| Your knees take a lot of stress during the day, | | | | How To Treat Overuse Injuries |
| especially if you are a sports person or someone who | | | | There are a few things that you need to do to make |
| does regular physical activity. Often, if the load is too | | | | sure that you treat your knee overuse injury correctly. |
| great, or there are bad biomechanics involved, then | | | | If you follow these tips then you will be able to reduce |
| you can end up with a chronic injury. These can | | | | your pain significantly. |
| develop over time, and can come in a number of | | | | - Ice: This is important as usually there is a lot of |
| forms. They are very painful and can be quite serious | | | | inflammation and swelling involved in the injury. Ice will |
| if not treated properly. | | | | help decrease this, and thus the pain. When the |
| Types Of Overuse Injuries | | | | inflammation goes down there is much more chance |
| There are many different types of knee overuse | | | | that the knee will heal. |
| injuries, and it is very important that you know which | | | | - Rest: This is extremely necessary. If you cannot rest |
| one that you have in order to treat it correctly. Here is | | | | totally, then you should do relative rest. This means |
| a list of common chronic knee injuries: | | | | that you need to stop doing what is hurting you. You |
| * Patella Instability | | | | can keep fit and train in other areas, but if it causes |
| * Runners or Jumpers Knee | | | | you pain then you need to stop. |
| * Osgoods-slatter's Disease | | | | - Correct Biomechanics: If you have bad biomechanics |
| * Chondramalacia | | | | then you will likely be putting extra stress through the |
| * Patella Tendonitis | | | | knee. This is a very common cause of an overuse |
| * Arthritis | | | | injury and it is very important that you correct the |
| * Bursitis | | | | problem. For example if your patella is not moving |
| All of these can be a result of excess loads and | | | | correctly, you can get a lot of pain, you can correct |
| stress on the knees that they cannot handle. Although | | | | this with a knee strap and it will make it move in the |
| they are very different in their causes and their | | | | correct position and take the pain away. |
| treatment, it is likely that bad biomechanics and an | | | | - Rehabilitation: Doing the correct exercises is very |
| abnormal stress on the knees have contributed and | | | | important. You probably need to strengthen the area |
| cause the injury. | | | | as it is likely that you have an imbalance somewhere. |