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Originally Posted by LoyalGatorFan
Dream, it depends how the patella is tracking as to what muscles you want to strengthen vs stretching...if its tracking lateral (which can happen with a tight ITB because the ITB will pull it lateral) then you do want to strengthen VMO and adductors since those are medial muscles to help pull the patella back into the groove and keep it there...its like a tug of war between medial and lateral basically...
On the contrary, if the patella tracks medial, you want to strengthen lateral and stretch medial.....and just so ya know PFPS is a garbage term...it doesnt always mean patellar tracking issues...it could be chondromalacia (which could however be caused by patellar tracking), it could also be a patellar fracture or dislocation...it stands for patellafemoral pain syndrome which means any type of injury that causes pain in the knee joint can technically be incorporated under that abbreviation....
Hope this helps...
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Loyal, I'm afraid I'm losing confidence in the more conventional explanations. It seems to me that stretching and/or foam-rolling the ITB would be about as effective as stretching and/or foam-rolling a tractor tire.
With respect to medial knee pain, why would anyone want to perform a movement (TKE's) that only serve to stress the inflamed area ? Aren't you a chiro ? Aren't you chiros fond of telling your patients "What's hurting is not where you're hurt" ?
