Do you have pain in your patellar or quad tendon when lifting? This is one of the most common training pains for the strength athlete. The patellar and quad tendon are the two small tendons that run above and below your knee cap or patella. Tendon pain here is often caused by two things: an overload of too much training volume or intensity or an unexpected spark of training stress (such as jumping from 3-5 days a week of lifting or returning from a 2-week vacation and jumping right back into hea

⭣ Patella and quad tendon pain is one of the most frustrating running injuries. Rest alone won’t solve it, if it was going to it would have by now. What actually works is rebuilding strength and load tolerance step by step. Start with isometrics to restore capacity, then progress into strength through range, and finally layer in plyos and run-specific drills once those deficits are sorted. If you’re struggling with stubborn knee tendon pain, comment INJURYHELP on this post. Follow for more usefu