Patellar tracking disorder: Exercises

What will help treat patellar tracking disorder?

At first, following an injury or a flare-up of symptoms of patellar tracking disorder, knee activity should be reduced. Rest your knee by avoiding activity that increases your symptoms. Exercises should begin as the symptoms resolve.

Steps you can take to help treat patellar tracking disorder include:¹

• Reducing knee activity until pain and other symptoms resolve.
• Strengthening exercises, especially for the quadriceps (muscles in the front of the thigh).
• Flexibility exercises.
• Taping the knee or using a brace.
• Using ice and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).

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Author:	Shannon Erstad, MBA/MPH	Last Updated: February 14, 2008
Medical Review:	Adam Husney, MD - Family Medicine Kenneth J. Koval, MD - Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedic Trauma
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