Most advice I would get from trainers and physios in the 2010s for my quad tendon pain was "work on strenghening your posterior chain, and stretch your anterior chain". So all I did for years was avoiding loading properly my knee extensors and stretching in deep compressive positions, lol. Also made most of my movement pattern hip dominant (box squats, "hips back", etc.). It's only in the last year that I've found some correct infos concerning this, but the hill to climb is gonna be a tough one after so many years of pain ahaha. Good video once again, your channel is a gold mine.
Had same thing, terrible patellar tendonitis and all the glute activation/mini band work/quad stretching/smr/physio did nothing except provide enough relief for me to train/play a game (basketball player) then post game/the next day felt like death. Fixed it myself by using the duck walk to get used to full knee band and other strategies like weighted plyos without shoes, single leg movements using contralateral hold, and lifting 50 lb kettlebell with my feet
Great video and yes had the same experience with pain not going away trying to activate and be hip dominant in jumping. Definitely feel like it helped me jump higher and further though
Hey Jake quick question here, so I’ve been following the 4 stage process for like 2 months now, although my knees are pain free in most circumstances, but whenever I tried to go back to playing volleyball and tried my regular approach jump, the pain would just come back little by little during the game. Once I started to rehab I’ve changed my jumping technique from a fast and explosive way to a rather slow, low effort and hip-dominance way, and my tendon seems to be fine. However I’m not sure if I should be looking at my biomechanics or just continue working on my load capacity here. I thought my tendon pain came from my knee dominant jumping technique but my pt said my techniques are fine. Really wanna to be able to jump as high as before, please help me🥲
Don’t try to change your technique that you’d use in your sport. Just address everything in rehab. Strengthen hips and knees and do jumps/lands that stress more hips and more knees from time to time.
Most advice I would get from trainers and physios in the 2010s for my quad tendon pain was "work on strenghening your posterior chain, and stretch your anterior chain". So all I did for years was avoiding loading properly my knee extensors and stretching in deep compressive positions, lol. Also made most of my movement pattern hip dominant (box squats, "hips back", etc.). It's only in the last year that I've found some correct infos concerning this, but the hill to climb is gonna be a tough one after so many years of pain ahaha. Good video once again, your channel is a gold mine.
Lol. Made a lot of sense years ago. You have knee pain because your posterior chain is weak. Doesn’t really work out for most people.
Had same thing, terrible patellar tendonitis and all the glute activation/mini band work/quad stretching/smr/physio did nothing except provide enough relief for me to train/play a game (basketball player) then post game/the next day felt like death. Fixed it myself by using the duck walk to get used to full knee band and other strategies like weighted plyos without shoes, single leg movements using contralateral hold, and lifting 50 lb kettlebell with my feet
Load the sucker
Great video and yes had the same experience with pain not going away trying to activate and be hip dominant in jumping. Definitely feel like it helped me jump higher and further though
Definitely will help standing and broad jump numbers to develop hips.
Jake do you still get pain now days? When was your last flare up?
No. Haven’t jumped in weeks due to a bad ankle sprain. Patellar tendons feel amazing.
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Hey Jake quick question here, so I’ve been following the 4 stage process for like 2 months now, although my knees are pain free in most circumstances, but whenever I tried to go back to playing volleyball and tried my regular approach jump, the pain would just come back little by little during the game.
Once I started to rehab I’ve changed my jumping technique from a fast and explosive way to a rather slow, low effort and hip-dominance way, and my tendon seems to be fine. However I’m not sure if I should be looking at my biomechanics or just continue working on my load capacity here. I thought my tendon pain came from my knee dominant jumping technique but my pt said my techniques are fine.
Really wanna to be able to jump as high as before, please help me🥲
Don’t try to change your technique that you’d use in your sport. Just address everything in rehab. Strengthen hips and knees and do jumps/lands that stress more hips and more knees from time to time.