I had surgery on my knee at the end of last year. I had severe tendonapathy in my knee which all stemed from severe tendonitis in the patella tendon. I ran through the pain and that is how the tear developed in my patella. I am 6 months out of surgery & my knee is showing no signs of getting better. My knee cap is tilted to the right & it seems as if everything in my knee is out of place. I guess I am writing for encouragement & suggestions...
What state do you live in?
Get a 2nd opinion. Now!
go to bangkok, the docs there are really good
I don't know. Crazy as it may sound, get into biking and swimming. I also have chronic knee pain, had surgery and I don't see it getting better anytime soon. The first thing you need to take care of, way before you even think of running again, is to had the strength of your quads assessed. A good rule is that you shouldn't even think of running unless you can stand on 1 leg, with your eyes closed, and feel EXACTLY the same on both legs. Ideally you'd want to extend that to being able to do single leg squats with either leg, but you are a LONG way from that, so don't even attempt.
I had a similar operation. It took we ONE YEAR after the surgery until I felt anything close to normal again. Instead of running I was a freak about rehab. Lots of stretching, strength building etc.
My idea of "running" was actually walking with maybe a minute slow jog alternate with the walking.
Even a year after my running form was jacked up. I thought I was running normal but my form had a limp.
Hang in there and listen to the Docs, you will get better. It just takes so long. Don't try and rush the recovery and run too much too quick.
I feel your pain buddy. I tore 3 ligaments in my right knee this past winter. I've had one surgery and have one to go. My goal is to be gallowalking within a year-18 months and hopefully back to high school shape by the following year.(30 months or so) I was really f-ing slow in high school...
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