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Another common condition is patellar tendonitis, which can occur at the sides, the top, or the bottom of the patella. It commonly occurs in athletes who do a lot of jumping, such as basketball players, volleyball players, and ballet dancers. This is why it is also known as "jumper's knee."
By injecting the appropriate site with Prolotherapy, these injuries are effectively and permanently treated and the pain is relieved. This is because Prolotherapy helps strengthen the patellar tendon (though some would call this the patellar ligament since it goes between two bones, the patella and the tibia). While Prolotherapy causes a strengthening of the patellar tendon, cortisone and its related anti-inflammatories, weaken it. For this reason athletes should avoid cortisone injections into the patellar tendon because of the risk of it weakening and thus leading to rupture of the tendon. This occurs because cortisone weakens the ligament/tendon-bone junction. Cortisone and the other anti-inflammatories have a lot of other bad effects.
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