Knee Pain

[ofireps]

Thanks for the reply. Yes, very very often I have these clickings in my knees, and it does hurt when descending stairs.....
I searched google for VMO Excersizes, as you suggested, and found this: (it does not allow me to post links, so if you search google for "The Number One Myth of Knee Rehab" it will be the first result)
By what I understood, it says that isolating the VMO and strenghthening it is not good. Why is that? They say that the pulling of the Patella is not because of the strength of the muscles. Is that correct?

[dhirenshivji88]

Thanks for the reply. Yes, very very often I have these clickings in my knees, and it does hurt when descending stairs.....
I searched google for VMO Excersizes, as you suggested, and found this: (it does not allow me to post links, so if you search google for "The Number One Myth of Knee Rehab" it will be the first result)
By what I understood, it says that isolating the VMO and strenghthening it is not good. Why is that? They say that the pulling of the Patella is not because of the strength of the muscles. Is that correct?

from my experienc eon placement as i am a second year physiotherapy student it is very difficult to isolate the vmo and some physicians say the vmo does not even exist try simple quad strenthing exercises, static quads x10 5 secs hold and slow release, Straight leg raises x5 do circles in air ensure leg is in full extension whilst carrying out slr to avoid patella shearing if unable to fully extend knee due to insuffeciency of the quads muscle or tight hamstrings google term if u cant understand sorry to much info to try and explain your knee would require a assesment to identify possible causes, could be tight lateral structures, weak VMO, decreased medial arch in foot creating stress on medial knee, hip internal rotation caused by weak glute med. the knee pain could also be from postural problems at lumbar and core instability. physiotherapist can use methods to reteach you to contract lower quad rather than upper (towards hip) to compensate when straightning knee, or patella mobilistations medially to help a lot of things can be done google patella maltracking etc and you will gain a lot of insight and see what wil work for you. sqauts are a great way to strengthrn the quads try a simple sit to stand when descending to sit down do not use ur hands and controll your sit down leading with your bottom making sure your knees are facing straighnt and not rotated and also that your feet are also straight and your knee goinf over your middle toe ensuring .

excuse my grammatical errors