Should you play sports with an OCD lesion in your knee?
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- Can you, or should you, put off surgery until the end of a sports season? Are you at risk for doing more damage by waiting and having surgery later? In this week’s Ask Dr. Geier video, I answer that question from a reader who wants his son to play his senior year with an OCD lesion in his knee.
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My just-turned 18-yr old was diagnosed with OCD in his knee at age 11. After a year of rest and PT, the doctor released him for full activity. He has had occasional swelling but no real issues until last week when he felt something catch in his knee. He could feel something moving around. Another X-ray and MRI showed a 3.5cm x 2.5cm crater at the end of the femur. The doctor wants to perform a bone graft. My question is, can this be put off until after soccer season so he can play his senior year or not? We are in the middle of recruiting and about to start high school soccer season. What are the risks of continuing to play soccer?
Osteochondritis dissecans is a problem that affects mainly young athletes, but occasionally the residual effects of an osteochondritis dissecans lesion can be seen in an adult. The lesion involves the bone under the articular cartilage in part of the knee (almost always the lateral aspect of the medial femoral condyle) starting to die. Early on the cartilage over this diseased bone is intact, but it can later break off with the underlying bone and float freely within the knee joint.
In young athletes who are not finished growing, there is often a good chance that the lesion will heal on its own. Treatment in this situation often involves making the athlete nonweightbearing for many weeks to try to decrease stress on the lesion.
If the lesion has broken away, nonsurgical treatment is not indicated. Surgery to try to put the lesion back in place and hold it with screws or pins can occasionally be attempted successfully. Other times it is a free-floating piece of bone and cartilage that is removed and filled with cylinders of bone and cartilage from the athlete’s knee or from a donor.
In this video, I explain the risk involved with delaying surgery and continuing to play sports. There are many variables to consider with osteochondritis dissecans lesions, so it is important to discuss your options with your orthopedic surgeon.
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I recently just finished fully recovering from my OCD of the knee. I was diagnosed with it in my right knee in July of 2017 and had to have two surgeries. One was knee arthroscopy to take out the pieces of one stuck inside my knee and the other was to place a graft in my knee. I had to miss my junior year of soccer varsity but a year later, I’m playing my senior year as a staring senior back. I got cleared during the summer and wow it feels amazing to be back!
Congratulations!
Kayo Gishu lucky you good job I have OCD and it’s so hard to see everyone go outside and start running and playing and I start to cry because I wish I could do that but I cant
What did u do to heal plz tell me I have it to
That’s great news!! Hows your knee doing today ?
I was diagnosed with OCD in my right knee when i was around the age of 10. I didn't play sports or run for over a year and when the orthopedic surgeon said it was finally starting to heal and after 3 MRIs, i was abe to return to sport as long as there was no pain. Now, i am 14 and for the last three months i have had pain when sitting and laying down and also sometimes a stabbing pain when walking. when i fully straighten my leg it often hurts and when i squat. now, it is hurting in both knees and i am worried it never fully healded and i have got it in both knees.
I️ just got diagnosed with this and I️ was wondering if I’ll ever be able to play competitive basketball again. Basketball is what I️ love to do and I’m not sure if this will take it away from me. Thanks
i just got surgery for my case of ocd done and now i'm on my way for hopefully a quick rehab your video was very interesting and i'm glad they caught my ocd lesion at age 14 rather than being older
+tommy durocher Good luck with your recovery!
How is your recovery going? Were you in a lot of pain after the surgery? Did it leave a big scar? Thanks for sharing.
I had OCD repaired in one of my knees when I was 17 with a bone graft the recovery period was very long, I actually did the injury when I was 15 playing basketball in those two years I still played tennis, basketball and touch footy and it never worried me. Last month I did the same thing but I'm my other knee so I'm off to get surgery again. This time I felt it going throughout the day when I was playing tennis it felt like I had an airlock and it just needed to crack but when it did crack it hurt a lot and I couldn't get my leg straight for a week. This time I can't play sport because when I did try it caught and I couldn't get my leg straight straight again for 3 days so I will have to wait until it is repaired.
I fell down 3 months ago on my right knee and my knee cap was popped out of place. I rubbed it back in place and it was so swollen. I called my doctor and they said it’s okay if I could walk on it and straighten my leg without locking to treat it as a sprained knee using the RICE method. It didn’t get better so I went in and they said it was a mild case of bursitis. Time passed and the swelling went down but I got a new job standing all day and the knee was aching badly so I got X-rays and they said OCD in the knee cap. Now I’m waiting f for my MRI
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I've played rugby for 3 years now and this is my senior year. I'm 5'7 151lbs. I can run, cut , and all. But, knee has a dull pain once I'm done play/practicing and with fatigue. And I have some pain when I try to get to much extension when running. But during school I have virtually no pain when walking normally. It does pop quite often when I straighten it really hard. My doctor is recommending surgery. Should I try to make it through the season or go with the surgery? I previously played an entire season with this injury with limited problems.
I have OCD in my left knee and i am suffering from the injury from past 3-4 years ..It has been good at times but it gets same after i start playing soccer.
I have problem of huemophelia..
Could i play soccer in my future?
I have this in both of my knees. I was born with dislocated hips and as I got older, my left leg hurt a lot. I got crutches and then a year later, a leg brace. A few months later, I was diagnosed with OCD in my right leg too because I was using that leg to keep the weight off my other leg. Since I was around 9-10 years old, I could not be operated on, due to my leg plate not being closed over. I'm thirteen now and I'm going for a checkup to see if my plate has closed over. If it has, I can be booked for an operation. In school, I get bullied for my condition. They call me faker because I had crutches. It's really hard tho, they don't understand.
ToniXoX i feel you i had to be on crutches for a few months and everyone called me fake
I feel you to I have OCD in my left knee and I had crutches but nothing on my knee at first before my cast and brace and people thought I was faking because I had nothing on my knee it’s sad but stay strong girl
Me too. I am 14 now and have an OCD in my left knee and get bullied for faking it so I don’t have to do gym. The only thing they don’t know is that I do want to run and do gym with them but they just won’t accept that.
When I was 10 years old I started having serious pain in both of my knees. I went to L.I. Jewish Hosp and after x-rays and a thorough going over by several Doctors I was told I have Bi-lateral Osteochondritis Dissecans. At 18 years of age I was told that the bone had already broken off into the knee joint and they wanted to do a knee operation where they drill the missing bone area to encourage blood and bone growth and they scrapped it down and put me in a cast for 12 weeks non-weight bearing to allow the subchondral cartilage to grow and fill in what was going to otherwise become a flat spot on the head of my femur. I had problems with pain my whole life and at 12 years old I had to stop participating in sports as I would pay too big of a price in pain after any stressful activities in my knees. At 30 years old I had 2 High Tibial Osteotomies and that helped me for 5 years. At 35 years old I had my first set of TKR's and they lasted 10 years. That was 10 good years of raising my children and running on the soccer field with them and even joining my local Fire Department. They broke loose after 10 years from Osteolysis and I had a second set put in that didn't work so well. I have since had 2 more revisions on my left knee and another on my right knee. I have been fighting an infection for years of MRSA. It has gotten progressively worse and currently I can not walk at all on my left knee and I use a wheel chair and do a lot of sitting. I have had excellent Doctors but sometimes it is just going to present problems no matter how good of a job the Doctor does installing Total Knee Replacements or Revisions. A Painful Life.
Excellent insight as always. As a person with a reconstructed ACL in my right knee and osteo chondral defects I really appreciate the videos. I'd love to see a video on treatments such as OATS for treating knee degeneration.
+kataguruma kev I'll try to do one in the next few months. Thanks!
I was a gymnast for 12 years and me and my brother both have this. we both had to give up playing any sports and we're on low impact. he got surgery and i need to but it takes a while to heal and i just want to get back! but i can't! and i just makes me so mad!!! and i was on crutches for 6 months and lost all of my muscle in my left knee and i just makes me so mad!!! does anyone have so advice?!?!
Do you see it effecting both medial compartments in some pts?
I have OCD on the left knee. Even though I smoke and drink, I eat decently and do lots of bicycle and wear almost exclusively adidas ultra boost shoes. I haven't done any extreme things recently like hiking and competitive football playing, but I am at least as active as an average male my age, this is almost 28. I can tell you I live as if I never had OCD. No pain or complaints whatsoever. Work outs and yoga from time time probably helped me recover. There is hope people, OCD is no permanent disability according to my experience.
This gives me home . I’m a long distant runner aged 29 and I was told I need to stop all high impact exercises .
I also have osteochondritis in my left knee, when I play football and have the movement , it doesn't pain but when I come back home it starts an invincible pain.
Hi! My daughter is a competitive gymnast and was diagnosed with OCD about seven weeks ago. Hers was more of an incidental finding as we took her in for knee pain in the center of her knee and she was diagnosed with patellar tendinitis. Her OCD has never caused her any pain or problems and we have seen four different doctors in the past six weeks and she was only told to stop high impact skills for 6 weeks and was given the ok to go back to high impact today. I’m so afraid but she wants to get back and the Dr assured me since she doesn’t have pain or issues that she should be ok. We Are going to monitor it and she will get more x-rays in three months. Would you typically say this is OK or do you think it’s just a matter of days or weeks before something bad happens? I really need a peace of mind! If you would ever be open to reviewing her MRI remotely I would be happy to pay you to do so! I just want to make sure we are doing the right thing. She is 10 years old and growth plates are open. Cartilage looks ok from what I’ve been told. Lesion is stable. Thank you!!
I had the exact same thing! I'm 15 and I've been very active all my life with travel baseball and soccer and football! I was in football practice one day and my knee started catching. I went to my local orthopedic surgeon and he said I dislocated it and put me in a brace. I waited for a few weeks and it never went away, so I went to Felix Savoie at Tulane (because I had a labrum and Rotator cuff tear and he did the surgery) and he spotted the fragment of cartilage and took it out a few days later. He told me that I had this and we decided that a graft was more safe and had better results then the micro fracture. He put me on a donor list for the cadaver and 2 months after I had the surgery! My defect was at the end of my Femur and was 24mm long! He and Doctor Heard did it and it was miserable. I had to go non weight bearing for 9 weeks and then 4 months of PT and another 5 months of healing process. Now I start on varsity football as a sophomore and have very few limitations!
How is your knee now
Started at 12, no treatment needed. A lot of sports until 35 years old. During a run strange sensation like no strength in the knee. After IRM
Ocd stage 3.
After 1 years breaking sports, ankle are painful too, and lower back is injured too.
My advice is don't run too much if you're overweight, and make regular IRM before it break.
exact same, same advices
No matter what they tell me about my left knee I won't give up playing basketball I have played basketball since 2010 back when I was a little 7 year old child know I am 14.5 years old and I was diagnosed with OCD in my left knee in 2015 I stopped for 2 months straight back then I used to run on truck too... every body told me to forget about basketball and that I would not be able to play again...but I had enough there was no way that I would give up basketball so after The 2 months I had gotten a lot better I could run I could jump I got a silver medal in 1000m in my city and stopped track to focus on basketball where everyone would tell me that I wasn't as good as I was 3 months ago It limited my speed and jumping potential but that didn't stop me either now it's 2018 I am 6'1.5 without shoes and I have overcome it no matter what they all said although it still limits my jumping ability I have catch up with the other players despite that I had to train harder but I don't care I proved them all wrong all my teammates the doctors and still my coach doesn't care about my OCD he doesn't believe me....but I don't care about that either all I care is that I did what I wanted to do I became who I wanted to become 🐺😢
A-lex hey dude I had it and I’ve never missed a season of football or baseball and I just had surgery on ocd and it’s worth it to get it while you 14.5 in a year younger than you and I had it now and it will help so do it now it’s worth it and yes it Suck and if you need more to talk about text me on Instagram @masonlykins_1230_
Hey I have ocd in my knee now and I’m still on crutches I’ve been on crutches 2 weeks before surgery and it’s been since 27 of February June 22 and it been rough I had to watch all of baseball and now I have to miss all of football and it sucks im still none waight it sucks but it’s been long and hard
A-lex I have OCD in my left knee as well
I’m 14 and had to get this surgery done, right knee, open reduction internal fixation. My growth plates are open and I’m 159cm tall. I would like to share my case. I’m a figure skater, I do all the jumps and spins, just like tonya Harding and anyone else you can think of. I started getting this knee pain in November, in the middle of my practice session. All I did was tell my coach that it hurt when I do twisting motions, and when I land. She just had me sit down and roll out some quad and calf muscles that were mildly tight and I got back on. It has been the same pain, on the inside of my knee which I think is medial(?). Anyway I naturally went to my physio. He gave me a meniscus problem. I was told I was allowed to skate, but no running, or jumping and landing on the knee for a week. So I did that and all was good after a week so I went back to jumps. The pain did not come back for a whole month until December. My physio decided to do the same thing, one week no jumping. After a week of no jumping I was okay and went back to jumps but the minute i went back to jumps the pain came rushing back. The pain never increased or changed the whole time. It was bearable for me and I was just doing my physio exercises that were for strengthening the quads to stop the load. It never went away but I thought it was better than nothing. Fast forward over 8 months of getting pain and sitting out of jumps for a week then going back, I dedcided that in early June I was sick of it and had a terrible feeling something way more wrong than an annoyed meniscus. I even had a whole 3 month rest due to lockdown, and pain came back straight away even with all these physio exercises. I went to a specialist, he asked me of an MRI. When he saw the results he was horrified. He said that’s my piece of bone and cartilage and it’s right about to snap off. He even said that I was probably born with it and the reason why the physio exercises don’t work is due to the fact that the injury started already on very very strong quad and gluteus muscles. He said he won’t be able to do an arthroscopy, he had to do a large 5 inch cut down my leg and completely move my kneecap out of the way and then start the ORIF, to which is now complete. He had planned to use 4 pins but instead 9 were used. I’m not able to go skating until may.
So how is ur knee now does it still hurt is the pain going down?
I’m glad they could find out what was really wrong! How’s the knee today?
i have this in my left knee ever since february and there’s still pain. i am 14 almost 15 so i think my bones are pretty much fully grown right now. my doctor and knee specialist recommend arthroscopy for my knee cause they said if i don’t get surgery i have a high chance of getting early arthritis. i’ve been doing physical therapy ever since march and there’s still some pain in the actual knee. the muscles are getting stronger and i can walk without a lot of pain, but i’m still considering surgery. (the lesion is around 1 cm to 1 cm as my doctor said from my MRI. help im scared i don’t know if my knee will ever get better :((( also my right knee is starting to hurt ever since i got off crutches since i’ve been using them for all of may, so i think it’s from too much pressure but i’m not sure, i think i’m gonna make an appointment with my doctor to make sure it isn’t anything serious :(
1 year with ocd. Can’t stand it. My doctor said there is no need for a surgery. I am 14 years old.
I first started having symptoms early 2016 when I was 19. My knee got locked up once and that was my first symptom. Since then my knee has never locked up again. However, while being active, I felt a strong click in my knee that was mildly painful. The following few days my knee was swollen and very hard to bend (the click followed by swelling and tightness happened on more than one occasion). I went to the doctor but he just prescribed anti-inflammatory drugs (didn't even try to diagnose the underlying issue). I used to be able to do high intensity activities during 2016 and 2017 without too bad of a reaction in my knee. However, more recently whenever I do high intensity exercises, I would get the same symptoms as when my knee clicked the first time. There would be swelling and my knee would be hard to bend (like tendons around my muscle are tight).
It's now at the end of 2018 and I still haven't had any medical treatment, my knee is steadily and slowly getting worse I believe. It is always slightly swollen, it hurts when I squat all the way down (my knee can fold all the way but adding weight to it makes feel very tense and uncomfortable). There is a piece of cartilage or bone that pops in and out when I straighten and bend my knee, you can actually feel and see it from outside. My knee is also quite noisy when bending (I know all knees make those crackling sounds when bending but the sounds in my knee are like 5 times louder). I'm hoping to get proper medical treatment over the holidays. I hope that I can return to an active lifestyle afterward.
I have the SAME exact issues as you going on again now, as I did 9 years ago. I cant even bend my knee and it feels extremely tight, like a rubberband about to snap!! My guess is You will probably need the same surgery as me. Also do ALL of your physical therapy because the stronger your quads are the less weight on your knee. You need an MRI and of course another Xray. They did not find my break on the first Xray, it took a couple, and then MRI. They literally sent me to physical therapy on a fractured Patella because they did not see the break the first time ( in the E.R. ). And it stayed very swollen until the saw the break. Take care of it now so it doesnt get worse .Good luck!!
@@danaroche7477hey I know this late but does the surgery hurt like after bad ? Cause I have to get screws to put a little piece back into my knee so was just wondering how the recovery is
i have had a lesion on my femur for about 5-6 years, but it was just diagnosed a few weeks ago after experiencing locking, catching, buckling, and extreme weakness in my knee for the last few years. the symptoms started at basically the exact same time as i hyperextended my knee very badly, so they were initially written off as a sprain, but it never really got better. since i am almost 16 and done growing, and it has not improved over this time, surgery was the only real option. i had the surgery last week. it is very annoying to not be able to walk.
I bet it is. Hope you recover quickly!
I am 41 and found out I have had OCD since 6-7 years, but lesion is not loose. I did not have surgery although advised by doctors, and it was very painful at the beginning, even I could not walk 1 mile without stopping, but later I changed type of shoes and always use sport shoes for overpronation and flat feet which I guess reduce weight on the damaged cartilage and I can walk miles. I am playing football but feeling pain for a day after the match, but recovering after that. When I change the shoes, I restarted to feel the pain.
Thanks for sharing your experience.
I am a bodybuilder and I recently came to know that I am having OCD. It doesn't affect my bodybuilding much. But when it comes to leg exercises it is dangerous I think. So can u pls help me with the leg exercises that can be performed for OCD patients
Go see your doctor dude
My daughter whom is very active with competitive dancing was having pain in her left at the age of 12. The pediatric orthopedic doctor ordered an MRI and she was diagnosed with OCD of the left knee. The pediatric orthopedic doctor at the time didn’t really make it seem serious and was not very informative. She mainly said to rest and take Motrin as needed. Just recently my daughter whom is now 13 started experiencing a lot of pain and her left knee swelled up twice it’s normal size. I rushed her to children’s healthcare and the took an x-ray and let us know that’s the swelling was due to OCD of the left knee. They told me she should not participate in any type of sports until cleared by an orthopedic doctor. I took her to a new pediatric orthopedic doctor whom ordered an MRI and he compared both years of MRI’s and said that it never healed and got worse. She has an unstable OCD lesion her left knee and a large knee effusion. She is required to have surgery to fix the loose bone and cartilage in her left knee. The pediatric orthopedic doctor also said he will have to do a bone graft and plans to make a second incision below the knee to do so. This is very hurtful because she attends a performing arts school and dance is her major. She has been crying like crazy because she can’t participate. We are so scared about the surgery (it’s scheduled for Dec. 26th). I wanted to try to wait and do it while they are out on Christmas break to give her a little time to rest and get used to crutches. Can someone please tell me how long it normally takes to heal? Will she be in a lot of pain after the surgery? How does the scar look after the surgery? She is so tiny and young I hate for her to have a huge scar. Please send me any tips that will be helpful. I will update this post after the surgery.
Chanda Watlington how did her recovery go chanda?
My 12 year old daughter has an OCD lesion. She also has osgood schlatter so the doctors just told her she can keep playing and that it wouldn't make it worse. Later she was told she had plica syndrome. After 2 years of pain we are now considering prolotherapy or surgery.
+Leslie Reed Hope it turns out well!
what did you end up doing ?? I'm interested in trying prolotherapy
I was doing a home cardio workout similar to P90X but was more geared towards women with the "BeachBody Program" I bought on line. I was on day 5 out of 90 when during the workout I apparently fractured my Right Patella. I was diagnosed with OCD and was told by the surgeon That I should never run again and unfortunately my knee was stage 4 OCD. I at the time was in training for my first half marathon and was up to 3 miles every other day so far. I never ran again. Fast forward 9 1/2 years later and my only exercise now is yoga and walking. I walked a lot longer than usual 2 weeks ago and my knee has been very swollen and Im in a ton of pain every day , but now for some reason its not just my knee in pain but my whole leg as well, I ice it every day and walk with my old crutches. I am unsure as what to do now because to see a specialist again even WITH my Health Insurance is gonna cost me and as of now I am barely working. Any ideas from anyone or even the Doctor above :) :) :) would be sooooooo much appreciated!!! I just want to be able to put pressure on it again to even walk and clean my house etc. etc. etc. Could my Patella be fractured agin?? I dont know. Should I go to the ER and pay that bill over time? Has this happened to anyone? I am a very active person and am not at all overweight. I have a real problem even sitting still, LOL..... I have ADD bigtime!! Some help please!! :) Thanks for reading!! God Bless!!! Dana.
I forgot to add that I did have surgery to clean it up and remove the piece of bone floating around. That was 9 1/2 years ago. I live in Florida and just really want to get outside and be able to do all the things I was doing before ( 2 weeks ago)
I am currently recovering from my surgery. I have varsity swim and soccer seasons coming up and I need help with tips for physical therapy. Thanks Doc.
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I have OCD of the medial talar dome of my ankle. I am 44. I also have a piece of bone that has come away. I have constant pain swelling as well as catching and locking. I also have heightened attacks where the pain will just increase out of nowhere and it feels as tho my bones are collapsing the pain is so intense around the ankle joint and on top of the foot . I usually cannot walk for a while when this happens or if I can walk it’s very poorly then the next day I have a massive bruise around the ankle and on top of foot . I see the surgeon next week and find out what he wants to happen, however I was hoping for an arthroscopic approach not the graft . Which procedure has better outcomes ? What are recovery times for each method ?
Did you get relief? I deal with a lesion of the medial femoral condyle. I got arthroscopy and removal, but a year later I’m catching again, spasming, etc.
How are you doing now?
How are you?
I already undergo surgery on my OCD in my knee,after 6 months i play basketball but not too much movement and its fine,so i play twice a month but then i feel pain on my knee and i always heard the bones in my knee popping..i was working that's why i was not able to go through physical treatment...i want to know how long it will take to bring back my knee its strong shape..what things that i need to do to bring my knee back in good shape
+Henry Jacob Adlawan I think Physical Therapy can be very helpful for return to sports and exercise.
I am 12 years old. I have had a problems with my left knee for 5 years now. Just a month ago I got diagnosed with OCD. This morning I went in for a MRI scan. The doctor told me that I should get surgery to fix it before later down the road. My parents have said it's up to me. I'm conflicted though...
Kaitlyn Slone I would get the surgery. I just got mine last week and starting therapy. My doctor said it was better to get it done or I could have arthritis at the age of 30. I think it is better to get it done sooner rather than later. Good luck
Thank you! I have decided I'm going to get the surgery. We have it sceduled for April 4th.
Thank you very much for the informative video! I have an ankle OCD, where my doctor recommended a surgery involving removing the loose cartilage and filling it in with another piece of cartilage or stem cell therapy (if I remember correctly, he suggested the latter). It has been two years since his recommendation and I did not do the surgery yet as I am studying abroad.
I would like to know how long I can hold off the surgery before it may lead to further complications. Additionally, I am curious to know if I can travel by airplane and resume regular activity (walking, but no intense activity) around a month or two post the surgery. Thanks!
Did you have the surgery done? also how much does it cost ?
@@santasreebhattacharya1271 I did not do the stem cell surgery. I was told that long term impact is less compared to physical rehabilitation by stretching the ankle joint.
A long time ago I just did an orthoscopic surgery which is less invasive, where they just shaved off any sharp impingements. But the cartilage was not removed.à
@@surendarvijay2520 do you still have any catching or locking of the knee ?
@@santasreebhattacharya1271 I have OCD on the ankle, but no catching after the impingement was shaved. Just a very stiff ankle which is mostly a muscle problem
@@surendarvijay2520 what was the cost incurred ? For an arthroscopy ?
I am 17 I have just been diagnosed with Ocd 2 months ago and my bone is floating around in my leg and It's about to be my senior year and I have college's looking at me for basketball and I'm trying to get me a some offers so that I can go to college and do what I love. Do you think I should play ? I don't feel any pain in my knee when I run and jump. I was wondering if I get the right therapy could I come back from the surgery in 2 or 3 months?
How are u now
I had that and I just got surgery yesterday and now I'm trying to recover
how are you feeling now my friend?
I know this is pretty old but I’m curious. I am 23 and recovering from my second surgery due to OCD. The first surgery was an attempt to screw the fragment back in place but it didn’t heal, so this time they used donor material. So far the recovery has been 100x easier (judging from almost 6 weeks out) and there is hope that the graft is healing. I’ve been skateboarding my entire life, and am really hoping that putting my all into physical therapy, maintaining strength into the future, and eating right (balanced diet + supplementing vitamins c & d, and calcium) allows me to return. I’m okay with never jumping down stairs again but I’d like to at least cruise around and skate small obstacles, which means a lot of jumping over and over again. What are your thoughts on this?
Hi there! Checking on you to see how you're doing? My daughter is a dancer and tumbler, she is facing this surgery with the cadaver bone replacement. She is worried she'll never dance again. It's been a brutal reality. Your post gives me a little bit of hope she'll be able to get back to normal. How long has your recovery been?
@@burchskarate7522 Hi, I'm about 5 months out and i'm almost back to 100%! I have a lot of tissue damage still, so I have some weird pains, grinding, and swelling but I have full mobility and was recently approved for impact training, didn't take me long to feel comfortable skating again. Good luck to your daughter, this bone stuff can be kind of a gamble but based on what I've read and seen from others this surgery tends to be pretty successful.
Can bursas move or produce a ball and have the same symtomps such as ocd?
I’ve never heard of anything like that.
Dr. David Geier i'm gonna make MRI on Monday my doctor doesn't know for sure what is it so he guessed it might me Ocd. Sometimes i feel smth movable and if it gets in specific positions it hurts a lot. If i have ocd can it be from jumping on a pilates ball every day almost 3 years? And can i cure it without surgery? I am 20.
I have osteochondral injury with subchondral edema in medial femoral condyle what does it mean what treatment needs to follow?
Hi vignesh I have just had a diagnosis the same as you.. what treatment did you receive and how is your knee now?
Merry ko bhi same problem 🥺
@vigneshkumar-gz8ob Hi Vignesh, I hope you are fine. I have the same injury. Can u explain what u did to recover?
Screw fixation titanium
@vigneshkumar-gz8ob Hi. How are you bro? Did you recover from injury? Kindly reply .
I was 11 months post op an i did a tryout for football an the next day my knee felt shot. I feel like I've set myself back months
same
I have osteochondritis in my left knee and can't stay one single day without football because football is my passion can you please tell me a way to cure it with playing?
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Do the same one but in your ankle
I have the exact same thing. I am 16 years old and play basketball and football, I have went through the non-surgical treatment and have recently been released to play, and I have been playing basketball and football since I have been released and it is hurting a little bit
Tear_Risky how long were you out for?