Runners regularly present for treatment of anterior knee pain. Accurate diagnosis is vital in guiding your treatment, and helping your patients return to painfree running.

In episode 53 of the Physio Edge podcast Brad Neal and David Pope discuss the different patient presentations with anterior knee pain, along with the subjective clues and objective tests that will help guide successful treatment.

We also explore:
• Sources of anterior knee pain
- Patellofemoral pain
- Acute synovitis
- Fat pad irritation
- Osteochondral defects
• The role of imaging
• How to perform an objective assessment in patients with anterior knee pain, including key special tests
• Red flags
• Saphenous nerve involvement
• How to assess if the patient will benefit from an orthotic intervention
• Treatment of patellofemoral pain, synovitis, and fat pad irritation
• Taping techniques

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Links of Interest

• Download and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes
  
• Download your free podcast handout on patellofemoral pain in runners with Brad Neal
  
• Enrol on the free webinar “How to perform a running assessment” with Dr Rich Willy
  
• Brad Neal on Twitter
  
• Connect with David Pope on Twitter
  
• Brad Neal on ResearchGate
  
• Brad Neal on Google Scholar
  
• Pure Sports Medicine
  
• Team PFP
  
• TREK – Translation of research education and knowledge
  
• Review the podcast on iTunes
  
• Like the podcast on Facebook
  
• Free sports injury videos
  

Enrol on the free webinar “How to perform a running assessment” with Dr Rich Willy

Articles related to this episode:

• Conscious neurosensory mapping of the internal structures of the human knee without intraarticular anaesthesia
  
• Runners with patellofemoral pain have altered biomechanics which targeted interventions can modify: a systematic review and meta-analysis
  

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Infographic - Running retraining with Dr Rich Willy

In this second podcast on hip and groin pain with Physiotherapist and Extended Scope Practitioner Benoy Mathew, we explore:

• How you can assess the hip and groin
• How to assess the lumbar spine, SIJ and the lower limb for factors contributing to your patient’s groin pain
• Tests you can perform to identify the source of your patient’s hip and groin pain
• Identifying hip joint involvement
• How to start your patient’s hip and groin exercises
• When to incorporate exercises for local hip stabilising muscles
• When you need to utilise and progress hip strengthening exercises
• Exercise progressions you can use
• How to strengthen while you lengthen the hip flexors
• When and which plyometric exercises your patients can perform
• When speed and agility work can be incorporated

In the first podcast with Ben Mathew “Hip and groin pain part 1 - diagnosis, pathology and red flags” with Benoy Mathew", we explored pathology around the hip and groin and when pathology relates to symptoms, knowledge of potential red flags, along with patterns and symptoms associated with each diagnosis is vital in guiding your treatment of hip and groin pain.

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As mentioned in this episode Benoy presented a webinar with Clinical Edge. The webinar helps you discover:
• Rehabilitation of adductor and iliopsoas related groin pain
• Practical tips
• Common presentations
• Osteitis pubis, sports hernia, hip impingement
• Rehabilitation from initial stages to plyometrics

CLICK HERE to watch the webinar “Rehab of adductor and iliopsoas related groin pain” with Benoy Mathew with a free trial Clinical Edge membership

Links of Interest

• Download and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes
• Download the free podcast handout for Physio Edge 054 Hip & Groin pain Part 2
• Download the free podcast handout for Physio Edge 053 Hip & Groin pain part 1, including an additional summary and pictures by Ben Mathew
• Webinar on groin pain rehabilitation with Benoy
• Webinar on How to perform a running assessment with Dr Rich Willy
• Benoy Mathew on Twitter
• Benoy Mathew’s website and courses
• Access to Ben’s webinar on rehabilitation of hip and groin pain, along with all of the Clinical Edge webinars and videos with a free trial membership
• David on Twitter
• Review the podcast on iTunes
• Like the podcast on Facebook
• Free sports injury videos

Articles related to this episode: 

• Hip Joint Pathology as a Leading Cause of Groin Pain in the Sporting Population
• The layer concept: utilization in determining the pain generators, pathology and how structure determines treatment
• Rehabilitation following Hip Arthroscopy: An evolving process
• Iliopsoas: Pathology, Diagnosis and Treatment
• The Copenhagen Hip and Groin Outcome Score (HAGOS): development and validation according to the COSMIN checklist
• How much arthritis is too much for hip arthroscopy: a systematic review
• Video – Hip special tests