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I have had a complete patella dislocation a 15months ago in a soccer injury and had surgery to reattach the knee cap,ligaments and cartlidge was damaged and a chondroplasty with microfracture was performed. I continue to have pain on the patellafemoral joint when running,stairs etc. I currently cannot run faster than a jog.

I had a fracture as described above Sep 2009 and have just had my 9 screws and large plate removed July 29 2010.  I had pressure and uncomfortableness on a continual basis, except when laying down.  As a past triathlete and active sports player the injury changed my lifestyle and the hardware especially..

Well somehow I deleted the other post.  I had to have more surgery.  Initally they thought they were having to do a bone graft as well as take out the hardware.  I had the surgery Monday, things went extremely well and I did NOT have to have the bone graft.  They did take out the hardware.  When the surgeon went in there he said the bone looked fine (Im sure thanks to alot of prayers).  I was lucky and had a femoral nerve block that lasted 26 hours.  Its not there anymore however.  I feel this knee surgery in all its horror.  Right now Im having

Now coming up to 8 months post op and so far have not seen any vast improvements. The cortisone injection that I had on March 30th 2010 did help ease some of the pain towards the bottom of the kneecap and the last couple of week’s knee pain has become more intense again.

hi im a 56 year old woman, i had a fall on the 20 may 2010 thanks to a pothole. My ankle twisted one way and my knee the other- i heard a loud pop followed by a severe burning pain in my right knee which started swelling immediately. I was taken to A&E and given a cricket splint and crutches as no break showed on xray. I had to go back after 1 week to the fracture clinic. I was given an ultra sound and the bad news which was my quadricep tendon had tottally separated from my knee cap.

My continuing journey, thanks to those of you sticking with it.  Two years passed and my knee felt as good as it was before the accident. However, later that year I started to get a lot of pain on, and down the inside of the knee, especially  when going upstairs. I have a very high tolerance for pain and just got on with life as you do, taking the odd pain killer when required. After several months the pain started to become too much and I knew there must be something amiss.

Hi, I have never written a blog before, so please forgive me if you think it uninteresting. I'm writing for me as much for anyone else, therapy if you like. However, if it helps just one person or stops them making the same mistake then I will be very happy.