Re: Patellar Tendonitis After ACL Surgery

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Re: Patellar Tendonitis After ACL Surgery

Posted By: drmark
Date: Wednesday, 12 March 2008, at 6:07 p.m.

In Response To: Patellar Tendonitis After ACL Surgery (Jenn Hooven)

> I'm about six weeks post surgery with a pat. graph. (same
> side). I just got out of my brace this week, and the pain
> in my patella tendon seems to have gotten worse. It really
> fires off when I'm sitting and holding my surgical leg off
> the ground (like to lift up onto an ottoman or something)
> and when I do bridge excersises. My PT mentioned almost as
> an aside when I was doing clamshells, "if it hurts the
> tendon, don't do it, switch positions". Should I
> refrain from anything that hurts the tendon? What increases
> or decreases my chances of developing tendonitis? Is there
> anything I should be doing to treat that pain specifically?
Everyone who reads my posts must first click on my user name and read my profile.
Patella tendon related pain is common after patella reconstructions, as is hamstring pain and weakness after hamstring reconstructions.
Its a problem that one has to power on through with. As the strenth increases, the pain dissapates. OUr patients do step ups and ride the stationary bike one hour per day every day, getting their heart rate up to the target rate for their age. Also, this problem will not go away if one does not have full extension equal to the other side. If one doesn't have it, they have to get it.

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Patellar Tendonitis After ACL Surgery (views: 171) -- Jenn Hooven -- Wednesday, 12 March 2008, at 12:15 p.m.
- Re: Patellar Tendonitis After ACL Surgery (views: 189) -- drmark -- Wednesday, 12 March 2008, at 6:07 p.m.

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Message: > Everyone who reads my posts must first click on my user > name and read my profile. > Patella tendon related pain is common after patella > reconstructions, as is hamstring pain and weakness after > hamstring reconstructions. > Its a problem that one has to power on through with. As the > strenth increases, the pain dissapates. OUr patients do > step ups and ride the stationary bike one hour per day > every day, getting their heart rate up to the target rate > for their age. Also, this problem will not go away if one > does not have full extension equal to the other side. If > one doesn't have it, they have to get it.
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