Is your knee pain Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome?

1 Jan

Written By Karli Plowright

Do you have knee pain when squatting?

Do you feel like your knees are not tracking correctly?

Have you recently hit or fallen on your kneecap?

Do you have knee pain?

If you answered yes to any of these, your local Edgewater Chiropractor is here to help

Patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFP) is a condition whereby there is pain in the front of the knee and around the kneecap. The two most common causes of this is overuse of the knee joint and trauma to the kneecap.

Symptoms of this can range from uncomfortable to very painful but most commonly felt as a dull ache in the front of the knee, either one or both knees and this worsens with activity.

Other symptoms can include;

Pain when exercising.
Pain when bending the knee - stairs, jumping, squatting.
Pain after sitting for long periods of time - working or sitting watching tv.
Cracking or popping sounds when walking up stairs or after sitting for a long period of time.

Homecare would be to start strengthening the area. A few of our favourite exercises you should start with include;