patella surgery and working out.
I'm not certain if this is the right community to post this question, but I can't think of anywhere else.
My left patella has been dislocated so much that my doctor informed me that it's beyond rehab. When I asked him about doing deadlifts (I was up to 90#!) and squats(45#), he said that was about the worst type of exercises to do. FWIW, he's the primary physician for a university hockey team, and is a board certified Orthopedic doctor. I went to my gym (which is also does physical therapy as it's main business) and the P.T agreed. The best exercise for me is doing squats against the wall with a ball between my knees. I'm going for a CAT scan next week.
Soooo, my question is has anyone here had the surgery to correct a luxating patella and how successful was it? Were you able to use your knee without fear of dislocation? Was it back to normal?
TL,DR version: Patella dislocation since I was 14 (I'm 44) surgery inevitable, how successful was operation for you, could you do strenuous workouts after such as kickboxing?
My left patella has been dislocated so much that my doctor informed me that it's beyond rehab. When I asked him about doing deadlifts (I was up to 90#!) and squats(45#), he said that was about the worst type of exercises to do. FWIW, he's the primary physician for a university hockey team, and is a board certified Orthopedic doctor. I went to my gym (which is also does physical therapy as it's main business) and the P.T agreed. The best exercise for me is doing squats against the wall with a ball between my knees. I'm going for a CAT scan next week.
Soooo, my question is has anyone here had the surgery to correct a luxating patella and how successful was it? Were you able to use your knee without fear of dislocation? Was it back to normal?
TL,DR version: Patella dislocation since I was 14 (I'm 44) surgery inevitable, how successful was operation for you, could you do strenuous workouts after such as kickboxing?