Group: Injuries & Rehabilitation

Injuries & Rehabilitation
Created: 2012/01/01, Members: 54, Messages: 4465

Dealing with injuries and learning how to avoid them is extremely important!

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Patellar tendonitis

agroshek
agroshek
Posts: 1
Joined: 2003/04/23
United States
2003/07/17, 02:29 PM
I have now been suffereing from Patellar tendonitis for about 8 weeks. During the summer I'm usually training for triathlons and this has affected not only my body, but my self-esteem. I know I'm suppose to stay off of it entirely, (and I do visit my doctor weekly to track my progress with the anti-inflamatories) but I really need to stay active. Being inactive makes me lazy and incredibly irritable. Is there any good exericises out there that I CAN do? Running and biking are out of the question while swimming is ok, but still a bit painful.
asimmer
asimmer
Posts: 8,201
Joined: 2003/01/07
United States
2003/07/23, 07:44 AM
Keep lifting upper body. See if your gym has an upper body ergometer. Swim if you can.
Good luck!
gatormade
gatormade
Posts: 1,355
Joined: 2003/10/01
United States
2003/10/27, 11:08 AM
Train your hamstrings if it doesn't bother your knee. Try light power lifting deadlifts. They may be bearable. If not try leg curls and other hamstring exercises. Also try to stretch to tolerance. Flexibility is very important.