@grayson - your symptoms could be from a number of things. Problems walking and climbing stairs are often relevant to 'anterior knee pain' or 'patellofemoral pain', but not always. See /KNEEnotes/knee-dictionary/anterior-knee-pain - "Anterior knee pain'. An ordinary knee support available from ...

The osteotomy should limit further cartilage damage on the one side. There are several medical papers available online talking about MPFL reconstruction and distal femoral osteotomy, most of which are talking about a derotational osteotomy... But here are a couple of papers that seems to fit your si...

@publiclywren - It is a year since the original post. I know this is your first post, so not a problem, but keep an eye on the date something was posted so that you are not disappointed if you don't get a reply...

'Anterior translation' refers to the 'anterior drawer test' for anterior cruciate instability - /KNEEnotes/knee-dictionary/anterior-drawer-test

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Even though you are coping with the situation, you need to take care not to injure yourself and damage the menisci, too. That would compound any instability. If you are ok walking, I would say stick to walking for exercise rather than risking things with jumping.

I trust you will soon get replies. Meanwhile take a look at these old conversations, which will still be relevant - /forum/viewtopic.php?t=44455 - "arthrofibrosis, loa" /forum/viewtopic.php?t=45306 - "scar tissue is back after surgery #6" Also Dr Noyes' course - /KNEEnotes/articl...

@Sikamaks - I linked to your thread from the content part of the site... /KNEEnotes/knee-dictionary/articular-cartilage

If you pop over there, you may find some helpful information.

See also this other conversation on the forum - /forum/viewtopic.php?t=78926

Please note this response to an earlier post - /forum/viewtopic.php?t=81418

This slide presentation is interesting as it talks about causes of the graft being tight, other than the obvious. It may be a bit complicated for you - see https://orthopedie-lyon-croix-rousse.fr/images/cours-diu/DIU%20DU%20GENOU%20LYON%202018%20SERVIEN%20ECHEC%20POSITIONNEMENT%20MPFL.pdf but it ref...

This old forum post is from a patient with similar issues - nice discussion but no clear answer - https://www.kneeguru.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60046 . The post is 2012, so long ago... but here is the first post - I had an MPFL reconstruction done in June of 2010, and have had pain ever since. I ...

This paper is not given online in full, although your library could get it for you. The title is "Management of overtight medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction" and here is the link to the summary - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19132347/ Here is a quote from the Abstract - The c...

Here is a medical paper for you - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10149653/ - from which I quote: Appropriate graft tensioning is one of the most important factors for a successful MPFL reconstruction. Overtensioning of the MPFL graft can lead to patellofemoral joint overload and undert...

@Sammy01 - can you give dates of the original injury and current symptoms - it just helps us put your situation into context. You can do this in your 'Signature' and then these dates will show on all your posts... (you do this by clicking your username, and 'edit profile'...)

You might like to take a read of this 'rather old' course as the content is still valid - /KNEEnotes/articles/general-articles/20 ... rofibrosis