Balance Exercises For Patellar Tendonitis

Balance Exercises Help With Patellar Tendonitis

By Suzanne Stoke, Physical Therapist @ Exercise For Balance via www.exerciseforbalance.com

   The condition of Jumper's Knee or Patellar tendonitis can be very painful and performing basic balance exercises can help with increasing stability and reducing pain while healing from the pain. Please see  http://www.exerciseforbalance.com/buy-now  Patellar tendonitis is an injury that affects the tendon connecting your kneecap (patella) to your shinbone (tibia). The patellar tendon plays a pivotal role in the way you use your leg muscles. The Patellar Tendon helps your muscles extend your knee so that you can kick a ball, run uphill and jump up in the air. Patellar tendonitis is most common in athletes whose sports involve frequent jumping — such as basketball and volleyball. For this reason, patellar tendonitis is commonly known as jumper's knee. However, even people who don't participate in jumping sports can experience patellar tendonitis. For instance, patellar tendonitis is a common condition that can occur after someone goes through Anterior Cruciate Ligament surgery. The pain from patellar tendonitis is especially noticeable when going up or down stairs and when getting in and out of a chair. This pain can easily throw an individual off balance and cause them to fall.  For most people, treatment of patellar tendonitis begins with physical therapy to stretch and strengthen the muscles around the knee, as well as to practice balance exercises to limit the potential for falling.

Balance Exercises For Patellar Tendonitis

   Balance exercises, icing, stretching and strengthening exercises are all a part of the rehabilitation program for healing from  Patellar Tendonitis. since Patellar Tendonitis can be quite painful and irritating, it is optimal to start weight easy exercises. one such basic equilibrium routine involves standing with feet shoulder width a part and shifting weight side to side and front to back. this exercise will help develop good control of shifting one's body weight, which is a necessary basic component of good steadiness. additionally, this weight shifting exercise will begin to gently strengthen the quadriceps muscle in the front of the thigh, which is the muscle that the patella tendon attaches to the shin bone. you can practice these beginning strengthening and balance exercises as well as progress to more difficult routines when you are ready by following along with an experienced physical therapist in the exercise for balance dvd.

Balance Exercises In The Exercise For Balance DVD

    For knee pain or any other condition that leads to instability, begin the best balance exercises with the Exercise For Balance DVD. The professionally filmed Balance DVD is the perfect educational tool to use at home or in a group setting. The step by step DVD is loaded with the best balance and strength exercises needed to enhance senior fitness and to perform basic activities like walking, standing, stair climbing or to advance to high level activities like dancing and hiking. In the Exercise For Balance DVD, you will learn how to improve balance, balance techniques and balance routines from a balance trainer (licensed Physical Therapist) who has worked with balance and dizziness disorders for over 20 years. Get your copy of the Exercise For Balance DVD by clicking on the BUY NOW button

For any kind of imbalance, start balance exercises today with the Exercise For Balance DVD to improve balance and prevent falls.
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