I had extreme pain in my Patellar tendon area of both knees whenever I did something that would stretch the tendon from aged 15 to 18. I played basketball and volleyball. Bad enough pain that I had to take 4 ibuprofen before every sports practice or game just to be able to function. Two visits to a doctor and they never gave me a diagnosis of anything, however. They just told me to "strengthen my legs". However, at the time it hurt way too much and I was scares to lift and put my legs under more of a load. I then went to a chiropractor (yeah yeah, make fun of chiropractors), and in the imaging they took of my knees, they pointed out the apparent damage of that tendon area. Through working with them, it was discovered that my hips were rotated a certain way that kinked the chain of energy up through my knees. My feet had always been at a 90 degree angle of one another my whole life when I walked, stood, or ran, but I never thought anything of it. The rotation of my legs literally caused exactly what you described in the video with the lateral shifting of the tendon when I bent my legs. For about a year I went every two weeks to keep adjusting my hips as they literally straightened out when adjusted, but in a few days got crooked again. Over time, I had to go less and less frequently, and my hips stayed in line. At that point my pain was almost gone, and any lingering pain went away once I got serious in the gym and strengthened my legs after all. So that's my story. Maybe the doc helped, maybe the chiropractor helped. I dont care

This is a terrible thing to have, I held with for a whole year and one day you might be feeling perfect to go out and play, but then the next day the knee starts to hurt like crazy

My retinas love the thumbnail colors

Hey Doc, please can you make a video discussing shin splints/ stress fractures... I'm a long jumper and struggling with shin splints. Thanks

Thank you for finally uploading this one! Been waiting for it.

I love how simply descriptive these videos are, love this segment Brian!

I have watched a lot of videos about this subject these past few days and you are by far the most well-spoken easy to understand person ever! NOW I understand why anti-inflammatory gel wasn't working on my knee. I don't have a tendinitis but a tendinopathy! I appreciated and loved how you explained the differences between them two. I'm very happy I stumbled upon your video. Many many thanks ❤

Great video! I was a catcher in baseball and goalie in hockey. I’ve had issues with this for 10+ years. Started with a 8 month rehab and was back. Fast forward several years the pain got severe again. I ended up getting injections that didn’t help, in fact one knee got worse and ended up requiring surgery. What I’ve noticed is that the post surgery rehab is brutal. Definitely going to show this video to people asking what’s wrong with my knees.

I am a doctor as well and I suffered from jumpers knee for nearly 3 years. I can definitely say it was a horrible experience not because of so much pain but because of restriction in many everyday activities.

I have jumpers knee. I hurt my knee last August in basketball, and it's now July. It's extremely painful when going down slopes and stairs. I can't even bend down on my knees without excruciating pain. I can't run or jump. You literally feel like an 80 year old man. I recently started focusing on quad exercises to increase quad strength, as well as taking naproxen. I also take a collagen supplements, as well as l glutamine, protein shakes and fish oil. I've noticed a huge improvement. Hopefully I'll be back to dunking soon.

can't believe how good this video is. just 100% helpful and point-on. And pace is very good (and fast)

I absolutely LOVE the way you explain concepts without being condescending. Thank you for being so thorough also. The images that you show are very good, and helpful for those of us who are visual learners (I would appreciate the images/footage even more if you were able to leave them on the screen longer; it would give me longer to absorb and process. ) Regardless, these are FANTASTIC and very engaging videos. Have a great week!

Thanks for the great info! I've been working back from this exact issue with my left knee and now I have a new rehab exercise to do!

from the Uk , had patella tendinopathy for around 4 years managing the pain through professional rugby. recently got PRP injections and has alleviated some pain but not all. This video is probably the best I've seen and id never even began to think about Q angle. Thanks !!

Thank you Dr. Brian. This is the best explanation out there.

I'm 44, I've had it since 16! Concrete and asphalt bball all day long. Strengthen your legs young people. Squat, press, deadlift and lunges. Those help my knees plus massage and ice.

Omg I was wondering about this the other day. Nice. Thanks for the upload.

I needed this video lol, I had this the entire second half of my last basketball season and continued to play on it and it’s now been 2 years and I still will get pain from time to time but not near what it was, and apparently I had it in stage 3 according to this. Now I know what to do when (or if) it comes back. Thank you and great video!

One of my friends injured his ankle during a 1v1 vs me. He landed awkwardly and as soon as I saw him fall I immediately remember your video on the sprained ankle injury (I forgot which video it was :/ ) and educated him lol all thanks to you I know way too much about knees and ankles xD

best explanation i found on KZfaq by far. thank you!

Thanks Doc I play ultimate disc an have suffered for this condition for at least a few years now, initially is was just under my knee caps an now the pain has moved lower to where the patellar tendon meet the shin bone. Thus far I’ve only applied the PRICE technique in terms of rehab. Anyway this vid was very informative learning about the q angle an the fact that weak quads could be a contributor was eye opening. I will also be resting rather then pushing thru the pain for now on. Appreciate it!

I love all your videos! They are soo interesting and easy to understand.

I completely agree with your characterization of this as "Landers knee," thanks to my personal experience of repeatedly landing only on my left leg due to bad hitting technique in volleyball.

Thanks for the video doc! I've been looking for a good video about patellar tenonopathy for some of the high school athletes that I treat!!

Great video!! Now i understand more about this problem and oh boy...I have a lots people with patela problems! Great Job!!

This is the exact video i've been waiting for. THANK YOU!!!

Thank you for highlighting the landing part. I'm practicing ballet as a means to reverse sciatica. But now I'm trying to practice it safely and not causing and new problems in the body. My main hobbies are dance(ballet), and martial arts (bjj, kickboxing). It would be great if you dug into those areas. Thank you for the insights.

Thank you for another great Video Doc! Keep up the great werk!

Thank you. That was a great explanation and so much better than "NSAIDs, tape and back out you go"

My man, explained it so much better than the doctors I've seen. I've been trying to figure out exactly how to rehab my knee, since the physical therapy was way off. Now I know I need to lower slowly and perhaps assist myself back up. I have quadriceps tendonopathy, but I can run full speed sprints with no pain. If I try to squat, the top of my kneecap kills! It's a very hard disease to deal with.

Excellent video!!! Thank you so much!!!

Hi Doc, thanks for the video, unfortunaly I can really relate to this, I was diagnosed with this (i didnt know it was called "jumpers knee") and I havent played basketball for 6 months and I have been doing physiotheraoy. Interestingly, I havent done the exercise you mentioned, I have just done exercises to overall streghten the VMO, to get the kneecap back to place. I also found that a patellar tendon strap really helps out a lot during sports activity ( I still play from time to time). Again, thanks so much for the information (not only from this video), keeo up the good work! You really helped me out (and possibly many others) young players, that want to make it to professional, but at the level I am currently at I dont have an exclusive sports doctor. So, once again thank you so much! P.s: could you make a video about ligament avulsion ( i had an ankle sprain in which this happened)

I was a Catcher for my Baseball team and a Point Guard, I had a 47 inch verticle jump, once I got to college, my left knee could no longer take knelling so I quit baseball and focused on Basketball, I had Pain in my knee my whole Senior year and played through it, I know now that that ended my professional career before it began, oh well I'll be sure to pass this on! Thanks

Perfect example of Lander's knee: D Rose and his gymnastically-stiff plants

Another thing that exacerbates this pain for me is having weak/tight abductors. I’ve been strengthening my VMO for a while now and doing some sets of hip abductor exercises before my leg workouts basically eliminate the pain from working out. Still get soreness after the fact sometimes though.

Honestly needs more subs Hey honesty is the best policy

Omggg I needed this video since like forever!!!!!!

Fantastic video. I had a 38” vertical. I’ve learned it’s not the jumping, like u said, but the landing. I do jello for the collagen loss. And kneesovertoes. This vid is awesome thanks. Liked and subscribed.

I had the same issue from my 4th year of college basketball, where I landed wrong after a lazy layup and my left knee started hurting. It never healed throughout the next two years while i continued to play, I'd use knee support, which would prevent the pain while playing but without it i was practically immobile. Cut to almost 1.5 years of not playing basketball through the pandemic, now when i go play basketball, I'm completely healed and i also continue the rehad to strengthen my hip flexures and abductor movements which caused the issue back then. So long break and rest is clearly the one of the ways to let the knee heal, so if you get an opportunity like that be sure to take it and make the most of it.

I had this because of playing basketball barefoot! Always played to aggressive in my backyard during the summer so definitely lace up! It took me a solid year to fully recover!

Thank you man you really helped me. I‘m a football player and have the same problem

Thank you for sharing your hard earned knowledge with us. You're doing a great service to the many of us hardheaded idiots who don't visit a physician unless something is critically wrong. I understand this information is not a substitute for actually visiting a physician. But it does give us a gross idea of what may be occurring and how not to make it worse.

Thanks Bryan I got this from hours of running and football and i had no idea about about this I obviously I was a little scared since I’ve seen so many football careers get ruined by knee injuries

Love your info! thank you!

I have this. Stretching and a good knee brace has helped a ton. Specifically ones that provide support over the top of the patella. Also don’t jump off of stuff that too high. It can make it way worse.

Do a vídeo about quad tendinopathy pls! Love from Portugal

After dealing with patellar tendonopothy for a decade, I completely ruptured my patellar tendon a couple weeks ago at age 24. Worst injury of my life and incredibly disheartening. Watching this video and others like it to help out with a long road to recovery and getting my knee back, thanks doc.

Something that helped me get rid of or at least being able to keep the "jumpers knee" in control is using IMS (Intra muscular stimuli) needles for my tractors. The physio for my team gives me this on a regular basis like every third week depending on how much weightlifting and jumping I have been doing. Is this something that is commonly used for treating this condition? I'm also working on making the VMO muscle stronger + the glutes in general to ease the load from the patella joint. Thank you for the instructive video!

My gooood i've had this for years ! I'll try to do what u've suggested

i surely understand that healing process is vary depending on individual and the stage they are in, but in general, how long its going to take to heal the tendon? and thank you for another great informative video.

Yes, this what the people asked for. Thank you so much.

That landing stuff you talking about is what I notice with my JP knees. I get the feeling of if you not bending in too much especially when you are forefoot lander, the tendon is getting damaged more and more

Can you do a video like this for the ankles?

Do Hudson-Odoi next! He ruptured his Achilles tendon. How does that affect him in future, especially for someone that's a speedster? Love your vids! Not a med student but super informative! :)

Ty for the great video! I am puzzled what to do - last week I did more HIIT workouts than usual (indoors and a lot of jumping squats). Previous couple weeks I’d done more skipping but before that did normal HIIT (jump squats etc..). Since this week of increased HIIT my knees feel a bit tender.. they don’t hurt but they’re very sensitive and when I crouch down they feel very tight - what do I do? Apart from avoid HIIT for a week and maybe wait a bit longer to do glute/leg day.... praying this is a one time thing and can heal quickly :( never had this before in my life

Doc can you do Callum Hudson-Odoi and his RUPTURED Achilles .. thanks 🙏

Thank you doc I play basketball and about everything I do is mostly jumping

Explained very well! Great content!

Could you do a video on a ruptured Achilles. Hudson-Odoi from Chelsea just got this injury

this man is the goat

Im a soccer player and I've had this issue a little over a year and I really want to get this fixed.. I've done rest for months.and have done PT for months.. MRI even shows nothing but still extreme pain when I try to play soccer and can feel it at times when going up and down stairs or even standing up sometimes.

Can we hear your thoughts on CTE/concussions as a doctor who is a sports fan? Very curious on your thoughts on money over athlete safety

I’m suffering from this it’s holding me back rn so much couldn’t have asked for a better time to post this

Can you please give more guidance on some more ways ( or exercises ) that can help with the pain?

10/10 on this video as a whole I liked and subscribed just because of this 1 video.what you said at the end is dead on I’m a high jumper and the leg I jump off of is healthy 0 pain but the leg I always land on has extreme pain just walking up steps. Can you please talk about how to fix landing on that leg so I can do so properly? Please read and respond to my comment I need your help!

Well... Thank you for the new workout! I dance but I deal with “lander’s” knee quite often... 💀😭

I swear I was gonna reach out one day and ask you to discuss this Been dealing with it for years 😂😂

Doctor told me I have a partial tear in my ACL and something going in my MCL. This injury occured 2 years ago but in that 2 years I was able to do some strengthening exercises and I was able to play pickups but not at a high level. Last week I reaggravated it and it kinda swolled but now I'm good again. Can someone please tell me what's going on? Do partial tears heal or is surgery the deal?

Brian, I was just wondering if Patellar Femoral Pain Syndrome (PFPS) is the same as Jumper’s Knee? Thanks for your info👍🏾

question. my pain is located on the upper anatomical-left of both patellar tendons, so could this point to corresponding weak muscles? are these weak points random? not asking for a diagnosis, just to get an idea why it could occur in certain spots.

Great video, could you do a video about Osgood schlatters my teamsate was recently diagnosed with this and is wondering about it

Can you do Nathan Eovaldi's surgery and process please🙏

How long does the average recovery time take

Thanks for the video, Brian. I learned a lot. I got PT from doing tree work and being out of shape. I want to get better so I can keep on climbing. While using climbing gaffs, (spurs) sometimes one is in a static position for prolonged periods of time. When it's time to ascend to the next working position, the gaffs sometimes have become stuck too deep into the tree. it takes some effort to pull the spurs out. I'm thinking QT angle. "patience grasshopper", because I wish there was a quick fix.

I have the step 1 version of jumpers knee but I've had it for just a little over a year

Please do patella chondromalacia! It never goes away ....

Hey Doc, do you think a knee sleeve with a cushion ring over the patella will help or possibly do damage to the knee cap tracking? Any help is greatly appreciated !

Hey Dr. Sutterer, any thoughts on trigger points as they relate to this and other types of knee pain?

I have this rn. A mix of Pattelofemoral Pain Syndrome and Pattelofemoral Tendonitis. Working on it with Physical Therapy.

Can you do Osgood-Schlatter disease next?

Thank you thank you thank you Doc

Could you please do video on BPC-157 injections. I have read lots of profound things about this substance, but I find it difficult to research this topic. would love to here your opinion about it. I was really hoping you would mention it in this video. Thanks

I got this at the end of June doing double unders in crossfit....i need it gone so i can do leg workouts...ive been working out because it feels better 15 mins into my workout.but aftwr it starts hurting...i sit in the sauna for an hour and it helps with the pain too...should i continue working out or should i just stop lifting weights or any exercise that puts pressure on my knees for a few weeks?

Does this have anything to do with ACL injury? I had this game mid January, before the game I felt pain in my knee, my teammates said it was just jumper's knee, said I was gonna be okay, it wasn't that serious. In that game I also tore my ACL cause of bad landing. Was it just a freak accident or did it have something to do with Jumper's knee? sorry for bad English. Thx for the respon Dr. Brian.

Best thing I did when I had this was trapbar deadlifts, single leg split squats, & calf raises. Make sure you stretch after the workout (hamstrings, quads & calves) & lay off of playing for a little while like completely shut it down

i got jumper's knee because im a two foot jumper and land super stiff when doing 1 foot jump layups, got to remember to absorb the landing with your muscles and activate and be intune with your leg muscles

can the tracking of the patella tendon become worse with flat feet or load dispersion when landing? should it be addressed when treating the tendonopathy?

Like your videos. Can you please explain what happend to Robert Wickens back during his crash in the Indy Car race? Hes recovery goal is to dance on his wedding this summer.

I wonder if it’s like catcher’s knee. After fifteen years of baseball specifically at the catcher position my knees are like jelly sometimes lol.

so squat more and rehab regularly. I have a question. can you do a video on the knee problems nba retired players have. Idt it has to only do with all the games they play. Alot of those guys(take kenny smith) never shot without knocking knees and I think that has alot to do with it.

Been suffering from this for 4 years now, injured at 22, now 26, from landing after rebounding a basketball. MRI says tracking issues, along with patella alta and trochlear dysplasia. I have tried everything except Eccentric exercises. I am now going to buy a board to do squats on. I will be back in 1 year with my results.

You should do a video of exercises for people recovering from patellar tendon surgery. I have not fully recovered and can't jump or move side to side and can't run.

One about quadriceps tendonitis pls doc bro

i think i have this the last couple months when i play basketball my left knee has been hurting and I’ve been in a lot of pain when playing . When I go to the doctors soon what do i say to explain it ?

Thank you!

Love this video

Can you do a Part II elaborating on efficient landing biomechanics versus potential dysfunctional landing patterns? Thanks!!

Honestly I’m currently at a loss, I’ve had this issue for a while now. 2 summers ago I went to a doctor for it and they just said to stay off of it, and so I did for the entire summer. Once I got back to playing volleyball in September, the exact same pain or even worse came back . I now have a slant board to practice some eccentric squats, hopefully this helps me.

Very interested in jumping patterns when it comes to knee issues. I've noticed in some NBA players (KD, Reggie Miller) that their shooting motion brings their knees together. I was always curious if that leads to certain tendon strain vs a Klay Thompson style of (proper motion) knees aligned with hips or slightly outside. Which quad muscles put differing strain on certain tendons.

wish I had known this before completely rupturing first my left patellar tendon and yrs later my right again full rupture which is no kind of fun in the rehab post surgery