Thanks! Correction, it ‘was’ called tendonitis; hence the «re-classified as tendinopathy». What you said is exactly why doctors are no longer suggesting NSAIDs, with inflammation not being the injury- it can actually have a negative effect on the rehabilitation. I guess ‘some’ inflammation is necessary (?).

As of right now, I’ve been doing 3-6 sets og ecccentric training. I’ll try adding additional foaming, some sumo deadlifts and some off-days on the rehab-exercises. Patience is not my strong suit

Thanks!

Edit: to address your concern with eccentric training (I’ll be repeating myself). This condition is classified as tendinopathy; tendon damage. Complete rest has no effect on strengthening the weakened/damage tendon. All research done suggests that eccentric-strengthening exercises are the best way to strengthen/rehabilitate the tendon. I’m looking for further ways to augment progress on the basis of little to no improvement. Sure over-doing it could cause harm; which is why doing it without (much) pain and with slow & controlled movement is suggested

This post was edited by Galera88 on Dec 24 2018 05:44am

Have you tried single leg exercises?

Shrimp squat
Pistol squat
Single leg holds (there’s a good one where you stand next to wall and then bend leg closest to wall so that knee goes over toes and then you hold that position - targets VMO)
Single leg box jumps
Single leg agility drills

All the injuries I’ve had (tendinitis, patellofemoral, etc) I healed through body weight exercises and with bands, not with weights.

This post was edited by PartyInMyPants on Dec 25 2018 08:52pm

Jumper's knee, also called patellar tendinopathy, is a painful condition of the knee caused by small tears in the patellar tendon that mainly occurs in sports requiring strenuous jumping. Once the pain subsides, restoration of function is achieved through physical and exercise therapy.(Indian workouts).

Does your knee feel like its burning and walking generally sux dick?

I haven't done bodyweight exercises, no! Any type of squat hurts my knee. I might give it a shot once it starts improving, though. Thanks.


Patellar tendinopathy/runners knee/jumpers knee -> I'm familiar with the different terms. Thanks for the copy paste google-search, though.


Atm, nothing really hurts (aside from squatting). I can walk with no issue, run with no issue. Even walk up stairs (which hurt initially), without any pain. However, I've had zero progression in squats. Even bodyweight squats hurts.

Show a video of your form when squatting from the side, front, and back. Any other nagging aches and pains in your body? Any other activities that hurt your patellar tendon? Tendinopathies are a result of biomechanic and movement flaws. You can do all the eccentric training on that tendon you want, but if you keep making the same movement flaws that caused the tendinopathy in the first place you will just continue spinning your wheels and it won't heal.

Unilateral movements and stabilization training did wonders the times I've had it. Wrapping the tendon could also be an idea.
I also had some shockwave therapy to help with circulation/scar tissue.

get that AKA, problem solved

My jumpers knee was mitigated by using pre-wrap for ~6 months when doing physical activity. Google "jumpers knee pre wrap" and you'll see what I'm talking about. It looks kind of odd and I don't know why it works but my doc suggested it and voila!