1. Patellar tendinosis

2. Background Basketball is known for its vigorous movement
upper body strength particularly in the arms
3 common injuries: Ankle sprains, Patellar tendonitis, ACL tears
Patellar Tendonitis also known as jumper’s knee
inflammation to the tendon connecting your kneecap (patella) to your shinbone

3. Cause involve frequent chronic jumping after long periods
mechanism of injury could be dunking
large amount of force on your legs after large exertion

4. Symptoms Pain directly over the patellar tendon, stiffness of the knee
pain when bending the knee, pain in the quadriceps muscle, and leg or calf weakness.
balance problems, warmth, tenderness, and or swelling around the lower knee

5. Question 1
The muscles around the knee include the quadriceps and the hamstring. The quadriceps muscle helps straighten and extend the leg, and the hamstring helps bend the knee. An injury such as this can limit and possibly disable these movements

6. Question 2
. Continued activity slows down the process of muscle repairing resulting in more tearing and more usually increased amounts of pain.

7. Question 3
The main group that suffers from this injury is any athlete, it does not affect specific age groups or gender it occurs in anyone who frequently does a specific action or process.

8. Assessment of the injury
Athletic trainers evaluate it by checking visually and running the brush sweep wipe test and Ballotable Patella Test

9. Diagnosis of the injury
Small tears of the tendon can make it difficult to walk and participate in other daily activities
A large tear of the patellar tendon is a disabling injury. Partial tears. Many tears do not completely disrupt the soft tissue
A complete tear will disrupt the soft tissue into two pieces
When a patellar tendon tears there is often a tearing or popping sensation

10. Treatment
invasive treatments before considering other options, such as surgery
A variety of physical therapy techniques can help reduce the symptoms associated with patellar tendinitis
Stretching exercises and strengthening
Steroid injections and surgery for long time injuries

11. Rehabilitation
For rehab start slow and slowly increase speed strength and difficulty
As soon as you notice exercise-related knee pain, ice the area and rest
Strengthen your muscles. Strong thigh muscles are better able to handle the stresses that can cause patellar tendinitis

12. Works cited
FitnessHealth101 (2014, Jan. & feb.). Basketball fitness. Retrieved May 12, 2017, from
UPMC. Basketball Injuries and Prevention Tips. (n.d.). Retrieved May 12, 2017, from sport/basketball/Pages/basketball.aspx

13. Works cited cont..
O'Brien, K. B. (Ed.). (2013, June 5). Jumper's Knee (Patellar Tendonitis). Retrieved May 12, 2017, from knee.html
Patellar tendinitis Symptoms. (2015, January 08). Retrieved May 12, 2017, from tendinitis/basics/symptoms/con

14. Works cited cont...
Rath, E., Schwarzkopf, R., & Richmond, J. C. (2010, August 17). Clinical signs and anatomical correlation of patellar tendinitis. Retrieved May 12, 2017, from
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Wilkerson Rick, DO