Anyone got patellfemoral arthritis?

estelle74uk

Sorry not sure how to spell it. After having knee pain since last June and having physio which didnt really work, went to the docs last nite and he said I may have this, Going to have an xray and see a knee specialist.

Just wondering how people exercise. No running?

Kkmama

I have "end stage" arthritis is my left knee; which is a fancy way to say my knee joint is pretty much done. I "qualify" for knee replacement surgery. But I don't want it. I am too young, in my opinion to go through the process right now. A knee replacement only lasts approximately 10 years, so being 43 would have me signing up for another one at 53. So instead I am trying to lose weight. My Ortho said every pound of fat lost is worth 4 lbs of pressure on the knee. So losing weight is supposed to help. Since deciding to really lose the weight this time I have become more active.... which leads to lots of pain. I am taking Celebrex which seems to be helping. I am adapting lots of my workout moves so that my knee doesn't give out. You can do this. Just this week I have noticed my knees are not near as sore as they were when I first started working out.... and my legs are actually getting stronger. One of the keys is to increase your muscle tone around your knee joint.

Some of the activities that I do are yoga, light jogging in place, (I do the EA Sports 2 for the Wii almost every day!) lots of walking, even Urban Poling (urbanpoling.com), I would swim, but I don't really enjoy it. Just being active also works. Also using moist heat, like a magic bag on your knee afterwards will also feel very good after a work out.

Good luck. Don't let your arthritis get in the way of you achieving your goals. Unfortunately I did and pretty much lost 10+ years of not doing things because I thought I couldn't. I even signed up for a 10k walk in May, which still surprises me!

estelle74uk

Hi thanks for that. Its very frustrating because I was starting to do lunges/squats and running again after not doing those for about 4 months.

I suppose when I find out I will have to go back to doing everything apart from those, but they are the ones I really want to do!!

I have been doing the strengthening which is why they probably dont hurt like they did before so will keep that up. Just very frustrating.

Good luck on your walk!!!

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