If you think something else is causing your knee pain check out our knee series for more tests and treatment options. ruclips.net/p/PL8l32k1r15l45pq8HBsa0CHPqxQl9oLFs
Hi! I'm going to be paying out of pocket, so where should I start with your videos on assessing and helping my own right knee issue? I'm positive it's muscle knots and tightness, as it gets better with movement, heat, stretching, and hard massaging. I want to save a visit to a professional, if I'm not having much success, or it's taking too long to loosen. Thanks for any help!
This muscle was something I became aware of after a total knee replacement with a constrained prosthetic. I had a hard time with the gas pedal once I started driving, and I realized--WOW, it's one absolutely teeny muscle causing this problem! One small motion that pulls the lower leg into the "pedal push" position and helps switch from gas to brake was just a little more difficult. At any rate--thanks for talking about this, I wish my PT knew to ask about it!
Sounds to me like Bobs speech is rehabbing really well! Sorry he's gone through that, but looks like he's coming out the other side of that challenge like a champ! 🙋🏼♀️
Bob (the tall one) has been diagnosed with Ataxia. It affects his balance and his speech, but does not affect his thinking. We appreciate your understanding and support!
You two are fabulous and have helped me a few times over the years. I’m in the building trades and, at lunch this week I mentioned your channel to a few guys at work, and was happily surprised several of them have watched your videos. The one even sang your jingle. So thank you; you help more people than you’ll ever know.
I remember learning the term popliteal as a kid and thinking it was the coolest name for a body part. I always noticed that the hollow back of the knee on everyone else looked so defined and had those two lines, and I was envious because I never had that definition. My mom was a nursing student then and had all the new fun knowledge to show off, like knowing what a popliteal was called when I asked.
Wow thanks so much! I have been hurting in this exact location for two weeks. Went to the dr and urgent care and they couldn't find anything wrong! I'm sure this is what it is! You guys are the best!
Oh god. I've been waiting for this. I'm recovering from my second ACL reconstruction in the same knee and this time that area has given me no end of trouble
Wanted to say how beneficial your videos are. Use your videos as an excellent source of information. Was unable to get to physical therapy for a fractured clavicle due to extreme weather conditions. Used your videos, diligently performed the exercises and fully recovered. Cannot thank you enough.
GOOD EVENING BOB AND BRAD!! ... NOW I UNDERSTAND A BIT MORE ABOUT THIS ISSUE OF MINE! .. THANK YOU SO MUCH! .. WE ALL ABSOLUTELY TRUST YOUR ALWAYS AMAZING ADVICE!! .. WOW!! .. GOD BLESS YOU BOTH! .... CC .. PS: PLEASE CONTINUE ADVISING US ALL THE TIME!! .. SINCERELY APPRECIATED! 🥰
Wow, I needed this. Went to a doctor for pain there recently. X rays didn’t show anything, but the doctor gave me an anti inflammatory for it and told me to take Tylenol. Didn’t help. But when I started the massage you gave I could feel a bit better. Will be continuing this! Thanks Bob and Brad!
Bob and Brad you always know what ails me. I've been having trouble with that muscle after a lot of double under jump rope exercises. I rubbed it out with a tennis ball. A little too aggressive, but I'm glad to know it's a simple fix. Thank you
Thanks so much, I thought I had a bakers cyst… it was hurting during spin classes and then other times when I was just laying down and bending my leg. I’ll try the massaging of this odd little muscle. Thanks, you guys are great and have even helped my broken heart.
I had intense pain from outside of my knee and across the back of my knee. The cause was when my knee buckled. Feeling better after months of discomfort. Meniscus discomfort can now be felt. Yet it feels like it's slowly getting better. Massaging, and walking making it feel better each day. Stay active folks. Keep the blood flowing.
Prior to my meniscus tear op, hospital's physio therapist felt this muscle to confirm knee's strenght and use (I guess), she was confident I was active, having had the same op herself, she said I was to tell them (demand) the anesthesiologist freeze me from the waist down and not put me under! I battled and won!
Good to know! I'll give it a try. I wonder if it has anything to do with loss or feeling/ numbness down the inside of the leg and into the ankle. Over the past few months, I have noticed the feeling above my ankle to above halfway up my calf decreasing more and more. At the ankle, I have pretty much no feeling at all anymore. My knee is completely bone on bone, to the point where doctors can no longer get a needle into the joint to give me an injection, and my knee has bowed in sideways, and is permanently swollen over twice normal size. Any hints or ideas? I really don't want a replacement. Doctors say I need both done, but after getting both hips done and my neck fused, I'm not jumping for joy at the thought of another major surgery, especially one that will cripple me even more so than I already am. I'm all but wheelchair bound as it is. I use two canes to get around the house, only because I'm in a mobile home and a standard wheelchair takes up too much room.
I had an ACL done on my right knee and I’ve been telling this quack for 10 years there’s something wrong and this is exactly what’s wrong it feels like this muscle slides around the backside and it gets hard on the back of my knee but this is it thank you. The quack keeps telling me it’s just a deconditioned leg. I’ve been dealing with this for 10 years
I think mines irritated from swimming too much you know the ocean 🌊 the pool 🏊♂️ summertime 🌞 stuff….. love y’all so glad to see Bob❤have a Blessed Summer
Playing tennis and pickleball as contact sports has its ramifications. My popiltieus injury has been greatly helped by a hand gun massager--as well has an associated tightening of the hamstring, calf muscles and Achilles tendon. There's also a popping noise on the side of my knee which is another (sad) story. Always something...
What causes pain? Is there a specific exercise or stretching other than massaging? I’ve had this Playing tennis when younger. Not enough of problem to go to doc.
I suffer with EDS and I’ve been having this kind of pain for weeks. So glad I remembered your channel because this has helped loads Thank you so much!! ❤ So Glad Bobs speech therapy is helping him he sounds great! 🥰
I've been having off and on painful spasms in the same location in my right knee ever since last year. I suffer from an autoimmune disease as well. When it all began the pain was so excruciating that I had to put pressure on that spot with my hand just to move my leg (foot) from the gas pedal to the break in order to get home. A friend sent me your video which I watched earlier today and I thought I'd try the massage. Before massaging the muscle didn't feel tender(it never does feel tender to the touch), but after I stopped it started hurting and I made sure to be very gentle. Is it normal for this muscle to react in this manner if someone has a form of ataxia?
Hi I was watching this and I’m a kid I’m 9 I have arthritis and I have knee pains so badly that it hurts to walk and I think this helps my dad thinks it’s food but it might be but now I know that sometimes it can be a muscle
I have back of the knee pain and I just can't find where is it coming from the muscle you guys are talking about is probably popliteus muscle I get pain when I extend my shin especially when I'm laying down and I lift my leg and then try to extend my shin straight it hurts but I just can't find the tenderness
I hurt the backside of my knee. because i tried a new stretching exercise too hard. It Hurts when i go down in squat position only. Feels like i need too pop it. Anyone know What i could do too fix it?
The back of my knee has bothered me for years. It's not pain, it's a tightness?? That being said it did start after a round of acupuncture and the guy went to deep on the UB40 point and hit the nerve. Idk if its nerve damage or what. But what I have been doing is put a squishy ball on the medial aspect of my knee and I feel like it might be ready to release soon. Hope so. My right knee is internally rotated so I'm trying to counteract that.
This pain has been hurting my leg quite severely and I just couldn’t find the search phrase to fix this. Anyways, this was it. My leg is moving better and I can walk without feeling like that muscle is going to cave in or something painful.
My problem is that I'm getting knots in the calf muscles. Occasionally I will get pain behind the knee. I'm supposed to get a Total Knee Replacement. I have Arthritis in my left knee and a torn meniscus. It hurts to walk now, so I have to walk slowly to get somewhere
Mine is always tight above and below the back of my knee. I have herniated disc L3, 4,5, and S1 and sciatica really pulls there and from back of heel up thru my calf. Any suggestions, truly appreciated by this 70+!
@@thebee9907 flossing? What foes that mean? I get sciatica so bad it sends me screaming in an ambulance to the emergency room, begging for them to make it stop! The only thing I have found even remotely helpful is lying on my back bend the knee on the non painful side, bringing the heal of same side foot as close to upper body as comfort allows, then raise the affected leg and cross over the opposite knee with foot and ankle, forming a " figure 4". Then, I slowly and carefully push the affected knee down and away from trunk. It supposedly stretches the Psoas muscle, relieving sciatic pain at least a little. If the is something else that can be done, I'd love to hear about it so I can do it next episode.
@@sighberscamp1 hey Kim, that honestly sounds like your Piriformis pushing against your sicatic nerve... A figure four position stretches the piriformis when pulled, and if you are finding relief from that, I would check to see if your Piriformis is "long" or "short" Nerve flossing, or nerve gliding, is exactly what it sounds like, even though it sounds odd lol. You are basically moving the nerve, and relaxing the nerve from compression (Think of your sciatic nerve as one long string attached to your lower back, to your foot, now bend the knee... You could imagine the tension the bend causes on the nerve right?) 1. Find a table that you can hang your feet off of 2. Pull back the effected leg while sitting like your about to kick someone in the groin, while simultaneously putting your chin to your chest, basically making you look down 3. Then raise your head as if you are trying to look directly up at the sky, while at the same time raising your leg with the toes pointed up 4. When you get to the apex of the floss, hold it for a 4 count, then reverse the process... Slowly bring your chin back down to your chest, while simultaneously bending the knee again with the toes pointing down this time. 5. Do this about 15-20 times, then just relax for a bit. I sit in a cubicle all day, and have sciatica induced from buristis and piriformis, as well as some labrum issues, but this gets me out of pain within 5 minutes. Google the steps, as what I wrote down my seem a bit confusing, but feel free to ask any questions. I never realized sciatica has no official cure, and apparently im too young to get it... Im going to find that damn cure, because I dont want to live with this kind of pain forever.
If you think something else is causing your knee pain check out our knee series for more tests and treatment options. ruclips.net/p/PL8l32k1r15l45pq8HBsa0CHPqxQl9oLFs
Hi! I'm going to be paying out of pocket, so where should I start with your videos on assessing and helping my own right knee issue? I'm positive it's muscle knots and tightness, as it gets better with movement, heat, stretching, and hard massaging. I want to save a visit to a professional, if I'm not having much success, or it's taking too long to loosen. Thanks for any help!
This muscle was something I became aware of after a total knee replacement with a constrained prosthetic. I had a hard time with the gas pedal once I started driving, and I realized--WOW, it's one absolutely teeny muscle causing this problem! One small motion that pulls the lower leg into the "pedal push" position and helps switch from gas to brake was just a little more difficult. At any rate--thanks for talking about this, I wish my PT knew to ask about it!
Love this!!! Thanks for the great video
After watching the knee series, believe problem is the popliteal muscle. Will try the exercises to see if pain improves. Thanks again.
It is nice hearing Bob talk more in the videos.
Sounds to me like Bobs speech is rehabbing really well! Sorry he's gone through that, but looks like he's coming out the other side of that challenge like a champ! 🙋🏼♀️
What happened?
Ataxia
Bob (the tall one) has been diagnosed with Ataxia. It affects his balance and his speech, but does not affect his thinking. We appreciate your understanding and support!
God bless you guys and thanks for all the help you give us all. Praying for your recovery Bob👍🏻🙏🙋🏻♀️👏🧡
Thanks for this guys mine is very very painful. I will keep doing this 👍🏻🇬🇧🙋🏻♀️
You two are fabulous and have helped me a few times over the years. I’m in the building trades and, at lunch this week I mentioned your channel to a few guys at work, and was happily surprised several of them have watched your videos. The one even sang your jingle. So thank you; you help more people than you’ll ever know.
Good to see you’re still pumping out those videos Bob. All the best to you from Oz 🤝🍻
I remember learning the term popliteal as a kid and thinking it was the coolest name for a body part. I always noticed that the hollow back of the knee on everyone else looked so defined and had those two lines, and I was envious because I never had that definition. My mom was a nursing student then and had all the new fun knowledge to show off, like knowing what a popliteal was called when I asked.
May Brad get well soon 🙏🏻
Thank you guys! That is exactly where this is on my knee. God Bless you both
As always, love your help and these vids
Great to see you both☺️👍 thank you for the informative video 😁
♥️♥️ Much love and good wishes to Bob. I look forward to your videos every day. You two 🌞 brighten my days. Prayers for you.
Great to see Bob back in the videos 💚
Wow thanks so much! I have been hurting in this exact location for two weeks. Went to the dr and urgent care and they couldn't find anything wrong! I'm sure this is what it is! You guys are the best!
You guys are here to save my day again. Thank god!
Love you both. Thx for continuing your videos….I need this right now!
Good information. I didn’t know about that muscle. Thanks
you guys have been an invaluable resource in my life over many years. thank you so much.
Very helpful video! Thanks Guys!
You guys are keeping it real! Glad to see Bob again!
Thank you. That part hurts so bad on me!! God bless you both very much!!
Oh god. I've been waiting for this. I'm recovering from my second ACL reconstruction in the same knee and this time that area has given me no end of trouble
You two have been so helpful since my TKR thankyou
Brilliant. Just what was needed.
Thanks for the information guys 👍
It worked for me! Thanks!
Good information to know. Thank you.
Wanted to say how beneficial your videos are. Use your videos as an excellent source of information. Was unable to get to physical therapy for a fractured clavicle due to extreme weather conditions. Used your videos, diligently performed the exercises and fully recovered. Cannot thank you enough.
I have had pain in that same area recently. Thought I had hurt myself picking up something heavy the other day. Thanks for your video
GOOD EVENING BOB AND BRAD!! ... NOW I UNDERSTAND A BIT MORE ABOUT THIS ISSUE OF MINE! .. THANK YOU SO MUCH! .. WE ALL ABSOLUTELY TRUST YOUR ALWAYS AMAZING ADVICE!! .. WOW!! .. GOD BLESS YOU BOTH! .... CC .. PS: PLEASE CONTINUE ADVISING US ALL THE TIME!! .. SINCERELY APPRECIATED! 🥰
Thank you for soldiering on, Bob! You sound great.
Wow, I needed this. Went to a doctor for pain there recently. X rays didn’t show anything, but the doctor gave me an anti inflammatory for it and told me to take Tylenol. Didn’t help. But when I started the massage you gave I could feel a bit better. Will be continuing this! Thanks Bob and Brad!
Can you offer an update mrs K?
mrsK812, how long did it take to heal?
About a month. I have to keep massaging it because if I don’t it comes back.
@@mrsk812 Thank you so much for answering. I was hoping for instant relief, but I guess that’s wishful thinking.
Get well soon Bob, God Bless.
Bob and Brad you always know what ails me. I've been having trouble with that muscle after a lot of double under jump rope exercises. I rubbed it out with a tennis ball. A little too aggressive, but I'm glad to know it's a simple fix. Thank you
Thanks so much, I thought I had a bakers cyst… it was hurting during spin classes and then other times when I was just laying down and bending my leg. I’ll try the massaging of this odd little muscle. Thanks, you guys are great and have even helped my broken heart.
Good guys, good information.
I had intense pain from outside of my knee and across the back of my knee. The cause was when my knee buckled. Feeling better after months of discomfort. Meniscus discomfort can now be felt. Yet it feels like it's slowly getting better. Massaging, and walking making it feel better each day. Stay active folks. Keep the blood flowing.
Mine has been hurting. How did you know? Thank you. May you please take care and stay safe.
same here
Same!
Same. Thats Why i subbed too them. So i can look into it, if i get a problem myself.
Same! Always wondered what that was.
Bob you are so awesome! You are too Brad! God bless you!
Oh ya boys always helpful and interesting keep plugging away Bob 👍👍🇦🇺
We love you both always!
I was surprised how tender this is on my knee. Thanks for this video!
Just in time. I had a total knee replacement and this pain has bedridden me for two days. Thanks!
I’m hoping this helps with my knee pain after my total knee replacement. Thank you.
You are the best, guys. (Bob, you are doing great). Thanks for the video.
So good to see Bob
Prior to my meniscus tear op, hospital's physio therapist felt this muscle to confirm knee's strenght and use (I guess), she was confident I was active, having had the same op herself, she said I was to tell them (demand) the anesthesiologist freeze me from the waist down and not put me under! I battled and won!
Thanks for this, I have ongoing issues with this part of the knee and hope that self massage will help !
You're the man Bob .
This channel, these guys are so great♥️♥️ I always look Them up when I Got problems with my body due to sports 😅
felt my calf pop then the pain is mostly behind my knee at this point thanks for all the videos!
thanks
Appreciate Bob continuing to share his knowledge with us.
My respects to BOB! Hope you're doing well
Thanks, guys, this helps my hubby! Aloha!
Bob sounds great!
Bob I support you! I appreciate you both so much….💝
Thank you, exactly had pain back side muscle, winter time. 🎉🎉 good Tips. Super Sir.
Great to hear!
Thanks guys!! I’ve been having g this exact muscle pain after a long walk and had never felt this before!! The massaging definitely helps, thanks 😊
Great to hear!
Good to know! I'll give it a try. I wonder if it has anything to do with loss or feeling/ numbness down the inside of the leg and into the ankle. Over the past few months, I have noticed the feeling above my ankle to above halfway up my calf decreasing more and more. At the ankle, I have pretty much no feeling at all anymore. My knee is completely bone on bone, to the point where doctors can no longer get a needle into the joint to give me an injection, and my knee has bowed in sideways, and is permanently swollen over twice normal size. Any hints or ideas? I really don't want a replacement. Doctors say I need both done, but after getting both hips done and my neck fused, I'm not jumping for joy at the thought of another major surgery, especially one that will cripple me even more so than I already am. I'm all but wheelchair bound as it is. I use two canes to get around the house, only because I'm in a mobile home and a standard wheelchair takes up too much room.
You guys Rock!
Yea even saw a specialist today and they only seem to care about the front of knee instead of behind the knee
I had an ACL done on my right knee and I’ve been telling this quack for 10 years there’s something wrong and this is exactly what’s wrong it feels like this muscle slides around the backside and it gets hard on the back of my knee but this is it thank you. The quack keeps telling me it’s just a deconditioned leg. I’ve been dealing with this for 10 years
Ohh sure. That smarts when I massage it. Thanks
Oh I need help with the Adductor Longinus and maybe the Sartorius- and pointers for that?
I think mines irritated from swimming too much you know the ocean 🌊 the pool 🏊♂️ summertime 🌞 stuff….. love y’all so glad to see Bob❤have a Blessed Summer
Hope your good Bob
Thanks. I really needed this. My knee is very hard to bend. Very tight. I'm going to see if this helps.
Thank you. 🙏. I'm trying to find a solution to breakup old scar tissue that's making it hard to bend my knee.
Playing tennis and pickleball as contact sports has its ramifications. My popiltieus injury has been greatly helped by a hand gun massager--as well has an associated tightening of the hamstring, calf muscles and Achilles tendon. There's also a popping noise on the side of my knee which is another (sad) story. Always something...
What causes pain? Is there a specific exercise or stretching other than massaging? I’ve had this
Playing tennis when younger. Not enough of problem to go to doc.
I suffer with EDS and I’ve been having this kind of pain for weeks. So glad I remembered your channel because this has helped loads Thank you so much!! ❤ So Glad Bobs speech therapy is helping him he sounds great! 🥰
Be cautious with the lymph nodes in the bend of the knee!
And make sure you don't have a blood cloth in your calf. It could dislodge and cause scary things to happen
I just love yall❤
I've been having off and on painful spasms in the same location in my right knee ever since last year. I suffer from an autoimmune disease as well. When it all began the pain was so excruciating that I had to put pressure on that spot with my hand just to move my leg (foot) from the gas pedal to the break in order to get home. A friend sent me your video which I watched earlier today and I thought I'd try the massage. Before massaging the muscle didn't feel tender(it never does feel tender to the touch), but after I stopped it started hurting and I made sure to be very gentle. Is it normal for this muscle to react in this manner if someone has a form of ataxia?
Yes
How long does it take MCL to heal completely?
I mean a tear.
I know I can always depend on you guys.
Please do a video on wrist tendon bursitis. The burning is aweful!
Hi I was watching this and I’m a kid I’m 9 I have arthritis and I have knee pains so badly that it hurts to walk and I think this helps my dad thinks it’s food but it might be but now I know that sometimes it can be a muscle
I have back of the knee pain and I just can't find where is it coming from the muscle you guys are talking about is probably popliteus muscle I get pain when I extend my shin especially when I'm laying down and I lift my leg and then try to extend my shin straight it hurts but I just can't find the tenderness
No,but the mosquito bites behind my knees are driving me crazy!
🥰😀 Oh Yes!!
Thank you I had a TKR last October and this is a new development I’m going to start rubbing it.
I had weird fall in kitchen and that muscle has hurt so much for three weeks. Knee brace helps some
Brad, you've been killing me lately with your RUclips thumbnails! 🤣
Can you use a Swedish hand massager on that?
Ok. I have a back of knee question. Is that the same muscle that bunches up behind my knee? Or would that be a different muscle?
I hurt the backside of my knee. because i tried a new stretching exercise too hard. It Hurts when i go down in squat position only. Feels like i need too pop it. Anyone know What i could do too fix it?
The back of my knee has bothered me for years. It's not pain, it's a tightness?? That being said it did start after a round of acupuncture and the guy went to deep on the UB40 point and hit the nerve. Idk if its nerve damage or what. But what I have been doing is put a squishy ball on the medial aspect of my knee and I feel like it might be ready to release soon. Hope so. My right knee is internally rotated so I'm trying to counteract that.
I use my opposite knee cap to massage this muscle
This pain has been hurting my leg quite severely and I just couldn’t find the search phrase to fix this. Anyways, this was it. My leg is moving better and I can walk without feeling like that muscle is going to cave in or something painful.
My problem is that I'm getting knots in the calf muscles. Occasionally I will get pain behind the knee. I'm supposed to get a Total Knee Replacement. I have Arthritis in my left knee and a torn meniscus. It hurts to walk now, so I have to walk slowly to get somewhere
Will it cause my knee to want to give out on me when I stand up or walk
Mine is always tight above and below the back of my knee. I have herniated disc L3, 4,5, and S1 and sciatica really pulls there and from back of heel up thru my calf. Any suggestions, truly appreciated by this 70+!
@@thebee9907 flossing? What foes that mean? I get sciatica so bad it sends me screaming in an ambulance to the emergency room, begging for them to make it stop! The only thing I have found even remotely helpful is lying on my back bend the knee on the non painful side, bringing the heal of same side foot as close to upper body as comfort allows, then raise the affected leg and cross over the opposite knee with foot and ankle, forming a " figure 4". Then, I slowly and carefully push the affected knee down and away from trunk. It supposedly stretches the Psoas muscle, relieving sciatic pain at least a little. If the is something else that can be done, I'd love to hear about it so I can do it next episode.
@@sighberscamp1 hey Kim, that honestly sounds like your Piriformis pushing against your sicatic nerve... A figure four position stretches the piriformis when pulled, and if you are finding relief from that, I would check to see if your Piriformis is "long" or "short"
Nerve flossing, or nerve gliding, is exactly what it sounds like, even though it sounds odd lol. You are basically moving the nerve, and relaxing the nerve from compression (Think of your sciatic nerve as one long string attached to your lower back, to your foot, now bend the knee... You could imagine the tension the bend causes on the nerve right?)
1. Find a table that you can hang your feet off of
2. Pull back the effected leg while sitting like your about to kick someone in the groin, while simultaneously putting your chin to your chest, basically making you look down
3. Then raise your head as if you are trying to look directly up at the sky, while at the same time raising your leg with the toes pointed up
4. When you get to the apex of the floss, hold it for a 4 count, then reverse the process... Slowly bring your chin back down to your chest, while simultaneously bending the knee again with the toes pointing down this time.
5. Do this about 15-20 times, then just relax for a bit. I sit in a cubicle all day, and have sciatica induced from buristis and piriformis, as well as some labrum issues, but this gets me out of pain within 5 minutes.
Google the steps, as what I wrote down my seem a bit confusing, but feel free to ask any questions. I never realized sciatica has no official cure, and apparently im too young to get it... Im going to find that damn cure, because I dont want to live with this kind of pain forever.
It’s like visiting the old folks home and daring to ask a question. 3 hours later! 😂
Only kidding! Great video guys 👍
I think my popliteus muscles are weak or laxed and causing knee stability issues.
Can u use a tennis ball, golf ball ,racquet ball to do this?
Also a common strain that takes place for rock climbers when performing heel hooks at wacky angles
Bob your sounding great 😊 like your old self 🙂
How can you tell if it’s this or a Baker’s cyst?
I have one, MRI confirmed it but therapist brushed it off, guess least of my problems (perhaps) but still I think it's gross!
Dear sirs, why do i have severe pain at tehe inner side of my left knee
Popliteus is it you? One of many questions as I go through all the tests. 🤫