What is Causing Your Knee Pain? Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome or Kneecap Pain? How to Tell?

What is Causing Your Knee Pain? Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome or Kneecap Pain? How to Tell?

Bob and Brad explain what patellofemoral pain syndrome or kneecap pain is, the possible causes, and the signs and symptoms associated with it. Then they demonstrate 3 possible tests used to assess patellofemoral pain syndrome.

Video Chapters:
0:01 Intro
0:16 Topic
0:30 What is Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome?
1:14 What Causes It?
3:21 Signs/Symptoms
5:00 First Test
7:20 Second Test
7:42 Third Test
8:24 Outro

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[mcmaschio]

You'll are an inspiration to me as a Physical Therapist and an aspiring Youtuber 🙌 I love how much fun you have in the videos as well

[aliwins]

I can’t move my knee caps at all. In any direction. I remember when I was a kid I told everyone who would listen that my knees were painful and not normal. No one listened, so I figured it was normal stopped asking for help. Now I’m 38 and starting to wonder if I was right if something was wrong with my knees all along.

[JB-ewmu]

This is so helpful, I've had a problem with this kind of pain fo so long and knowing that i stand hyper-extended and my scoliosis affects my hips, it all makes sense. My ankles turn inwards due to my back alignment, it all snow balls into a lot of pain and problems down the line.

[steveperson]

Best source for information here folks, these guys are fantastic!

[peacenow]

Thanks guys! So much! This is me, can't wait to fix it! My problem is positional stiffness. Like knee won't bend out of sitting or extension. Only bends 45 degrees from a tendon release surgery that caused this, lost looseness, so one leg is stiff, other is normal.

[Velvet_Troubadour]

I cannot tell you both how much i appreciate your videos, you always inform and advise but keep it light-hearted.

My question is: can you have PFPS and quadriceps tendinopathy at the same time?

[emilylawrence]

Yessss this is exactly why I feel it omg you two are the best

[giraffeyanne]

I have hyper mobility… currently have KT on because my inner knee is messed up. Need to go to my chiropractor soon.

[sudhakashyap]

Pl make a video of remidies to manage knee pain...

[dwbush]

Love your videos. I recently started doing lunges and squats with 10lb weights to get back to a place of building my legs up after being too sedentary during the Pandemic. While doing lunges, I heard a cracking, crunching sound on the upper right, or along the right side of my knee. I thought, well, this is only proof that I should’ve been exercising g more over the past year. Several days later I had soreness when I pressed down on the upper right part of my knee. It felt like a ligament. The area did swell up. When I mentioned it to my primary care physician, she said it was just temporary inflammation and it would go away. Last week, after 2 weeks, the swelling still had not gone down so when I thought of you guys, I went to a physical therapist. He had me do some exercises and he also had me lay down. Then, he pressed, with a hammer tool, on my upper right side, saying that the pain originated in this area. Well, the swelling continues, and the soreness is still there. However, I still walk 4-8 miles per day and even slow jog one of those miles. I find that when I jog, I don’t feel it as bad (at about a 2) but afterwards, the swelling again increases and the soreness is at about a 7. What do you think I should do? I forgot to mention that I am 64 years old and don’t need anything like this getting in the way of my mobility!

[miriammaldonado]

Bob & Bradly cool guys!
My right knee was hurting ugly... Hope it goes away.

[jamok]

Thanks for the video. I went to a knee doctor and he said the pain is under my knee and since my legs were muscular to not stop what I was doing and nothing about how to fix it. Problem is when my knee hurts it causes my form to suffer and put my back at risk.

[edsjourney]

The only time I feel pain is at the 90 degree point. Tweaked it at work left foot went slightly sideways on a step and my right leg tried to compensate for the instability. I brought myself to the ground slowly but I felt my knee just give up. Now when I try to bend it I can only get down about 70 degrees. Only happened last night but it seems like this is my current issue

[lindaloo]

I had a total knee replacement in 2013 and have pain in my knee that I didn’t used to have. When my husband runs into my surgeon (at work in our local hospital) he always says I should have no pain. Watching this video I moved my knee cap around and it definitely hurts. I have pain both going down and coming up from squats, and it seems like there is something popping out on the outside of the knee cap. I also feel a click when I move the knee cap from side to side, and the pain reminds me of the bone spurs I have in my elbows. That feels like I’m putting my elbow down on a needle, moving my knee cap kind of feels like that, a needle jab. How is this happening with a replacement? Can you get bone spurs with a replacement? I’m going to have to make sure I catch the follow up video to this one!

[aaronjohnstone]

I am 27. I have knee pain below my knee cap. When I take a step or a sumo squat it's been painful today. I spoke to my Uncle who is a chiropractor. When he had a look at my back one of the first things he asked me was if I ever get knee pain in my right knee. I think their might be some things causing this pain. 1, my left leg is longer by half an inch or more. 2, I have done heavy manual labour job. 3, I have been known to run (back foot funning). 4, I broke my right ankle.

Please help. I have done so much to stop back pain and now my knee is killing me. I have read going bear foot helps.

[EquallyIndian]

Kindly guide 🙏
My mother is 50+ and she feels pain while crossing leg for long, while standing for long, while using staircase, on upper part of the knee cap. Her pain increased after wearing heals.
But, acc to the tests you showed, mom's knee is moving in all directions fine, without pain.
What type of pain is it?

[trixsable]

Ive been having this issue for a few weeks now. I only feel the pain when my leg is completely straight, Im also pigeon toed so mayve its contributing to the issue.

[gtcFerrari]

I used to smoke “green” a lot. Then without warning one day while “partaking” like i had hundreds of times before, both my knees were tensing up and could not support any weight without feeling like my knees would shoot to my toes. And after that every time i “partook” just a little too much theyd start to do that. So i stopped. For about 3 yrs now. But now its randomly doing it even though im sober. Sometimes it sneaks up on me and i feel fine and no tension. and im lying down with my legs straight. And i go to stand only to realize i cannot support any weight. And other times i feel them tense up. Its almost always just my right leg but sometimes my left leg will do it too.

[Krystaldoll]

What’s the treatment?? I have it in both knees after I fell on cement injury of both knees and ankle.