Please Help , I have had knee cap pain in both knees for many years (used to be a long distance runner and still play netball), but the pain has become chronic in the last 10 months'

I consulted my doctor, and to date I have had injections, the kneecaps taped and physiotherapy with daily exercises to improve VMO.

I have had my tibia in my left knee come out of socket twice and the same in the right knee once. When it happens I have my knee bent and I am twisting my upper body to reach for something. The tibia comes out about 1/4". I immediately twist may body back and it will slide back into place. It causes extreme pain when it is happening and is very tender the next week. After that it will be tender just off and on the tenderness is behind my knee and there is also soft tissue swelling. Since it does not bother me often should I see someone about it?

I am a 26 y/o male competitive long distance runner. I had symptoms consistent with a meniscus tear. MRI results excluded meniscus tears or ligament injuries. However, the diagnosis was surprising.

Any ideas for exercises at home before physical therapy begins? I've found a few on this website. How long does it usually take to get off the crutches? I'm very apprehensive about putting any weight on the knee.

My husband is 69 years old and has been in great shape until about 4 weeks ago when his knee suddenly swelled up right on the front of the kneecap. He went to the doctor, who x-rayed it, said something about the bursa, prescribed an anti-inflammatory medication, and that was it. The doctor said he didn't want him to have to have it drained for fear of infection, but if the swelling didn't go down in a few weeks, he might need to go to an orthopedic doctor and see about having it drained. Strangely, he has no pain in the knee.

I have been waiting for knee surgeries in both my knees since November. I am not even sure what my problem is, but I am getting a Lateral Retinacular Release. However, I am usually in a little bit of pain, but sometimes, it comes out of no where, and it is all the way up my leg, and sometimes even down into my calf. It throbs, and there is usually nothing I can do about it. I think this may be related to stress somehow, but I don't know how. What can I do to relieve/prevent pain?

Thirty-five years ago I had a patellectomy.

Is there a procedure for inserting an artificial patella?
A method of attaching a new patella to the patellar tendon?
All the patella replacements I have read about,
have a teflon button attach to an already existing patella -
still attached to the patellar tendon

I am looking for help on behalf of my wife. She is a 47 year old nurse with a moderate to severe bowed right leg that until 6 months ago, when the pain became too much to bear, was a highly active hiker and distance walker. She has constant pain radiating up and down her leg and hip as a result of the classic misalignment of the knee joint and has been unable to enjoy walking since. She has had some minor arthroscopic ligament knee surgery in the past.

Hi, all,

I have, among others, an edema affecting what in Spanish (I am from Canary Islands, Spain, Europe) is known as Alerón Rotuliano, or patellar winglet, and I would like to know more about it. This structure is anthagonyst to another one, in the opposite side of the patella, one external and the other one medial. They contribute to stabilize the patella. Something I have found out is that surgery to correct disalignment of the patella sometimes cuts one of these winglets to help centering the cap.

I had a traumatic motorcycle accident just over a year ago. My knee was rotated 180 degrees on impact and after several surgeries my left leg was amputated below the knee. My knee is very painful now and I have VERY limited movement in the knee. I have an extreme valgus to the stump which causes it to swing outward. Is a knee replacement a option for me? Everything I read about knee replacements states that alignment is very important and I don't know if the valgus will affect the knee replacement.