts to do a lot of thing and after long days I always have to wear knee braces and do monthly pt wear my pt doctor works on it and stuff and I got it from gymnastics but I had to quit once I got it but I still do softball and barks raceing but Pls do not get this u will regret it

It make sense now , i feel down back on my glutes , and after some month my knee started hurting , i always tried to figure out that when did i fell on knee . Now i know it maybe becoz of glutes

Unable to find "Top 3 exercises for knee pain" mentioned at 2:55. please help

I've been dealing with this for a year.

Just diagnosed and I have knock knee

arg iv'e gotta fix this...!

Why is there friction and pain if there is articular cartilage on both posterior patella and lateral femur condyle?

I played volleyball which made this worse :( I am hyper flexible which makes it even harder for it to be fixed. Sadly, this runs in my family apparently and I’m barely finding this out.

I was diagnosed 2 years ago (still in pain) I’m not an athlete. I mean, if you count theatre as a sport than- yaa! Now that im thinking I had to walk on my knees for a whole show aha😀

my pain is on the medial side of the left knee, so would you suggest strengthening the medial quad muscles ?

just diagnosed. guess ballet wasn't a great decision after all.

Nice tie-in to SIJ. Would you add importance of glute strength if you update this video? Yes, VMO and ITB are components to PFPS (Although Chris Powers over at USC might argue otherwise). However, lack of gluteal muscle strength also causing relative femoral internal rotation, resulting in relative lateral patellar tracking. It is not solely VMO and ITB.

Knee pain vid don’t exist. Can’t find it

Could this happen in dancers???

what are the precautions we shud take for dis??

i was diagnosed with this a few months ago. i did physical therapy for 7 weeks and it helped for a little bit, but the pain came back. i continued with exercises after physical therapy (not as often) to try and maintain strength. even with that, i still have pain. it’s even in both of my knees. i am trying out a knee brace to see if that would work; it works for a bit and immediately when i take the brace off the pain comes back. any suggestions about what to do from here?

Doesn’t the current research show the vmo doesn’t need to be isolated, strengthening the entire quad has the same effect?

I was diagnosed with this

Had this for over a year, had to stop my softball career because of it

Me too

I’ve been suffering with this condition since high school track team. I’m 54 now. Just diagnosed a few years ago.

I went to the doctor like 4 years ago and he said i probably have a rare knee disease but wont be able to know unless they performed a surgery, and if i do have whatever they said i might have, they would then take it out. He also said that the surgery may or may not help. Basically thousands of $ for a 50%-50٪ of helping or not. We think he was just trying to get money. Still dont know what the pain is being caused by.

Does having this as a teenager mean that you are still growing? Thanks for the information, great video.

i once ate it at marching band practice because of this

Can a teenage boy have this too?

Hope this dosent fuck up my army career meant to be joining this summer 17 year old 😞

Just been diagnosed with this as a 17 year old by overrunning Honestly hope this doesn’t ruin my chances in joining the army had it for 4 weeks now 😔

Is it curable sir?

getting a bit of feedback, nice video though

I have this and I'm only 12

I can’t event play basketball I pray something I can find

Dude, the whole vmo theory (or even it's existence as an individual muscle) has been btoadly debunked. More recent approaches focus less on the knee itself but rather on other parts of the kinetic chain (i.e. on the distal end: the ankle joint, achillea tendon length, the arch of the foot, and on the proximal end, the muscle imbalance around the thigh, usually due to glut weakness). PFPS is indeed a common problem for various populations (not just athletes). The exercises shown in the video might even exacerbate the symptoms...

I found out I have Pfs over a year ago and it’s hard being a dancer!

It’s pretty painful

:( oof I was diagnosed with this today

Thanks for this video overview! I'm a physician and avid amateur competitive cyclist....who has suffered from one-side patellofemoral pain. I cured it almost instantly with just a few bike-fit changes, and by correcting my leg-length discrepancy. This can also contribute to low back and hip problems. Most health professionals miss diagnosing a leg-length discrepancy, though it is very common! See my recent video on how I cured my pain. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RMsb3mtJF1I.html

This is bull