It is common for you to have knee cap pain at the beginning of your treatment. However, your pain should not achieve high levels in any physical activity you perform. That’s why we are providing 5 tips for you manage your knee cap pain during physical activities.
Use this scale to guide acceptable pain levels:
1. Ideally keep pain < 2/10 during your activities if possible
2. Do not exceed 5/10 pain during exercise
3. Pain should return to normal levels 60 minutes post-exercise
4. Pain should not be increased the following morning post-exercise
5. Do your physical activities based on pain your response