Just curious if anyone has dealt with this particular problem before. Guess I should give some background info first. I started having knee pain (below the knee and to the side) about 5 months ago in my right knee. After resting it a couple of days and still feeling pain, I went in to see my dr. He said I aggravated my patella & bursella (sp?) tendons and to take 4 weeks off. I couldn't pinpoint what activities caused the pain, since I do running, horseback riding, and of course MA. So I stopped everything except my MA classes. The pain went away, I started everything back up, and lo and behold, the pain came right back. I narrowed it down to whenever I land from a jump on my right leg (wushu jumping front kick, etc) I must be landing wrong and irritating my patella. So I gave up all jumps/jumpkicks that require me to land on my right leg. Pain went away except when I'm required to do them in class.
That was a couple of months ago. Still, I have no pain unless I jump on my right leg. Unfortunately, I'm getting into a lot of kicks/jumps that require landing on the right leg, which I can't practice. I'm taking aleve every day, and I have a neoprene knee support. I'm also back into running & horseback riding, and I try to do squats once a week to strengthen my knees. I do calf raises and standing jumps (landing on both legs) and frog jumps to try and help my landing abilities.
Anyone have had this problem with the patella before? And can anyone recommend other exercises to strengthen that area, or perhaps have a different approach to healing it? Any thoughts on how to land properly (besides absorbing impact, I know that one...)? Thanks!
Whew, man am I long winded.
That was a couple of months ago. Still, I have no pain unless I jump on my right leg. Unfortunately, I'm getting into a lot of kicks/jumps that require landing on the right leg, which I can't practice. I'm taking aleve every day, and I have a neoprene knee support. I'm also back into running & horseback riding, and I try to do squats once a week to strengthen my knees. I do calf raises and standing jumps (landing on both legs) and frog jumps to try and help my landing abilities.
Anyone have had this problem with the patella before? And can anyone recommend other exercises to strengthen that area, or perhaps have a different approach to healing it? Any thoughts on how to land properly (besides absorbing impact, I know that one...)? Thanks!
Whew, man am I long winded.
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