Posted: 03/22/05 - 03:00 Post subject: Chrondomalacia and surgery
There’s been a long time till I found out what was it all about. It was chrondomalacia. Several months I’ve been in physical therapy but it didn’t do me any good. In this stage , doctors suggest me surgery. They also said that there are other but longer ways to cure chrondomalacia. Please, if some of you hade similar problem, write me.
I suffered chrondomalacia and I can tell you a lot about it. But I won’t! The best and the easier way is surgery. You can try any other possibility but you’ll see that you need a lot of time and patience. Your recovery after surgery won’t take so much time and you will be more satisfied. I wish you luck!
Posted: 04/30/07 - 14:45 Post subject: Re: Chrondomalacia and surgery
I have suffered from chrondromalacia in my right hip for months. They have tried physical therapy and several anti-inflammatories. Nothing helped. It also caused me more pain. I am a candidate for surgery and looking forward to it. My physician has designed a new device for hip replacement with Syntex. It has been having great results.[/quote]
Yes I have this problem as well with my right knee for over 5 years and have had my knee scoped and over a dozen knee shots from anti inflammatory to synvisc i might be off on the spelling on that. I even lost weight to reduce the amount of force put on my knee. I would have to say overall having 2 years of PT and work done on my knee its a day to day kind of thing. The pain never really goes away but you do learn to live with it. If you plan on running just remember that there is no cure so what cartilage you have you are slowly eroding away from doing any type of activities. Eventually no matter how you live "this is a degenerative disease" and stage 4 will set in.. basically bone rubbing on bone. Then its knee replacement time. Having my knee scoped wasn't too painful basically laying in bed for a week but if you have a good PT..then PT will be very tough but important and painful. So be prepare for that and take some pain killers before going in so you can push yourself. If you are curious to know what it feels like after surgery. Your knee feels like its made of oatmeal and its very painful if you move it. So its basically one week of being pampered. After that you get your stitches removed and you start your PT=physical therapy and your range of motion is like 5 degrees. So you have to work hard to get it back to like 120 or close too. Just remember its worth it because this will help for you to start doing low impact workouts then eventually walking without a limp and then jogging. Well I hope this has answered some of your questions on this disease and good luck.
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