FT Questions....

[Scott Stevenson]

Hello there..i wanted to ask Dr Scott ..if someone with knee pain( pattella tenonditis) uses reverce band sguats to lesser the stress on the knee joint at the bottom of the lift does the reduction in loading at the bottom is a limiting factor to the stress on the muscle=less stimulation on the muscle =lower loading?

(ADD: Please make this thread about FT-specific questions. This one could easily go in a separate thread and/or in a different forum.)

If you lower the load, you lower the stimulation, yes. (You've answered your own question.)

The main question you have to ask is whether not doing this and perpetuating your tendonitis (perhaps to a tendinosos) is worth whatever loss of loading you might have. I'd guess it's not.

Reverse banding on squatting movements tends to make the movement match focus on the quads throughout the ROM, i.e., there is a greater load nearer terminal knee extension where the quads are more active. If the reverse banding eliminates your patellar tendon / knee pain, then I'd say do it. (This is a great solution in that case, IMO.)

-S