I dislocated my kneecap about two months ago and my doctor says I have to get su!
Question:
I dislocated my kneecap about two months ago and my doctor says I have to get surgery, is this necessary?
This was the second time I dislocated this knee (I have no problems with the other one-thank God!) My doctor says to get surgery but with that the recovery time will be 6-8 weeks! I'm very active person now cause I'm trying to loose weight but I think that long of a recovery time will cause me to go loose my mind. Is there any way to avoid surgery without the risk of dislocated my knee again? For example, are there any knee exercises I can do to prevent future dislocations?
Answers:
My daughter had that problem too. She did a year of physio to try & strengthen the muscles. It really made no difference to her. When her knee dislocated one day she had to go to the emergency department to have it put back in place. It was called an MUA (manipulation under anesthetic) Not very pleasant, very painful. The orthopedic surgeon operated when the swelling went back down. She had whats called a lateral release. Basically the outside muscle is cut to allow the kneecap to stay in the groove. That was about 13-14 yrs ago & her knee has been fine ever since. Hers was an open surgery, but they probably do it now through a scope