What is Causing Your Knee Pain? Tendonitis? How to Know?(Patellar Tendonitis? Quadricep Tendonitis?)

What is Causing Your Knee Pain? Tendonitis? How to Know?(Patellar Tendonitis? Quadricep Tendonitis?)
Bob and Brad discuss patellar and quadriceps tendonitis and tendinopathy in the knee. Tendonitis is inflammation of the tendon. Tendinopathy is a degeneration of the collagen protein that forms the tendon. They demonstrate how to palpate to determine if patellar or quadriceps tendonitis/ tendinopathy is causing your knee pain.
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0:16 Topic
0:33 What is Tendonitis
1:10 Causes
1:56 Types of Tendonitis
3:02 Symptoms
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[@BobandBrad]

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[@marcabbink2772]

My knee pain was caused by a strained peroneus longus muscle. I had pain on the outside of my knee right below the knee on the outside of my calf muscle. I had it on and off for years now and once I found out what it was, I used my massage gun to work it out! You guys should do a video on treating the peroneus longus muscle! I hit it with my massage gun right or at the top of the peroneus longus where it ties into the fibula! I got rid of it after 2 weeks of treatment with the massage gun! What a relief! I also just purchased a bob and Brad massage gun. Love it...! 😃

[@NansGlobalKitchen]

Wow! Awesome comment I would love to know what the peroneus nerve is. I have pain on the side and back of my left calf but no knee pain. I wish I could afford to buy their massage gun!

[@vasantsande8644]

Thank you so much. All your knee videos are superb and helpful, miracle, came in time when left knee is hurting, thank God. I want to thank all others for bringing these videos on my computer, KZbin as well.

[@SKYTHERAPYY]

I’m 30 now but I was a track athlete and played basketball for fun I could jump so I dunked a lot I’m 6’5. The top of my knee is where my pain comes from I think all those stadium steps and lunging the football field at practice is taking its toll now

[@cheriestolze]

What about if the pain is in back of the knee-the calf?

[@BobandBrad]

You can try this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYjPfHmwo72EpNU

[@crisphil2488]

Thank you for all that you do. I recently found your channel and so glad I did. I appreciate your light-hearted humor as you present different ways we can deal with pain from injury or aging. I have yet to check our your website and many videos that you so generously offer for free, but I just wanted to check in and say, “Thank you so much!”

[@BobandBrad]

Thank you for your kind words and your appreciation. We are very happy we are able to help people

[@GetOffMyyLawn]

Hey Bob & Brad, thanks for the videos! Do you have a video on home use of Tens units?

[@NansGlobalKitchen]

Omg! I was going to ask the same question. I have a tens unit that has the patch thing that they use in the hospital to hook you up for checking heart ekg. I don't know how to use it. I hope that they do reply!

[@sofiaruby603]

What do you do for fallen arches ?

[@sofiaruby603]

@@NansGlobalKitchen try Healing Frequencies for knee pain.

[@humzarobinson]

How do u improve it

[@michaelricciuto9968]

What kind of brace can be used for quadricep tendonitis

[@basuanny]

Hi ,my knee is always slightly bent due to patellartendonitis. How can I straighten it?

[@jakerusty123]

Where is the video on how to relive quad tendinitis please ?

[@everyone2975]

Magnesium

[@sandyrobinson3621]

Can this happen after a hard fall on your knee? I have what I call a pone above my knee cap that wasn’t there before and has been there for 4 months. Painful!!!

[@BobandBrad]

Yes it certainly can be caused by a hard fall

[@lorencapps8510]

i'm so jealous of Brads legs......I'm 72 and at one time I too had legs like his. Who the hell said that being over 65 are the Golden Years??????

[@Kathleen253]

I am not sure if my knee pain is from tendonitis of the quadricep or is

[@dr.anuragsportsphysiotherapist]

What are your symptoms, I can help you

[@tarekseiba2486]

@@dr.anuragsportsphysiotherapist hey can you help me i was doing leg extension lifting and i kinda felt a small pop so i stopped after i stopped i felt tightness but no pain now after a week some mild pain under the kneecap and above it and tightness and i buckle a little when i walk i can do extend my leg fully and bend it

[@tarekseiba2486]

@@dr.anuragsportsphysiotherapist and i think actually there was no pop and i dont think my knee is swalloen or any brusies

[@Uberone14]

How about a twist or turning pain. Otherwise not much pain. Knee feels loose. Suggestions?

[@joanncampbell7104]

I have this too!! Hope someone can answer. God bless! 🌹❤

[@GetOffMyyLawn]

Squats to work the muscles on the outside of the knees will help reduces the lateral movement.

[@joanncampbell7104]

@@GetOffMyyLawn thank you. 😊

[@redabounar5801]

Hello , thank you for all the knowledge you're sharing , please have you some exercises or stretching that could help Whit jagular vein compression , that cause me a lot of brain fog and psychological issues ?

[@Velvet_Troubadour]

Is it possible to have inflammation triggered by Chondromalacia lead to inflammation in the tendons?

[@whydn3175]

Hi Bob and Brad, just wonder if I have Quadricep Tendonitis, what warm up is good before I play volleyball? Or in other words, should I massage it before the game? It seems like Massage will relax the muscle which sounds opposite to playing a game? I am a bit confused now, is warm up purpose to make muscle relax or tense? thanks for your help in advance!

[@conniel5221]

High pub chairs. I’m sure I sit at my table and do work and I notice now the back of my knee is super painful. So stop sitting there. Use a stool. But how to relieve the hurt?

[@dshep7850]

I have a bad case of fallen arches, weight issues, and it's stressful for my knees.

[@BobandBrad]

Yes that will do it. Hopefully this video helps. Strengthening your knees me also help. If you go to our main page and use the search function you could fine videos on that subject as well

[@dshep7850]

@@BobandBradThank you so much

[@Sonia94537]

Bob & Brad, any thoughts on PRP injections (plasma therapy)? Does it help with sore tendons? Thank you❤️

[@BobandBrad]

We have not done a video on that yet. I’ll add it to our to do list and hopefully we can get a video uploaded to KZbin in the near future

[@Sonia94537]

@@BobandBrad great, thank you, since it is a bit more on expensive side, it would be good to know how that works. You do a great job with each and every video, that Mckenzie cobra exercise saved by back 👍❤️👏

[@dr.anuragsportsphysiotherapist]

Plasma therapy helps in healing the injured tendon. But, ultimately you need to do the exercises to remain pain free

[@honeybadgermuff]

You guys are awesome!

[@yishujia186]

Besides my knee pain, my calf muscles seems bigger than usual. I don't know why but I never train my calf muscles. There are some knots in those muscles. I've massaged them and It's quite painful. I have a feeling that this is related to my knee pain.

[@GetOffMyyLawn]

I've been doing squats specifically for my knee pain and it has really helped a lot. Start off easy, and work your way up to 30-50 squats a day. They still sound "crunchy" but the pain is mostly gone.

[@yishujia186]

Thanks for the advice! I think my knee pain is mainly caused by sitting too much. I am doing body weight squat to improve the strength of both quadriceps muscle and the hamstrings. I have been doing glute bridge as well.

[@giselleabadie6033]

You guys are great! I was hoping you could address knee issues for like a hairdresser? I stand a lot so I have had issues with my feet and now my knee is hurting me. I have a chair and I am working less doing hair with the goal of transitioning out of doing this kind of work, any suggestions?

[@jackiewaddle6574]

I am a hairdresser and I’m currently having the same issue

[@777tillinfinity]

Walk backwards.on a treadmill at an incline. 10mins every other day. See online. Kneesovertoes guy channel... explains how strengthens the body around where we lack strength from always moving forward

[@pinoy51289]

Just wanna know your thoughts on chiropractic medicine? I've been following you both for a while and thank you for the now hundreds of videos I've used to help me with my various ailments.

[@mahsaahmadpour23]

I'm 23 and I can't exercise and do squads or spilt because of this pain

[@777tillinfinity]

Same and I'm 44!!

[@alwaysyouramanda]

I think I got this in my shoulder while working on “restrictions” with my other shoulder. They had me stack surplus Nike boxes with one arm alone one small stretch of rollers so I eventually had to THROW these huge boxes over my head- it felt like something peeled away from my pectoral muscle too. It’s been years and I still suffer pain just from normal use- bagging groceries.. watering the lawn.. folding laundry. Not to mention, I nearly broke my back so I suffer from it too- they gave me $6k to shut up and quit. I’m so so sad- I haven’t worked since. It hurts every night just to lay in bed- SO bad.

[@alwaysyouramanda]

Oh FedEx Ground- I hope it falls to Bezos.

[@Ruony24]

It came to me from too much driving

[@patriciakavanaugh5300]

My knee pain is at the lateral collateral ligament on my right knee. It hurts most when I get up from a chair or if I walk a great deal. Is there an exercise that I can do for this?

[@dr.anuragsportsphysiotherapist]

Do adductors strenthening, hip side raise and prone hip raise with ankle weights, 12 reps x 3-4 sets

[@luvfitall]

Being floxed by a surgeon I fully trusted to give me a minor antibiotic for a minor surgery preventative.

[@goldengirl54]

Mine is back related. 😢

[@godsdaughter_1234]

Can arthritis in the knee cause tendonitis too?

[@dr.anuragsportsphysiotherapist]

Not always

[@suzannebernier2682]

I've been exercising a lot over the past few years to lose weight (been overweight most of my life) and my knee aches off and on right on the knee cap. Sometimes I need to take Tylenol. It aches the most when it's cold or the weather is kind of cloudy/rainy or if I've over exercised (a lot of walking) I'm 33. 😓 I'm not exactly certain what it is or when it even happened.

[@kourtenayt1927]

Same thing here

[@kalinystazvoruna8702]

Sounds to me like you might have the beginning of arthritis. My Tai Chi master told me to take glucosamine for the pain I had in my knee. Within 24 hours the pain went away and so long as I take it every day, it has never come back. I'd suggest taking glucosamine and see if that helps.

[@conraywest]

Are you kidding me… watched this whole video and y’all didn’t show how to fix it lmao what a joke

[@peggyharris3815]

WD 40 injections work better than topical application 😂.

[@Spectactical1]

Jumpers knee. Over 30 and still skateboarding 🎉

[@draganprostran]

I am 20 and I grew like solid 4cm since last year. When I examine my knee, yeah I have pain on top of knee cap, but not in the same place when im squatting, yet when im resting, my shin bone right under patella it feels like a bump, swollen compared to the other leg… hopefully I can recover

[@777tillinfinity]

How did you go??? I have quadricep tendon issues now.. was previously patellar smh

[@destiny9446]

Hey Bob Brad asked ypu how long ot lasted and you never answered? I got pain after doing lunges aswell and I'm still feeling the pain 4 months later Evan though I have stopped being physical. How long did ur last? Also how did u message the area to help it?😊

[@brunomillalaf8553]

How’s it now? I’m dealing with the same sh. It’s been months.

[@fuad3718]

Hey I'm 18 year old and my knee is swollen. I play basketball and idk what to do with it. My knee is slowingly weakning

[@rdoc]

I am no doctor but I have had knee problems off and on all my life. What helps me most is an ice pack whenever I feel pain. Kick back in a recliner and ice it up for as long as you can stand it. Hope this helps. Also what helps just as much is to remember to stretch your knees before exercise. Look up runners' stretch wall push being one of my favorite.

[@felipenavas]

I was diagnosed with chondromalacia patellae. Is it basically the same exercises?

[@dr.anuragsportsphysiotherapist]

You need to start foam rolling the knee muscles, stretch the quadriceps and hip flexor (30 seconds hold x 4 sets each side) Glutes strengthening

[@antisocial8464]

I have patellar tendonitis and my lower leg is really swollen

[@dr.anuragsportsphysiotherapist]

Start with contrast bath- put hot water fermentation on knee for 1 minute and then ice for 1 minute continue 6 minutes of hot and 5 minutes of ice alternatively for 3-4 days twice a day

[@blitzed5210]

I'm 13 (male) and Im pretty sure I have patellar tendonitis. However, I can't "feel" it when I try rubbing it. Is this an early stage?

[@brunomillalaf8553]

You’ll have joint pains when going through puberty. If you’re overweight, work on that with diet.

[@kathyclark3168]

I'll be watching more of these knee videos👍😊

[@sten2246]

Best advice here. Stop and never do squats, ever. Every cricket wicketkeeper has shot knees. Never ever put stress on your knees, lunches, jumps, up and down stairs, running, skipping, jumping over obstacles, jumping off things. If your not going to be an Olympic athlete give it all up now before you get a life time of pain and misery, 35 years old plus. Stop doing weights and gyms it's all bulldust. Listen carefully these two nice guys would be out of a job.

[@markbisnauth3369]

Thank you!

[@ERDoctorZ]

WD40 helps my knee too, and I spray in on my brake pads to keep them from squeaking. Great all around lubricant :). Seriously though, you guys are great. I really appreciate your channel.

[@ryanmcquitty5604]

Am I the only one who sings the intro?

[@richie1027]

Wondering if the assessment would be the same with a total knee replacement. Swelling &pain distal r. quadricep and lateral r. Knee.

[@sharonlouisedoud9769]

I've sent a couple of emails to you - one talking about a potential hack when I ordered something from you. I have received no response.

[@ginalombardi4293]

I have this issue!

[@kathyclark3168]

I found out my issue, OA in my right knee, pretty bad. Sooooo, we're going to do a partial knee replace; it seriously is bad (knocked knee I. The right, looks ugly 😳) But I'm still standing! Thanks and I'll keep watching 👍

[@masonmarshall9727]

About 7 years ago, a Semi truck cause me to get a Tibial Plateau Fracture, I just ran a personal best 5k 3 weeks ago of 17:57 took a week off and then started back for 2 weeks with easy running 30-50 mins at a calm pace. 2 days ago I woke up from a nap and my patellar tendon just felt like it was going to explode when walking down hill/stairs it got better and when I went for a run later that day it felt good, but doing strides after it felt fine till I had to slow down and then I realized this cant be good. So my question is can you have Osgood-Schlatters, at my age 32, just from the muscle/tendon growth while dealing with 2 plates on both sides of my Upper Tibia or is it more likely that my tendon my inflamed? I really have no tenderness on the tendon, it feels more on the shin bone, but when lunging, my bad knee when it is the rear leg feels crazy when I let it bend slightly. Thanks for your video and hope to hear form you!

[@yoheff988]

Boy they like to BS LOL

[@brittanycarney1101]

I just got done with my PT for knee pain (tendinitis and some worn out cartilage) I’m only 24 it helped a ton! But I’m still not 100% definitely need to continue with the exercises.

[@leeosborne6071]

Thanks for the help

[@brocksamson9737]

Which exercise do they make you do? Much appreciated

[@lettidelgado1742]

Yes there's where I hurt..mi can't even kneel in church because it hurts so bad...

[@Jimmythepin]

I'm 66 years old, and I have chronic Osgood Schlatter's Disease, it cropped up and was diagnosed (classic symptoms) in late 2021. I have now developed Quadriceps tendonitis in the same leg. Quite painful. Thanks for this video..........and I hope all is well with both of you great guys.

[@jamesollick4413]

Where can I get a copy of you book Three Simple Steps to Treat Back Pain?

[@anitaelghandor7295]

I was playing badminton,I tripped and cut my knee,that healed but the opposite side started hurting,I think it was inflammation,but is so much better now,the suggestion you had lately helped tremendously thank you😁

[@mariolooney70]

Thanks guys , I I kneeded that 😂😂😂

[@delphinebez3045]

Such a friendly and cheerful approach... and I have a lot issues to consult you about 😁

[@rzvrzv9894]

Bring back the old intro. I love those old pics

[@derlachendevagabund7942]

Maybe eat less chicken and fries so your bones stay intact?

[@elinorrebibo822]

Do you have any reccomendations as to how t treat pattelar tendonitis? I've recently had it and it keeps returning !

[@dr.anuragsportsphysiotherapist]

It will take 6 weeks with proper EXERCISES. Please start with foam rolling the knee muscles. Knee isometric, glutes strengthening exercises. Take care 👍

[@k.williamelliott7969]

Recently had an MRI on both knees. Right one has a tear, more accurately a split of the Patella tendon. My ortho wants to scope, eventually, both knees. Surgery just seems to be an overly aggressive step vs. some PT...

[@lorencapps8510]

Doctors now of day are "Surgery Happy". More money in their pockets, you think?

[@luciem4562]

@@lorencapps8510 doctors don’t care about money, they have enough of it

[@stephanietoiletpaperbride4484]

After 35 years since we have last played tennis, last month we started playing pickleball. Hubby and I are both addicted, but oh my knees! I’m playing somewhat energetically and aggressively for a 67 yo woman, but I’m not 30 years old anymore. Please don’t tell me I have to stop pickleball. I think tendonitis is what I have just given myself in both knees. Definitely feels better when I get moving and doesn’t hurt at all when I play. I’m wearing knee braces on both knees to protect them and I think that helps some.

[@brunomillalaf8553]

You might need a proper warm up