Martin Koban - Beating Patellar Tendonitis: The Proven Treatment Formula to Fix Hidden Causes of Jumper’s Knee and Stay Pain-free for Life

Before we get started, I would like to thank you for buying this book on patellar tendonitis! The following paragraphs will shed some light on my history, why I decided to write this book, and what you can expect from it.

My name is Martin Koban and Im a personal trainer from Germany. Ive been playing basketball and volleyball for most of my life and after 15 years of enjoying these sports, I eventually developed knee pain. However, it wasnt until my brother tore his meniscus in 2009 during a warm-up for volleyball practice that I finally started to take knee health a lot more seriously.

I figured if such a serious knee injury could happen that easily to him, it could happen to me as well. I therefore began to spend a considerable amount of time reading about knee health in the years that followed.

In 2011, I started www.fix-knee-pain.com to provide a high quality website about knee pain to those looking for answers . At the time of this writing, the website has helped over 800,000 people.

Disappointed with the available books on the topic , I decided to write a book about knee health in 2012. That book, Total Knee Health: A Radical Approach, focuses on all the requirements for healthy knees, most of which are completely ignored by other books and by doctors.

The results readers achieved with the techniques described in Total Knee Health were exceptional and they are now being used by professional athletes and trainers from around the world. For example, I was invited to share this knowledge with the athletic trainers of the German National Volleyball Team.

Im tremendously grateful for the opportunity to help so many people . However, I also realize that some questions about patellar tendonitis remained unanswered, which is why I wanted to address this topic with a separate book. This book will help you do two things: it will help you get back into the game as quickly as possible and it will help you make sure you stay healthy.

In this book, you will learn about the obvious and hidden causes for patellar tendonitis . The hidden causes are usually ignored by doctors, but they explain why jumpers knee reappears even after youve been pain-free for some time.

By fixing these hidden causes, you effectively reduce your risk for jumpers knee and you will be able to prevent it from returning in the future.

Once weve covered the theory, well dive right into the practical application. You will learn a number of exercises that science has proven to be effective for treating jumpers knee , and youll be given a training program that will help you get your knees healthy again.

Lets get started!

Martin Koban, Berlin August 2013

This first chapter introduces three important topics that you need to know before you start treating your injury. We will talk about the red flags that clearly show you when you need to go see a doctor, briefly cover what patellar tendonitis is, and go over the symptoms of patellar tendonitis.

I received an interesting email from a reader of my email newsletter earlier this year. Apparently, she had suffered a knee injury a few days before and was now hoping that my exercise suggestions could help. I asked her about her pain and it turns out that she had swelling in her knee, could barely walk, and was unable to completely flex or extend the leg. I told her to go see a doctor as soon as possible, to which she merely responded I guess I knew it all along.

A few days later, I received another mail from her. It turns out she had a torn meniscus!

One great thing about the internet is that you can find information on almost everything. Do you want to know how to breakdance? The internet has you covered. Do you want to diagnose yourself based on some symptoms you have? Its not a problem. What is a problem, however, is that some people, like the lady with the torn meniscus, will try to deal with diseases on their own when they really should seek the help of a medical professional. Dont make that mistake!

Depending on the circumstances under which you first noticed the pain , either you will need to visit a doctor or you can wait and see if the condition improves. Some characteristics of knee pain that will require you to go see a professional:

- You cannot bear weight on the limb

- The knee looks deformed or swollen

- The pain is very severe, keeping you up at night

- The onset of the pain coincided with a fever

- The pain is not improving and is constantly noticeable

- The pain is very sharp

- You cannot fully flex or extend the knee

If you have suffered an acute injury to your knee, regardless of whether it was a contact injury (e.g., someone bumped into your knee) or a non-contact injury (e.g., you landed awkwardly from a jump), you need to have it taken care of by a professional.

If you get hurt during a competitive game, you might be inclined to continue playing out of ego or pride. In that situation, your adrenaline is up and you will not be able to feel most of the pain, meaning the pain will likely get (a lot) worse after the game, especially if you keep playing. Be this as it may, you are probably not a professional athlete. In that case, theres no coaching staff on site, and no medical expert in the locker room. Youre also not getting paid millions to wreck your body. The question really is whether you want to cut your losses and fight another day , or whether you want to gamble and risk not being able to play ever again .