Beating Patellar Tendonitis

by Martin Koban, Jennifer Chase (Editor)

Are you struggling with patellar tendonitis (“Jumper’s Knee”) and can’t seem to make progress in recovering from it no matter what you do? It’s not your fault.

Keep reading to learn the surprising truth about how you can finally fix this situation.

The author’s story:

“Back when I suffered from patellar tendonitis, I thought I was doing everything possible to treat this injury. I was stretching regularly, warming up before games, strengthening my legs, and doing whatever else doctors suggested might help. However, the pain never stopped.

Sure, some days were better than others were, but I was still in pain and my athletic performance was severely handicapped. I was frustrated with my lack of progress, and I couldn’t believe that for all the effort and dedication I put into my training, I was being punished with pain that was impossible to get rid of. The worst part was that every time I thought I had made progress, the pain returned. The whole experience was so depressing that I almost quit playing my sport.

Today, my knees are completely pain-free. I can play my favorite sports and train exercises that are extremely tough on my knees, such as deep single-leg squats, without having to worry about knee pain. I would have never imagined this to be possible. Today, my legs are stronger than before my injury, and the best part is that I know exactly how I can continue to get them into even better shape without any risk.

The reason I struggled with patellar tendonitis for so long wasn’t my fault. I already knew some of the things I had to do, but to beat the odds, I needed to fix a number of hidden causes for patellar tendonitis and learn how to strengthen my weakened knees without reinjuring them. It took 3 years of research and self-experimentation to collect this knowledge, but now it is easily available in this book.”

– Martin Koban, Author of Total Knee Health

The reason people struggle with healing jumper’s knee is because they’re using an outdated treatment approach that is based on research just as outdated. Your rehab efforts are doomed to fail if you don’t eliminate all hidden causes for patellar tendonitis. These often ignored causes determine how much stress you patellar tendon is subjected to when you’re moving and if you don’t correct them, you will continue to overload your patellar tendon and the injury will simply reappear.

Beating Patellar Tendonitis will hand you a proven treatment formula to fix these hidden causes of jumper’s knee and give you the tools you need to stay pain-free for life. The advice in this book is based on 3 years of self-experimentation through trial and error, hundreds of research studies published in academic journals, and the combined knowledge of thought leaders in the fitness industry.

You Need to Buy This Book If:

You’re an athlete with patellar tendonitis and you want to set new personal records
You want to get rid of tendonitis knee pain once and for all
You play volleyball, basketball, or any other sport that requires a lot of jumping and you want to stay on top of your competition
You’re an athletic trainer and want your clients to stay healthy
You’re a doctor and want to learn more ways how you can help your patients beat patellar tendonitis

Genres: Self Help

192 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 10, 2013

Reviews

[Anye Turner · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think this book will definitely be helpful to strengthen my knees during the off season by implementing the guide laid out in this book.

My issue with it, though, is that it is package as if you are going to beat it and have no issues, but then after he has given his plan of action he says at the end to not continue exercise once you're tired. As an athlete, you aren't competing if you stop when you are tired. Some of the best mental tests in athletics is when you are tired and hurt, how are you going to respond? So, if my purpose is to alleviate that pain when I've had two-a-days and the advice is to stop playing, it isn't really helpful.

Also, while there was a plethora of citations in some places like the benefits of eccentric exercises, there also seemed to be quite of bit of information being passed along as truth without any citations or references. The nutrition section was particularly troubling to me because while some of his claims my have some basis, I think they were exggargerated and loaded. "Avoid these poisons as of your life depends on it (because it does)." Unqualified to give nutritional advice and to phrase it in a way that may make people think that consuming any of these things in any quantity means certain health problems is irresponsible and outside the spectre of your expertise.

While I did think some of this information was really useful I was upset by some pieces.

favorite quote:

"Inside your tendons, collagen synthesis only reaches a positive net value 36 hours after an intense exercise session (Magnusson et. al 2010)."

[Hideaki Satoh · Rating 2 out of 5]

Rehabbing is strengthening.

I came to this book expecting a lots, it turned out to be a disappointment. Jumper's Knee is caused by repetitive HIGH-FORCE jumping over a prolonged period of time, so you are doing yourself a disservice for substituting heavy lifting and isometrics for bodyweight leg exercises. Load that knee appropriately, do your isometric work, tendons love eccentric motions so let them have at it 1-2 times per week. Use heavy loads if available, slant board with bodyweight will only get you so far, clam won't grow your abductors, banded walking does absolutely nothing for the patellar tendon and no, you don't need 10 minutes of streching and mobility work per day, save that time and energy for heavy lifting and your respective sport. Instead of this book save your money for buy 'Jumper's Knee Protocol' by Jake Tuura, that's my general suggestion.

[Paul Schiele · Rating 2 out of 5]

Contained within is certainly useful information. However, I believe that in the current day, some of the recommendations are dated at best. Take the recommendation of foam rolling. A quick Google search can quickly yield a meta-analysis of multiple studies analyzing foam rolling and its impacts on sports performance and recovery, which concludes that the impacts of foam rolling are negligible to minor on sports performance and recovery. Furthermore, as others have pointed out, his nutritional background is far from professional, and thus, his recommendations are best ignored. Other critiques are laid out by others. Overall, it was a slightly disappointing read. if anything, it simply solidified my confidence in my current understanding of the subject matter.

[Fredrik Sterner · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book a few years ago when I had a pretty serious case of patellar tendonitis. This book helped me out of what initially was a very irritating problem that bugged me for the better part of a year. Especially the eccentric knee exercises were helpful. Highly recommend Kobans YouTube channel as a complement.

[Arthur Trigueiro Baptista · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic, it isnreally helping me in recoverying from jumpers knee, highly recommend!

Great book !
Lots of good tips from exercises, diets, massages! Things that my doctor and therapist never told me, but now you have all the knowledge you need.

[Kristin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great tips,

Learned so much from this book and now I fully understand how to beat patellar tendinitis! Highly recommended this book!

[Brendan Born · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely a good book that hits some of the key concepts for healing patellar issues. I do think it's missing some other important factors though

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Looking forward to freedom to run and have fun again!

[Ashley Stuart · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great for patellar tendinopathy, even better if you want to develop a crush on a 6 and half foot German cutie pie.

[Peter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perfect companion for rehab of My patellar tendonitits

Great structure, Easy to Follow and Easy to implement.
If you have knee pain or (even better) want to prevent it this is a good complement and a good companion for a cheap price.

What you really need is patience, consistency and a plan. With the help of this book - you can fix your knees.
Thanks

[Patti buss · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thorough and helpful!

I’d recommend this book to anyone who needs to have heath restored to their knees! I’m so glad that I read it.