Jumper's knee (patellar tendinopathy) fix, most important key's to recovering your jumper's knee

Contrary to common belief and what actual real doctors say, "rest and ice" doesn't help patellar tendinopathy. It's actually making it worse which I dive into in this weeks episode, in order to actually get better we have to load the tendon. 

Few big concepts in the episode:
1. LOAD the tendon
2. Manage your workload - spikes in your workload aggravate tendons immensely 
3. Train the feet and soleus to help protect the knee and hip 
4. Take a look at your nutrition - the saying "you are what you eat" rings true, we can't recover a degenerated tendon if you're putting McDonalds and sprite into your system
5. Practice proper mechanics - we land in precarious and often harmful positions post jump, so who's to say how much value snap downs actually have? I do think there may be at least a little value in training proper mechanics through the kinetic chain (ankle, knee, hip) and to try and properly distribute the force we absorb through all three joints. Altitude drops and a plethora of other deceleration type work has their place and prove to be extremely important 

Some notable names and people you should look up if you wanna learn more:
Jill Cook 
Keith Barr
Jake Tuura: YT - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGi0IxcAiCyOGmvTjVqAHiw 
Podcast - https://jackedathlete.libsyn.com/
Paul Fabritz
Mike G