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Kneecap
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Also known as: patella · kneecap pain · patella problems · patellofemoral syndrome · kneecap displacement · runner's knee · patella luxation · front knee pain · chondropathy · kneecap complaints · patellofemoral pain · patella syndrome
Your Body Is Speaking
The kneecap is small and inconspicuous — and yet it determines how you bend. It lies like a shield in front of the knee joint. It protects what lies beneath, where things are sensitive. It guides the tendon of your strongest thigh muscle across the joint and converts its force into movement. Without it you could not stand upright, could not crouch, could not go up or down stairs. It is the quiet intermediary between thigh and lower leg — between what you want and what actually happens when you move.
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