PFPS - Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome

[diehardfan 0]

Anyone here suffer from PFPS - Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome?

Was wondering how long did it take you to recover and what type of stretches and/or exercises did you perform?

I have been reading up on it online, but cannot find anything ice hockey specific.

Thanks

[ambro 0]

Anyone here suffer from PFPS - Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome?

Was wondering how long did it take you to recover and what type of stretches and/or exercises did you perform?

I have been reading up on it online, but cannot find anything ice hockey specific.

Thanks

Basically anything that strengthens and/or stretches your hip flexors is good for this.

[sundin13 1]

My therapist gave me a couple exercises to do. Half squats against a wall while holding something between my knees. Also step ups.

[chrisg19 5]

My therapist gave me a couple exercises to do. Half squats against a wall while holding something between my knees. Also step ups.

These are great exercises for Patellar femoral. Anything that strengthens without introducing pain is good. The hardest thing is, to heal it properly you will really need to take time off from skating. You need to strengthen your leg without aggravating the condition. If you continue skating, the injury will get progressively worse. I know this from experience, if I had just taken a month or so off, it would have eliminated a year of so of playing mediocre hockey, because I was injured.

[diehardfan 0]

Thanks for the replies so far guys.

Been stretching and strengthening my leg, but the progress is slow. Also, doing foam rolling as that seem to help a lot.

chrisg19, I know exactly what you are saying. I did make the mistake of returning too soon when I thought I was good to go, that only set my recovery back. This is a very frustrating injury and takes a while to recover. Pretty much wasted half of my season and playing with pain.