My ortho surgeon at special surgery is Dr. Michael Alexiades--he's great! Still not running but doing PT at the US athletic training center and they are getting me strong so hopefully will be running in the spring. The recovery is really long.
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Have you ever had a Lateral Release? Not too long ago I underwent a Lateral Release and the effort I had to put in just to come back to sport was enormous.
If you have ever had a Lateral Release I would love to hear your story and to put all your efforts into my research dissertation which will be titled "Recovery from a Lateral Release".
I would love to involve as many people I can who have ever had a lateral release.
If you are interested or would like to hear more please do not hesitate to contact me at:
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If you have ever had a Lateral Release I would love to hear your story and to put all your efforts into my research dissertation which will be titled "Recovery from a Lateral Release".
I would love to involve as many people I can who have ever had a lateral release.
If you are interested or would like to hear more please do not hesitate to contact me at:
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OR
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I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind Regards,
Matthew Breeze
**edited by moderator** **e-mails are not allowed**
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To all reading this.....
Be careful with this surgery, i have arthro done to clean up messy cartilage under my patella and he also did the release. I am now 18 months out and my knee is much worse than before the surgery! Pain almost constantly and uncomfortableness all the time. I get sharp twinges when exercising over time, and cannot ski, or wakeboard. I am only 34 and had this to get better, and i am so much worse. My knee is still swelling after exercising and i am at wits end of what to do. I am almost at the point of going after the doctor legally, as before the surgery his story was that this would get rid of my post exercise pain, and now post surgery his story is that i am getting older. Gotta love those docs! I wish I never had this done, as i never had pain in my knee until after exercising and now i have it all the time!!!
Be careful with this surgery, i have arthro done to clean up messy cartilage under my patella and he also did the release. I am now 18 months out and my knee is much worse than before the surgery! Pain almost constantly and uncomfortableness all the time. I get sharp twinges when exercising over time, and cannot ski, or wakeboard. I am only 34 and had this to get better, and i am so much worse. My knee is still swelling after exercising and i am at wits end of what to do. I am almost at the point of going after the doctor legally, as before the surgery his story was that this would get rid of my post exercise pain, and now post surgery his story is that i am getting older. Gotta love those docs! I wish I never had this done, as i never had pain in my knee until after exercising and now i have it all the time!!!
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Had lateral release surgery 8 months ago. Now im diagnosed with chondomalcia. Just did my last Supartz shot and it seems to curve the pain but its not a fix. My doctor told me im gonna need knee replacement surgery down the road. Due to my age im 46 i have to wait a little.
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I am 55 and had a medial meniscus repair and lateral release on Nov 17. I started PT after a week and stationary biking/eliptical/ x-country skiing after 6 weeks. It is now 10 weeks post surgery and I have begun to run again, including my first mountain run last weekend. The knee feels fine, but swells a bit on the outside. The swelling concerns me, but it doesn't hurt so I am continuing. My plan is to run 3 miles every other day for a few weeks before picking up the mileage to about 20 miles per week, including some skate skiing. I figure as long as it doesn't hurt I will continue to increase the activity. So far, it seems like a good surgery. This is in contrast to all the horror stories I have read on the web.
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I had a 'minor' meniscus repair in October 2007. My Doctor (Dr. Cunningham) in Austin Texas, performed a Lateral Release on my knee. When I woke up and was told what was done, I asked 'What the hell is a lateral release? and why are my portals bleeding?' My wonderful doctor never mentioned doing any additional procedures. I didn't even have the opportunity to learn about it. I would have never had the procedure done. My Fiance was 5 months pregnant at the time. I have had a number of rounds of physical therapy and still have trouble doing the most normal of activities. I can't walk upstairs without a lot of pain. I would highly recommend not having this procedure done. Prior to the surgery I had a 38" vertical and was playing in beach volleyball tournaments. Now I can't get out of a chair without very bad pain. And lovely Texas has all malpractice laws designed to protect doctors and screw over patients. :-) I'm happy. Not.
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Tammy,
Please be very careful about this procedure. I had left and right releases over 3 years ago. The surgeon was at Mass General Hospital. He examined me 2 times in a year and said I need to have them done. I had both done with in 2 weeks. I have more pain and less mobility. Unfortunately I am only 45 and am too young to have the knee replacement, so I must live with this poorly done procedures for a decade or two. I would say to try anything you can before letting anybody talk you into it. Good Luck. Jed
Please be very careful about this procedure. I had left and right releases over 3 years ago. The surgeon was at Mass General Hospital. He examined me 2 times in a year and said I need to have them done. I had both done with in 2 weeks. I have more pain and less mobility. Unfortunately I am only 45 and am too young to have the knee replacement, so I must live with this poorly done procedures for a decade or two. I would say to try anything you can before letting anybody talk you into it. Good Luck. Jed
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I am set up to have this surgery on May 14th and I have to say not even the horror stories could keep me from doing it.
I am a 20 year old female and I have been dislocating my knee for the last 9 years. I can't run at all b/c of the pain from the prior dislocations, going up and down the stairs is scary cause my knee will go out with no warning. Also, I can barely make the 0.5 mile walk without taking pain killers and my knee is still swollen a bit from the last dislocation 3 months ago.....
Of course this is just me and the only other option for me is a tibial osteotomy......which would quite frankly suck.
I am a 20 year old female and I have been dislocating my knee for the last 9 years. I can't run at all b/c of the pain from the prior dislocations, going up and down the stairs is scary cause my knee will go out with no warning. Also, I can barely make the 0.5 mile walk without taking pain killers and my knee is still swollen a bit from the last dislocation 3 months ago.....
Of course this is just me and the only other option for me is a tibial osteotomy......which would quite frankly suck.
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I am only 13, and I have knox knees and tracking problems. I also am already getting softening of the cartilage. My knee doctor said to do PT for 6 weeks, and it just made the pain worse. Now he wants to do a lateral Release. I don't really want to, because I am pretty active, and sitting on the couch for a week doesn't sound very... Fun? I don't know what I should do. do more PT? Or just go with the surgery. Any opinions?
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Hi in regards to the lateral release surgery. I had surgery January 28,2009 and here I am almost four months later and am worse then before. I had an injury to my right knee October 2008 at work and I'm still out. I had therapy right after injury happend and then a cortisone shot one month before surgery it didn't work either. The Ortho then decide that he would do a lateral release surgery due to my knee cap being out of groove tilting to outside of leg. I went through three different Orthopaedics with different opinions. The first one saying my knee was normal then about one month later that I needed the release. I went to another Ortho he said my knee was normal and that he didn't like to perform this surgery because it's not for sure that it will work. I finally went to the third dr. and first had the shot which didn't work and then the surgery. Here I am with worse symptoms then before. My knee gives out sometimes and it catches locks and pops everyday really bad that you hear it. Now the doctor that performed the surgery doesn't understand why I still not recovered. I went back two days ago and he wants me to get a second opinion. I don't understand for what because the surgery was already done. Therapy says they can't do anything else for now what. I'm really stuck because this is a workmans comp case and these have been all there doctors.....please before doing this surgery as alot of questions because you can end up worse I can't run walk up the stairs fast or go down normal even walk fast..I hope this helps..
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I play tennis and started having knee pain about 4 years ago. At the time I was told by a ortho surgeon that my knee pain was caused by my knees not tracking properly in their tracks, and that a lateral release would help correct the problem. I wanted to continue being active, so at that time I went ahead and had the surgery, first on my right knee, then 6 weeks later had my left one done. I had minimal swelling, but was very religious with the ice packs, and did the full 4 weeks of physical therapy for each knee, which included ultrasound. I have to say I had great results. I was back to playing tennis 5 weeks after my 2nd knee was fixed. I still get occasional knee pain, but it is managable, and I am still playing tennis 3-4 times a week. I strength train my legs 3 times a week, so this may have something to do with my good results. After reading all the negative comments, I guess I was either lucky, or had a great doctor. Or, maybe doctors are doing this surgery on patients that don't really need it done, and it ends up causing more problems.
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Had a lateral release done on my right kee on April 10th. i had a mal tracking patella and after meds,shots and PT there were really no other options.
Along with the release, he performed a medial retinacular reconstruction, which basically means he released the lateral side, lined up the patella where it should be, and then stiched the medial (inside) retinacular to permantly pull the patella where it should be. this was more invasive that a lateral release and requiered about a 4 inch incision.
Im now 6 weeks post op, and i no longer have the pain that sent me to the Dr. i have only been to 6 PT visits and i have full range of motion on my knee. the only pain i have is my patella tendon, and that is only on certain specific movements. Therapist beleives this is due to swelling, atrophy or possibly a combination or some other things.
I will admit, the first week was absolutley miserable,but once the stiches came out of my large incision i was able to improve very rapidly.
knowing what i know now, would i have the surgery again? probably.
The only advice i can give is to keep up with your PT, thats very crucial to getting back on your feet. in 6 visits i went from 80 degrees to full range of motion.
Along with the release, he performed a medial retinacular reconstruction, which basically means he released the lateral side, lined up the patella where it should be, and then stiched the medial (inside) retinacular to permantly pull the patella where it should be. this was more invasive that a lateral release and requiered about a 4 inch incision.
Im now 6 weeks post op, and i no longer have the pain that sent me to the Dr. i have only been to 6 PT visits and i have full range of motion on my knee. the only pain i have is my patella tendon, and that is only on certain specific movements. Therapist beleives this is due to swelling, atrophy or possibly a combination or some other things.
I will admit, the first week was absolutley miserable,but once the stiches came out of my large incision i was able to improve very rapidly.
knowing what i know now, would i have the surgery again? probably.
The only advice i can give is to keep up with your PT, thats very crucial to getting back on your feet. in 6 visits i went from 80 degrees to full range of motion.
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8 years ago I had a lateral release done when I was only suppose to get
a meniscus tear fixed. To my dismay I had all the problems that all these people on here complain about. it was a terrible expierience and took a year to get to 100%. I play beach volleyball at least 4 days a week so
I have been wearing down my other knee over the years. Finally last oct
I had my knee cap sublax on me. I tried rehab, tooks a few months off
came back to playing and it sublaxed worse. I saw multiple doc's and the
only thing they could tell me was I needed a lateral release!!!! YIKES.
not again I thought. I then did some research and found a great OS. he
garanteed me I would be playing sports in 4 week. I had my surgery on May 15th. I still have some swelling at the release area, but no pain what so ever. I took maybe three pain pills so far. I have full range of motion and after 8 days I started lite workouts on my exercise bike.
other than swelling and obvoius weakness from the down time, I feel great!! this time is million times better than my last disaster... I even played 3 games of volleyball last night only 13 days after the surgery!!!
having the right doc means everything!!! he told me start walking from day one with no restrictions... I believe this is very important. I am a long way from 100% but I am already better than I was before. Make sure you get a second opinion!! I found my doc from word of mouth, and he happened to be in my ins plan. Good Luck all!!
a meniscus tear fixed. To my dismay I had all the problems that all these people on here complain about. it was a terrible expierience and took a year to get to 100%. I play beach volleyball at least 4 days a week so
I have been wearing down my other knee over the years. Finally last oct
I had my knee cap sublax on me. I tried rehab, tooks a few months off
came back to playing and it sublaxed worse. I saw multiple doc's and the
only thing they could tell me was I needed a lateral release!!!! YIKES.
not again I thought. I then did some research and found a great OS. he
garanteed me I would be playing sports in 4 week. I had my surgery on May 15th. I still have some swelling at the release area, but no pain what so ever. I took maybe three pain pills so far. I have full range of motion and after 8 days I started lite workouts on my exercise bike.
other than swelling and obvoius weakness from the down time, I feel great!! this time is million times better than my last disaster... I even played 3 games of volleyball last night only 13 days after the surgery!!!
having the right doc means everything!!! he told me start walking from day one with no restrictions... I believe this is very important. I am a long way from 100% but I am already better than I was before. Make sure you get a second opinion!! I found my doc from word of mouth, and he happened to be in my ins plan. Good Luck all!!
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Carole
I had a lateral release last may on my right knee till this day still painfull i had a injection called sinvisc still it didn't work I have an appointement with this doc in the mean time i had the same sergery on my left knee in may..this one is worse then the first one the pain is verry bad so I have to go see the specialist in aug for the same injection I don't know what to do anymore I'm still in therapy just got a brace for my left knee I even have a hard time to squat to go to the washroom any advice i would realy love to hear it
Thanks
I had a lateral release last may on my right knee till this day still painfull i had a injection called sinvisc still it didn't work I have an appointement with this doc in the mean time i had the same sergery on my left knee in may..this one is worse then the first one the pain is verry bad so I have to go see the specialist in aug for the same injection I don't know what to do anymore I'm still in therapy just got a brace for my left knee I even have a hard time to squat to go to the washroom any advice i would realy love to hear it
Thanks
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I had this procedure done 3 moths ago and I was able to walk out of the recovery room, spent one day in bed sleeping cause the drugs knocked me out and then started PT a week later. At 6 weeks out I was able to run for a few mins at a time and now I can go for 2.5 miles.
Granted I am also 19 and my surgeon said that my youth had a lot to do with my quick recovery but i have to say that this procedure can work quite well as I have had no pain and my only complaint is that my knees bruise easily but there is no pain or catching. Though Ihave to say the horror stories I have heard sound like the stuff that happened to me before the surgery.
Granted I am also 19 and my surgeon said that my youth had a lot to do with my quick recovery but i have to say that this procedure can work quite well as I have had no pain and my only complaint is that my knees bruise easily but there is no pain or catching. Though Ihave to say the horror stories I have heard sound like the stuff that happened to me before the surgery.
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