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[QUOTE="TinyManInside, post: 2485044, member: 1251"]
I had very bad tendonitis about 8 years ago, to the point where the final time I played hoops I could barely walk afterwards. Terrible pain. I was playing 5 or 6 days a week at that time and all of the issues I had were from the fact that my arches are almost non-existent (almost entirely flat feet). What you explain here is 100% the exact same explanation that I got from my orthopedic doctor and my physical trainer. It took me about 6 months of twice a week PT and 45-60 minutes of daily stretching before the pain was down enough for me to run. I didn't play hoops for another 9 months after that.

None of the problems I was having reoccured, mainly because I follow a pretty strict stretching regime before and after playing that is designed to rebalance the quad muscles to keep the stress off the inside of my knee when I land after jumping. But... another reason I don't have problems is that I lost more than half of my vertical when I got the tendonitis. The last I measured my standing vertical is 13-14" and it used to be 29-31". Not nearly as much impact on my knees since I can't get off the ground at all anymore.

Getting old s u c k s. UGH.
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