"Kneecap Training"

[Starfish]

(This is just a little interjection...as a non-medical type...I sure am grateful that all the PTs and docs and nurses and others on TE are so generous with their knowledge & experience...Thank you so much Wahine & Knot!!)

[Kalidurga]

I'm no PT and I have no idea if this applies to your situation (or if my self-diagnosis is even correct), Nicole, but I used to have low back soreness from doing yoga. What I think was happening was that I was flattening the lumbar region of the spine during certain postures and it seemed to be straining the muscles around the sacrum. After I learned how to maintain a more natural curve to my spine in those postures, the strain went away. A similar thing also happened when I used to lean forward from the hips when cycling, instead of curving forward from the stomach. Knot & Wahine, is it possible that something similar could be happening if Nicole's flattening her lumbar spine during leg presses and quad extensions?

[KnottedYet]

Yup, could be that too. That's why it's sooooo important that PT's stay with their patients and correct their form on everything.

There are a couple other things that could be causing back pain, too. Darn, wish there was a way we could do a quick TE PT session in person!

[HillSlugger]

The PTs leave the exercise supervision to the assistants. They don't necessarily stay with you either as they may be ushering around a few people.

[HillSlugger]

Something about the taping, or the exercises, is restricting the mobility of my knees, making it hard to bend them. Is this normal?

[Wahine]

Taping will restrict the ability to bend the knees. That's pretty normal. But I don't like the back pain and achy joint bits. The next time you go in I would make it very clear that your back has gotten sore since starting the exercises and it's not getting better (or maybe worse?) and that you want to make sure that the exercises you are doing are not irritating your back. It doesn't sound to me like you're getting enough one on one input.

[HillSlugger]

I know I can't expect overnight improvement but I'd like to have confidence that I'm being treated correctly and that the therapists are properly looking out for me. I guess right now I have neither.