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Knee - Runner's Knee (Chondromalacia Patellae)
or cycling. runners may experience knee pain after running a certaindistance when their knee seizes up and forces them to stop.
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Extractions: Chondromalacia is caused by disproportionate development of some muscles around the knee. These muscles then pull the knee cap in the wrong direction. The back of the knee cap then starts rubbing against other parts of the knee joint and ache develops. Some patients have a predisposition to knee pain because the knee cap is small or anatomically misplaced. Treatment This condition often gets better on its own in time, but can persist for years. You can speed up the recovery process if you follow this advice. Modify your exercise to e.g. cycling in low gears, gentle jogging, swimming etc. Do the following; Knee exercises: Sitting on a bed, keep your leg flat and bend your toes towards your head as much as possible, keep this position for ten seconds and release. Repeat this ten times.
Runners' Guide - Just Jon
It should be used in referring to pain around the patella (knee cap) that arisesfrom incorrect movement of the patella over the top of the knee in runners.
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Extractions: Jon Patricios At time trials and races you will often hear fellow competitors talking about the somewhat nebulous concept of runners knee. This term is loosely and often incorrectly used. It should be used in referring to pain around the patella (knee cap) that arises from incorrect movement of the patella over the top of the knee in runners. It is not another term for ITB friction syndrome and has many other labels in sports medicine such as peri-patella pain syndrome, patello-femoral pain, anterior knee pain and patella malalignment syndrome. Simplistically speaking the patella should glide smoothly in an underlying groove as the knee bends and straightens during the running action. Any factor that causes the patella to be out of alignment may cause pain around the knee cap particularly when the knee is bent. These factors may arise from the structure or position of the knee cap itself, from the muscles just above the knee, from the runners gait (i.e. the way the feet and legs move during running) or the alignment of the upper legs, amongst other influences. Runners knee has a number of distinguishing features. It often affects both knees, occurs once mileage is increased, may occur during other activities such as sitting for prolonged periods or walking up and down stairs and may be associated with crepitus or a scraping sensation behind the knee cap when the knee is straightened against resistance. The reasons for pain are not entirely understood but may be caused by a build up of pressure within the knee joint when the knee is bent, wear-and-tear of the cartilage lining the back of the patella (you may have heard it referred to as chondromalacia) and abnormal tension on tendons around the knee causing inflammation.
Patient Education
We call this runners' knee. This area often gets better with stretching, butthe exact area is difficult to isolate. A good stretch is shown below.
http://www.ohsu.edu/som-Orthopedics/dc_knee.htm

Extractions: Knee pain is often caused by an increase, or simply a change, in pressure under the kneecap (patella) bone. This may happen even without a specific injury, although it may happen after you change your activity level. The patella is a "V" shaped bone that sits in a groove (trochlea) at the end of the thighbone (femur). The kneecap (patella) bone is part of the tendon of the quadriceps muscle (thigh). Normally, the patella stays within the groove in the thighbone as we flex and extend our knees, because of a balance among muscle strength of the leg, ligament-like restraints called (retinaculum), and flexibility of our joint. Weak quadriceps (front of thigh) muscles, after knee swelling, injury, or simply because of lack of use, can result in poor tracking of the kneecap. Poor tracking also occurs in people with malalignment of the leg. This poor tracking can cause pressure under the kneecap to be unevenly distributed on the cartilage of the kneecap. In addition, the ligament-like tissue (retinaculum) on the inner part of the knee often stretches, while the retinaculum on the outer part of the knee shortens simply as a result of our knee anatomy and daily use. Pain is often worse when you bend your knee or when the quadriceps muscles are active, because each action places more force on the patella. This kneecap pain is not only associated with weakened, unbalanced muscles, but may also result from tight hamstring (back of the thigh) and/or calf muscles, as well as flat feet.
Cool Running :: Knee Pain
One of the most common injuries among runners, runner's knee most oftenstrikes as runners approach forty miles per week for the first time.
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Extractions: Free online running log tracks your progress Keep a Running Journal The best way to know where you're going with your training is to see where you've been. Keeping a personal journal of your runs helps you track your progress, avoid past pitfalls and even inspire you to new accomplishments. Your journal can be as simple as a few dashed notes of the distance and time you ran each day, or more detailed with lengthier entries about your route, the way you feel, and the stuff you thought about on the run. Posted Thursday, 27 November, 1997 P>Non-runners seem to obsess about the knees of runners. Go figure, but there seems to be a fixation with the idea that we are literally running our knees into the ground with every step we take. Turns out that knee injuries are not inevitable and, though common, are easily corrected if properly managed. Knee pain need not deter you from your ideal running program. Pain around and sometimes behind the kneecap. One of the most common injuries among runners, runner's knee most often strikes as runners approach forty miles per week for the first time. Even after taking a few days off, the pain seems to come right back, sometimes even intensifying, after the first few miles of the next run. The pain often feels worst when running downhill or walking down stairs, and the knee is often stiff and sore after sitting down for long periods. You might hear a crunching or clicking sound when you bend or extend your knee.
Canadian Foot Doctor - Running
Generalized knee pain under the knee cap is common in runners and is known as runners'knee ( chondromalacia ), or more accurately known as patello femoral
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Extractions: Lloyd Nesbitt D.P.M. "Shin splints" or sore lower legs can develop from pronated feet. The picture to the right shows that when the foot rolls in (pronates) the lower leg muscles become strained. The muscles that act to lift the arch become strained when the foot collapses or rolls in. This is common in distance runners, or those doing aerobics or step classes. Muscles become inflammed as do tendons ("tendonitis") and the covering of the bone as well ("periostitis"). Proper orthotics can help greatly. Also consider ice and stretching exercises for possible tight calf muscles which would make the front muscles work harder. Strengthening exercises may be required for the front of the lower legs in those runners where the calf muscles overpower the front muscles. Well cushioned shoes reduce jarring during the working day. Runner's knee. This diagram shows a neutral or proper foot position and knee alignment in the left example, but in the right example it shows a pronated foot and internal rotation of the lower leg, causing abnormal kneecapm tracking. Knee pain due to pronated feet. When the foot pronates, the lower leg rotates inward and this affects the knee. Generalized knee pain under the knee cap is common in runners and is known as "runners' knee" ("chondromalacia"), or more accurately known as "patello femoral syndrome" (See next illustration). X-ray of kneecap ("patellae").
Sports Coach - Technique Drills For Runners
Technique drills for runners are usually performed using three activities, marching(walking of the arms during the running stride, proper knee drive and leg
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Extractions: Technique Drills for Runners Technique drills for runners are usually performed using three activities, marching (walking), skipping and running. Each activity helps to develop important components of proper and economical running technique. There are several reasons for using the activities: The exercises serve as an excellent warm-up tool for both training and competitive situations. After all, running drills imitate specific characteristics of technically sound running form, including upright posture of the trunk and spinal column, proper carriage of the arms during the running stride, proper knee drive and leg action and the co-ordinated dynamic balance associated with shifting weight from one leg to the other The drills help to develop the important proprioceptive and kinaesthetic (body awareness) abilities that a runner must have to deal with changes in terrain while running, and also to ''change gears" while training or racing. The drills are performed slowly at first while developing a "feel" for proper technique, and proper technique is then gradually carried over to drills and runs carried out at faster speeds The exercises also help to strengthen specific muscle groups needed for powerful running, especially the muscles of the feet, calves, shins. thighs and hips. The ankle, knee and hip joints undergo considerable flexion and extension during the running stride, and each of these joints is exercised through a similar or greater range of motion during the various drills
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Extractions: Welcome to The Runners Clinic . This area of our site is sponsored by The Sports Reaction Center and moderated by physical therapist and personal trainer Neil Chasan . Neil is making time for your questions regarding medical and training needs. He won't be able to answer all the questions he gets, but each month we will publish those questions that will most benefit all Runners. The Sports Reaction Center is a high-performance rehabilitation clinic for athletes of all ages and abilities who want to take their personal game to a higher level. The Center was founded by Neil Chasan, PT, MMT , a licensed physical therapist who specializes in human performance and the biomechanics of sports.
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Database: MEDLINE <1966 To December Week 4 2000>
Jumper's knee or infrapatellar insertional tendinopathy is a condition tendonitis or "jumper's knee" is an important cause of anterior knee pain. The natural history,
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Extractions: Search Strategy: 1 jumper$ knee.af. (66) 2 (jumper$ or runner$).af. (3253) 3 knee.af. and 2 (245) 4 limit 3 to (human and english language) (204) 5 runner$ knee.af. (9) 6 1 or 5 (75) 7 limit 6 to (human and english language) (54) 8 from 7 keep 1-54 (54) Unique Identifier Authors Pierets K. Verdonk R. De Muynck M. Lagast J. Institution Kliniek voor Orthopedie, fysische geneeskunde en revalidatie, UZ Gent, Belgium. Title Jumper's knee: postoperative assessment. A retrospective clinical study. Source Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy. 7(4):239-42, 1999. Abstract Jumper's knee or infrapatellar insertional tendinopathy is a condition primarily found in athletes between 18 and 25 years of age who are engaged in explosive running and jumping sports. It is caused by microtears or partial macrotears through the patellar tendon. Conservative treatment is used as the primary approach. If conservative measures are insufficient or fail to relieve the symptoms, surgery is indicated. The patellar tendon is incised and the hyaline inflammatory tissue is removed. Twenty-six patients have been studied retrospectively, with specific attention to postoperative resumption of sports and residual subjective and objective findings. They all completed a detailed questionnaire and subsequently underwent a physical and ultrasound examination. Unique Identifier Authors Matsumoto K. Hukuda S. Ishizawa M. Kawasaki T. Okabe H.
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MEDLINEplus Medical Encyclopedia: Chondromalacia Patellae
Definition Return to top Softening of the knee cartilage. The cause is thoughtto be related to overuse, trauma and/or abnormal forces on the knee.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000452.htm

Extractions: Skip navigation Other encyclopedia topics: A-Ag Ah-Ap Aq-Az B-Bk ... Z Contents of this page: Chondromalacia of the patella Runners knee Alternative names Return to top Patellae - femoral grinding Definition Return to top Softening of the knee cartilage. Causes, incidence, and risk factors Return to top Chondromalacia patella occurs in adolescents and young adults, more frequently in women. The cause is thought to be related to overuse, trauma and/or abnormal forces on the knee. Many affected adolescents have a mildly abnormal alignment of the patella (knee cap) and femur. Affected people of all ages have knee pain and a grating or grinding sensation when they extend their knee. Symptoms Return to top Signs and tests Return to top A physical examination of the knee is not specific but may suggest the diagnosis. The knee may be tender and mildly swollen. The kneecap may not be perfectly lined up with the femur (thigh bone) underneath.
Avera Health - Chondromalacia Patellae
Chondromalacia patellae. Definition Softening of the knee cartilage. The cause isthought to be related to overuse, trauma and/or abnormal forces on the knee.
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Extractions: Causes, incidence, and risk factors: Chondromalacia patella occurs in adolescents and young adults, more frequently in women. The cause is thought to be related to overuse, trauma and/or abnormal forces on the knee. Many affected adolescents have a mildly abnormal alignment of the patella (knee cap) and femur. Affected people of all ages have knee pain and a grating or grinding sensation when they extend their knee.
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Chondromalacia patellae. Definition Softening of the knee cartilage. The cause isthought to be related to overuse, trauma and/or abnormal forces on the knee.
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Health Content Encyclopedia Article Chondromalacia Patellae
Definition. Softening of the knee cartilage. Causes and Risk. The cause is thoughtto be related to overuse, trauma and/or abnormal forces on the knee.
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Chondromalacia Hub
Australia. Association of injuryrunnersknee-chondromalacia (bystrength). Chondromalacia Patella - by Body Sync, Canada. Runner
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Extractions: Chondromalacia, also called chondromalacia patellae, refers to softening of the articular cartilage of the knee cap. Chondromalacia occurs most often in young adults and can be caused by injury, overuse, parts out of alignment, or muscle weakness. The most frequent symptom is a dull pain around or under the knee cap that worsens when walking down stairs or hills. A person may also feel pain when climbing stairs or when the knee bears weight as it straightens. The disorder is common in runners and is also seen in skiers, cyclists, and soccer players. Knee Problems/Chondromalacia - by University of Michigan Health System. Chondromalacia patellae from MEDLINEplus Medical Encyclopedia - updated by Benjamin D. Roye, M.D., M.P.H., Department of Orthopaedics, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY. Chondromalacia Patella (knee pain in sports) - by Kristen Xan Walker for the University of Oregon. A General Overview of Chondromalacia Patella - Aetiology, Clinical picture and Management - by Rachele Ferrari. Anterior Knee Pain Syndrome (Chondromalacia of the Kneecap) - by Johns Hopkins Bayview Orthopaedics.
Linked Sites
knee Information. About your knee. Easy to understand. Superior Site. Medicalsite with more advanced medical information. Recommended knee Sites.
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MatchNight Fan Forums - Error
a couple knee injuries you might want to add are jumpers knee and runnersknee. jumpers knee is prepatellar tendonitis, or swelling
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Rehabilitation Programme For Runner's Knee
Rehabilitation programme for Runner's knee. 2. Place the heal of your hand abouttwo inches above the knee and push in moving the hand up towards the hip.
http://www.personaltrainer1.co.uk/cybertherapist/front/knee/rehabrunnersknee.htm

Extractions: To stretch out the Illiotibial band. Place the leg you want to stretch behind the other one. Put your weight onto your back leg, hold onto something and lean away as shown. Hold for 30 seconeds, repeat 5 times and do this at least three times a day. It is a lot of stretching but it is worth it in the end if you want to be rid of this injury. Never bounce when stretching, always ease into it gently and try to relax. If it is painful you are not doing it properly! Self Massage of the Illio-tibial band 1. Use a little oil (baby oil will do) and gently massage the outside of your leg for a few minutes until it is warm.

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