Bob and Brad discuss how to tell if your knee pain is bursitis, including suprapatellar, prepatellar, infrapatellar, and pes ...
Patellar tendonitis is a common injury or inflammation of the tendon that connects your kneecap (patella) to your shinbone (tibia). Your pain may be mild or severe. Anyone can get patellar tendonitis.
There are many different causes for knee pain when bending the leg. The location of pain and other symptoms can help differentiate possible causes, such as tendonitis, strains, or arthritis. The type ...
Whether it is from trauma or as the result of an athletic injury, anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears affect up to 200,000 Americans each year. However, data from the Shelbourne Knee Center’s ...
Osteoarthritis, the most common type of arthritis, is a “wear-and-tear” condition that occurs when the hard, slippery tissue that covers the ends of the bones wears away. In a non-arthritic knee, this ...
A hyperextended knee — or knee hyperextension — develops when the knee joint bends the wrong way and can damage the ligaments in the knee. The condition is common in athletes who play high-impact ...
A torn meniscus, the cartilage in the knee, is a common sports injury, and unfortunately it doesn’t heal well. But researchers in Japan have now identified a hormone that helps repair the cartilage ...
The A’s announced that Lawrence Butler underwent surgery to repair the patellar tendon in his right knee. The outfielder also received a platelet-rich plasma injection to address patellar tendonitis ...