Understanding and Treating Runner’s Knee
One of the most common knee injuries people experience all around the world is runner’s knee (also known as patello-femoral knee pain). A physio Wembley or where you are will observe stiffness and minor swelling around the kneecap. Patients will notice that the symptoms get worse when they move after sitting for a long time or after certain motions like squatting, running and going up and/or downstairs. So here is some information on runner’s knee and how a physio would treat it. There is not something out of place Runner’s knee is not about the kneecap moving out of place. The area between your lower thigh bone and knee cap gets temporarily irritated because of an overload. Sudden heavy or repetitive loading can cause such irritation. Examples that cause this are when a person increases how far they run by a very large amount, or suddenly start an exercise intensity that their body is not used to. If this happens it does not mean you have to stop what you were doing completely. I...