Knee Pain and Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome | Trevor Bachmeyer | SmashweRx

Did you know that patellofemoral pain syndrome has very little to do with your knee? #kneepain is the number two body issue that keeps people from physical activity and hijacks athletic performance (number one is #lowbackpain and number three is #shoulderpain). If you’re patella isn’t aligned properly along the groove in the femur and the tibia, you’ll wobble when you squat, jumping will cripple you and anything faster than a shuffle is going to be extremely uncomfortable.
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🙏PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN HACK🙏
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This video is designed to help you work through #patellofemoralpain (PFPS) and over time, eliminate the tissue extensibility problem, and reprogram how you move. The first thing you need to understand is that the problem is because of four primary issues:
1. External rotation weakness
2. Posterior chain extensibility loss
3. Tissue adhesion to the #ITB
4. #CNS motor control dysfunction
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First, test your might:
Get into a simple side plank, if you can’t maintain it for 60-90 seconds each side, you’ve got an #abduction fault. FAIL.
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In order for the patella to ‘grease the groove’ the #femur and the #tibia need to be in parallel, so when your knee collapses into valgus, the mechanics are destroyed. Here’s what’s happening:
1. The biceps femoris is tight, it acts like a bowstring and collapses the knee.
2. The vastus lateralis loads the ITB and forces knee collapse.
3. The gluteus medius either doesn’t fire 🔥 or is weak, allowing the femur to roll inward.
4. Every movement you make reinforces this Mickey Mouse movement pattern.
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Here’s what to do:
1️⃣ Gluteus Medius wall press. 3 X 15
2️⃣ Vastus Lateralis Peanut Kick
3️⃣ Rotated Split Reach
4️⃣ Banded Front Step Lunge 3 X 15
BOOM! Go and do! Smash you later!
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