The patello-femoral joint :

treatment of patella injury - - Posted by G.OSBORNE (G.OSBORNE), 30 November 2002

Hi 2 years ago i fell and injured my knee. I had mass bleeding in the joint and all the specialists thought i had a torn ACL.A year passed and after many x-rays and MRI`S I had an arthroscopy this showed a lose bit of the back of the pattella.This piece was 1 cm long and 1/2 a cm wide.This was removed from the medial side of the patella.This did reduce the pain but ever since i have not been able to bild up my quads esecially my VMO.Also it is painfull to bend my knee under full weight
Luckly i could retun to sport(soccer) because other muscles compencated for the quads
That was intill april when i suffered a partial dislocation
the knee now malrackts when extended and crunches loadly when weight is put thorugh the knee.
The specialist is amazed i could return to sport and is unshaw if it is possible to improve it.He gave me 2 options
1 lateral release and medial reefing if the damage is managerable
2TTT if the damage is servere but is agenst this as he thinks it is a lot of work for uncertain rewards.
Has any one gone throuth a similar injury and does any one have any ideas what to do next
i have had 6 months to think about this and a have had 3 opinions so i just whant as mutch info as possible
thanks for reading

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