VMO Strengthening/Activation Exercises (Necessary/Possible to Isolate the Vastus Medialis Obliquus?)

Get our knee program here: VMO Specific Strengthening/Activation - not possible or necessary for rehab, performance, or aesthetics! Intro (0:00) Anatomy (0:12) Patellofemoral Pain (1:28) In the rehab world, the VMO became very popular in the treatment of patellofemoral pain because the thought was that patellar malalignment or maltracking was contributing to wear and tear of the patella leading to pain and dysfunction. So in order to treat this, the things pulling laterally on the patella like a “tight“ IT Band had to be released while the things pulling medially like the VMO needed strengthening and neuromuscular re education. This theory hasn’t panned out. And a lot of this is based on trying to find and change a 10ms difference in activation of the VMO. That’s .01 seconds. 1. Who cares? 2. It’s the chicken or egg scenario. Is maltracking causing your pain or is pain changing the way you move a bit? To