Chrondomalacia and surgery

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!

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.

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.

thanks 4 the info.... about how long was your rehab after surgery 3 weeks or more ... just trying to figure out best time to do it

I had surgery appox 10 years ago and the problem has come back, worse than ever. At a recent exam, I was told that surgery is no longer considered an effective treatment option - due to the fact that results are usually short term.

Most info I've read indicates that EXTENSIVE periods of resting the knee are recommended; followed by exercises to strengthen the muscles involved in bending the knee. Most suggested a total of 3 to 6 months of therapy before attempting to return to sports which use the knee.

For pain management, I'm finding Cymbalta + Tylenol to be an effective combo. Though it's so effective that I keep returning to "forbidden" activities and injuring myself again.