So you fell on your knee and you want to know how to help yourself to become reVITALized. Part 1 of this series helped you to understand how the knee works and the relationship to your knee pain. Today, I will write about self-treatment techniques. Let’s get technical and dive into the medical science.
The pulley system was discussed in relationship to the patellofemoral (knee cap) joint. Our main goal is to obtain normalcy of the pulley including the user itself. If you analyze a pulley system, the condition of the groove and rope with its direction of pull impacts the mechanics of the pulley. The size of the circular shape pulley and the strength of the user determines the effectiveness of the pulley. I just laid out four variables to control, the condition, direction of pull, size of the pulley and the user.
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