A visit to the MGH Sports Medicine group revealed what I had known for a
while: I have patella tendonitis in my right knee. The short-term
treatment is to eliminate all activities that aggravate my knees. So that
puts the kibosh on jogging for a while. I had tampered my jogging to at
most 6 miles a week for the first two weeks of July, but my knee was still in
bad shape by the day of the doctor's appointment. The longer-term therapy
includes strengthening my right hip and right front quad and improving the
flexibility in my hip and hamstrings.
So this is a bit of a setback. I don't know how many people on this
site have chronic patella tendonitis, but it's so frustrating. I was
doing everything by the books: icing, slowly adding miles, and stretching
before and after. I tried a patella knee
strap but that didn't seem to do anything. At least I've never had IT
injuries or stress fractures.
If anyone has some success stories about overcoming a case of jumper's
knee, please send them my way. I could use the encouragement.
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