Thrower99 wrote:
What you are saying is completely impossible. Every knee doctor in the world would tell you it is impossible. The fibrocartilage or scar tissue cartilege would not even be close to being fully formed and if you attempted to run at 5 months the "scab" would be ripped off and you would be worse off than before the start. Microfracture takes a minimum of 8 months to reach a semi rigid form. Significant further healing takes place at least through one year and will continue to immprove in the 2nd year. All this assumes it was successful and mf has a low success rate.
Again, you won't find a single doctor in the country who has ever done a mf say that anyone is out running pain free after 5 months. Impossible!
You can believe whatever makes you happy. But Jason Kidd, Chris Webber, and Penny Hardaway might disagree. They managed to return to playing in the NBA after microfracture. Kidd returned less than 6 months after surgery. I'm pretty sure pro basketball is tougher on your knees than old, slow guy running.
Quote from the wikipedia article on MF:
"Current studies have shown a success rate of 75 to 80 percent among patients 45 years of age or younger, even among professional athletes. With the help of physical therapy, patients can often return to sports (or other intense activities) in about four months."