This is aimed at both clinicians and patients. For clinicians it gives an insight into another clinician’s thinking, and for patients it is hoped that there might be a case that resonates and feels familiar to you.
36-year-old presents with bilateral ache of a vague distribution anteriorly. No Giving way, swelling or locking.
36 year old lady with a 9 month old baby, bilateral knee pain. Read More »
‘…..Tearful. Has just retired and was really looking forwards to active retirement. …’
60-year-old retired female with 6 week history of severe knee pain. Read More »
60 year old female executice with Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis PC. Vague distributed antero-medially located right knee pain. Ache with occasional sharp pain. No giving-way but feels less confident in knee. No locking, aware of some swelling. Thoughts: This sounds like PFJ but must also remember it could be tibiofemoral, fat pad, hip joint or L spine
60 year old female with PFJ OA Read More »
PC. Deep ache antero-lateral PFJ. Occasional sharp pain. ‘Loss of confidence’ in knee. Thoughts. The age of this patient increases the likelihood of OA but must not presume this is the source of the pain. Loss of confidence may be from pain, and or instability and instability may be from the joint or from reduced
65 year old male runner with left anteriorly located knee pain. Read More »
Vague distributed anteriorly located left knee pain. Ache with occasional sharp pain. No giving-way but feels a sense of ‘slipping’. No locking, no swelling.
13 year old county netballer with Patellofemoral Pain Read More »
Hembra, 42, describiendo un dolor intenso ardor, a veces, peor inferopatellar lateralmente. Hincha de área local. Se queja de forma intermitente dando-asociada con dolor agudo. No hay bloqueo. Pensamientos: típico de la almohadilla grasa inferopatellar pero no descuento tendinopatía rotuliana o remisión de PFJ. Probablemente cediendo dolor inducido quads inhibición pero todavía no puede descalificar
Mujer de 42 años, derecho dolor inferopatellar Read More »
Female, 42, describing intense pain sometimes burning, inferopatellar, worse laterally. Area swells up locally. Complains of intermittent giving-way associated with sharp pain. No locking. Thoughts: Typical of inferopatellar fat pad but can’t discount patella tendinopathy or referral from PFJ. Giving way probably pain induced quads inhibition but can’t yet disqualify possibility of intra-articular pathology. Swelling
42 year old female, right inferopatellar pain Read More »
Male 35, Pain vague distribution around patella. No swelling, no giving way.
Varón de 35 años con la PFP Read More »
Male 35, Pain vague distribution around patella. No swelling, no giving way.
35 year old male with PFP Read More »
La fisioterapia acuática puede ser una herramienta excelente en el manejo del síndrome de dolor patelofemoral. Aquí está un estudio reciente de un caso donde la tierra seca se incorporó el tratamiento con la terapia acuática.
La fisioterapia acuática para el dolor patelofemoral: un estudio de caso de Aqua-Physio. Read More »
