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    Default Patellar Tendinitis

    Patellar tendinitis (inflammation) and patellar tendinopathy (disease, abnormal condition) “jumpers knee” is an issue that might make it hard to perform exercises that require more load on the quads from bending at the knee joint. This is the tendon that bring together the thigh muscles over the knee joint onto the tibia (shin bone). Athletes who perform jumping and landing exercises might be prone to this issue, although this issue arises from overuse such as in weight training as well (tight quads, possibly weak glutes, hip abductor , adductors and/or over stretched hamstrings). These three exercises are aimed towards warming up the joint and tendons around it to work on mobility for the knee joint before strenuous lower body exercises, such as leg press or barbell squats.
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    🔘Terminal Knee Extension- This exercise will have the non working leg infront, while the working legs is slightly behind you. The goal is to push through the heel to activate not only the quads but the glutes as well. This will all you to go through full extension without as much tension on the tendon.
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    🔘Spanish Squats- This exercise helps cue the Dorsi flexion at the ankle joint (knee joint moving slightly forward at ankle joint.)
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    🔘Knee Traction- To allow the joint to get some tug forward and backwards to decrease some tension on the gap that is supposed to be between the two main bones that make up the knee joint.
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    How exactly do you know if you have this? What are the symptoms?

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