08/10/2026
Knee pain that flares up after jumping or sprinting, then settles once you’re moving?
That’s the classic pattern of patellar tendon pain, often called ‘Jumper’s knee’.
Despite the name, it’s rarely about inflammation. It’s usually a tendon that’s been loaded faster than it can adapt through training spikes, limited quad strength, or poor recovery between sessions.
The fix isn’t rest. Tendons respond to load, not the absence of it. Recovery works best in stages: calming irritability first, then building real strength capacity, then gradually reintroducing jumping and sprinting. Most people see solid improvement within 6–12 weeks when the loading is done right.
If your knee pain keeps coming back, it’s less about doing less and more about doing it smarter.
