Good news/bad news from the orthopedist yesterday. Good: Not a meniscus tear. Bad: "Patellofemoral joint: Abnormality of lateral patellar facet. There is moderate subarticular marrow edema in inferolateral patella. There is probably a small overlying deep chondral fissure or defect."
I've never even heard of chrondral fissure before yesterday. Has this happened to anyone else? What did you do that helped recovery and prevention of further issues? I start PT soon, but since cartilage doesn't regrow if PT doesn't help I'm looking at chicken cartilage injections. I didn't know this was a thing!
Running is still out but I can do anything that doesn't pound my knees, bend them past 90 degrees, or cause pain. Sadly I am good to swim (haha). I haven't run in about 6 weeks, have had pain for about 2 months, have done very little activity in the meantime.
Here is an image from my MRI.
Thank you in advance.
http://mediocremultisport.blogspot.com
I've never even heard of chrondral fissure before yesterday. Has this happened to anyone else? What did you do that helped recovery and prevention of further issues? I start PT soon, but since cartilage doesn't regrow if PT doesn't help I'm looking at chicken cartilage injections. I didn't know this was a thing!
Running is still out but I can do anything that doesn't pound my knees, bend them past 90 degrees, or cause pain. Sadly I am good to swim (haha). I haven't run in about 6 weeks, have had pain for about 2 months, have done very little activity in the meantime.
Here is an image from my MRI.
Thank you in advance.
http://mediocremultisport.blogspot.com