"Hi,I've just stumbled across your blog whilst searching for ways to
strengthen my VMO. A quick read of your blog implies that this is not
the best advice for healing runners knee. Do you have a book/CD that
does deal with the correct methods for healing runners knee please?"
Well, the short answer is no, I don't have a book on this subject. I did have a CD but it's no longer available. I guess I need to work on this...comes up a lot.
I was trying to make two points about VMO strengthening. First, you can't isolate it from the rest of the quadriceps muscles because one nerve supplies ALL of the quadriceps muscles. The other point was that pain in front of the knee is just that - pain - and it doesn't tell you why you have pain in your knee. In most cases, it's either from patellar tendonosis or osteoarthrosis (a weakness in the tendon or a weakness in the joint cartilage). How you figure that out stems from the history, physical exam, and tests. Once you have a reasonably good idea of the source, then you build a program around the target tissue (which is what we call Target Tissue Training™).
"Hi,I've just stumbled across your blog whilst searching for ways to strengthen my VMO. A quick read of your blog implies that this is not the best advice for healing runners knee. Do you have a book/CD that does deal with the correct methods for healing runners knee please?"
Well, the short answer is no, I don't have a book on this subject. I did have a CD but it's no longer available. I guess I need to work on this...comes up a lot.
I was trying to make two points about VMO strengthening. First, you can't isolate it from the rest of the quadriceps muscles because one nerve supplies ALL of the quadriceps muscles. The other point was that pain in front of the knee is just that - pain - and it doesn't tell you why you have pain in your knee. In most cases, it's either from patellar tendonosis or osteoarthrosis (a weakness in the tendon or a weakness in the joint cartilage). How you figure that out stems from the history, physical exam, and tests. Once you have a reasonably good idea of the source, then you build a program around the target tissue (which is what we call Target Tissue Training™).
Here's an article that might help (remember, the CD is out of print):
How to Beat Runner's Knee