Knee trouble - Preventative measures & supports

[karen.hankey]

Hi Peter,

Did you get things sorted?

Sounds like a patellofemoral problem due to maltracking of the knee cap. It could be that you kneecap is lying incorrectly on the femur. To fix this you would need correct exercises shown to you that a forum obviously wont allow. A brace may only make this worse, as your muscles may weaken further.

[halo1234]

Thanks for the reply. Funnilly enough no & yes. My appoinment was cancelled on the day I was supposed to go in. I went ahead & bought some new knee pads as I needed some anyway. More for inpact protection that anything else, but I made sure I bought a pair with some compression support. There quite long so they cover the supporting muscles above & below the knee.

The issue you've mentioned adds up. What's the best way to find out how to do these excersises. I've done them in the passed but it was such a long time ago. For my quads I do allot of squats, leg press & hack squats. I go quite heavy too i,e 160kg on squats for 8-10 reps.

Thanks

Peter

[karen.hankey]

Hi Peter,

The exercises are not about weight but about the technique. With squats you shouldn't allow your knees to come over the end of your feet, not allow your knees to drop inwards, not allow a 'wobble' in your knees and make sure your distribute the weight evenly through both legs.

Problem is there are so many cheats to a squat that it would be hard for me to advise fully without actually seeing your technique