Patellar Tendonitis Knee Strap

I wear about 3 inches below the center og kneecap - early on had it pretty tight but now looser. Since wearing it - am able to run any type of workout with no worry but early on be more cautious.

Lacretia Perkins wrote:

I wear about 3 inches below the center og kneecap - early on had it pretty tight but now looser. Since wearing it - am able to run any type of workout with no worry but early on be more cautious.

This. The point is to have it about midway between the centre of the patella and the tibial tuberosity, where the patellar tendon inserts. This works out to be, depending on variation, just above the 'valley' between the free edge of the paella and the tibial tuberosity.

Not unlike eccentric heel drops for achilles problems, what IS beyond doubt is cho-pat straps work, and have become part of evidence-based practice for genuine healthcare professionals.

What is not known is exactly why they work. Theories abound, none proven.

dsfgsad wrote:

Lacretia Perkins wrote:

I wear about 3 inches below the center og kneecap - early on had it pretty tight but now looser. Since wearing it - am able to run any type of workout with no worry but early on be more cautious.

This. The point is to have it about midway between the centre of the patella and the tibial tuberosity, where the patellar tendon inserts. This works out to be, depending on variation, just above the 'valley' between the free edge of the paella and the tibial tuberosity.

Not unlike eccentric heel drops for achilles problems, what IS beyond doubt is cho-pat straps work, and have become part of evidence-based practice for genuine healthcare professionals.

What is not known is exactly why they work. Theories abound, none proven.

I would venture to express why they work by using this analogy: has a Grocery sacker ever overloaded your paper bag by putting too many heavy things in it? Like 2 gallon jugs of milk in a flimsy paper bag and the bag bursts? You can prevent the bag from bursting with just a little support with your hand. The support seems to provide just a little support to your tendon by spreading out the force on any one area of it.

That seems perfectly reasonable. That's as likely as my (more convoluted) theory the pressure of the strap acts as a pulley of sorts, not unlike the patella itself for the quads - a force multiplier so the total force fed into the vector is lower for the same output. Less total force means less strain. In fact, now I've written that out, my idea is possible but yours seems simpler, plus the force at the patellar tendon instertion point is the same regardless of a pulley there or not.

Now to set up some research grants.