Squat depth

^^^which one is me, and which one is you? lol

I had a partial tear of the patellar tendon below the actual patella a few years ago, about a 20-30% tear if I remember correctly, and there was no question about being injured....It Hurt something fierce!!! It may be a different type of pain above the patella but I if it is even an issue with the quad tendon I would think you would have a pretty good idea if it was as serious as a tear.

Could just be a bit of scar tissue that is getting re-torn or whatever scar tissue does. That's happened to me in my shoulder before and it eventually works itself out. 

I'm number one.

Sean wrote: Nate, Go get some ART on the thing. If it's muscular, that'll help break up the crap. If it's connective tissue (and even 4-6" above the patella it still can be), it'll still help a bit. And, serious, if you have access to some leg extension machines at your gym, use'em. The blood flow alone will help. I think it was big Dan McKim saying that was a huge boost for his overall training at one point too.

Leg Extensions.....seems legit....

Smart.

TKE work and even the frowned upon leg extensions have helped my tendonitis. And a general improvement in my anterior leg strength, I believe, helped me block better this past season. New PRs in the hammers, weights and even open stone, after 10 seasons in. Bear in mind, I am a squat weakling and was very posterior dominant.  This posterior and hip dominant strength was more a product, I believe, of 10 years of HG throwing (how many thousand of throws) and 10 years of track and field throwing.