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"Patella baja and infrapatellar contracture syndrome are one of the worst conditions for a patient to have and for a physician to treat." These were the words of my first knee specialist doctor.

I was diagnosed with patella baja and infrapatellar contracture syndrome in July of 2001. This came 11 mos after my horseback riding accident, where I broke my tibia and fibula in 4 places. I developed arthrofibrosis of my knee, after the nailing procedure thru my knee, to repair the tibia fractures.

It was back in March 2000 when I first saw a very well respected knee surgeon who carried out a thorough examination of my knees.  On examination he found that I had very obvious and severe external tibial torsion which was compensatory to excessive anteversion at my femoral neck.  This was bilateral and probably developmental in origin.  As a result  I had squinting patellae on standing and walked with markedly externally rotated foot progression angle.  I had slightly valgus heel with pronated flat feet.  On standing on tip toe I did not develop a significant