After several months of worsening knee pain, I visited a seasoned orthopedic surgeon. He has diagnosed me with chondomalacia which was mentioned in a post by Tableone. My doctor explained this is normally diagnosed in young athletes because it is due to over use of the knees. He said scoliosis patients who have significant fusions are being diagnosed with the same problem. I'm far from an athlete. The,doctor explained it like this. Since we are fused we have lost a significant amount of range of motion, therefore we lose muscle tone in our thighs. When that happens, you no longer have those strong thigh muscles to support your weight and movements. In my case, I have also had the restrictions of casts and bracing. Which has added additional restrictions and weight. He was very surprised that I was not diagnosed with the problem as a child. When a child is diagnosed, they can do a repair, chondomalacia is inflammation, so the goal is to get the inflammation to go down. He has recommended Mobic and ice. Hopefully this information answers some question for other fellow knee pain sufferers. I just wanted to add one more thing. now that I know what is wrong with my knees, I searched the relationship of chondomalacia and scoliosis on the Internet and there is quite a bit of information about the relationship. I'm quite surprised that there hasn't been a response to the previous knee posts from the people who research and other experienced posters.
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I can only speak for myself, but since being fused my thighs are much stronger as I use my thighs to squat, since I can't bend over anymore. But all that squatting is probably also hard on your knees.Before 39* lumbar at age 18, progressed to 74* lumbar and 22* thoracic age 55
ALIF Jan 13, 2015, PLIF Jan 15, 2015 with Dr William Stevens, Honor Health
Fused T-7 to S-1 with pelvic fixation
After 38* lumbar
Xrays
Before: http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/attac...7&d=1414268930
After: http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/attac...6&d=1424894360
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Originally posted by Lizardacres View PostI can only speak for myself, but since being fused my thighs are much stronger as I use my thighs to squat, since I can't bend over anymore. But all that squatting is probably also hard on your knees.Last edited by Jamie1955; 08-20-2015, 05:19 AM.
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Interesting, do you know the names of the muscles he is speaking of? It seems like there would be some exercise you could do that would isolate those muscles. I agree about continuing to use the grabbers if it is not too inconvenient. I don't have any knee problems (except a little creaking) but it just generally seems to be a good idea not to load your spine whenever it can be avoided.Before 39* lumbar at age 18, progressed to 74* lumbar and 22* thoracic age 55
ALIF Jan 13, 2015, PLIF Jan 15, 2015 with Dr William Stevens, Honor Health
Fused T-7 to S-1 with pelvic fixation
After 38* lumbar
Xrays
Before: http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/attac...7&d=1414268930
After: http://www.scoliosis.org/forum/attac...6&d=1424894360
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Originally posted by Lizardacres View PostInteresting, do you know the names of the muscles he is speaking of? It seems like there would be some exercise you could do that would isolate those muscles. I agree about continuing to use the grabbers if it is not too inconvenient. I don't have any knee problems (except a little creaking) but it just generally seems to be a good idea not to load your spine whenever it can be avoided.Last edited by Jamie1955; 08-20-2015, 06:56 PM.
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