CHRONDOMALACIA

[Ro47]

I HAVE BEEN DOING CATHE DVDS FOR YEARS. UNFORTUNATELY HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CHRONDOMALACIA AND AM DONE WITH LUNGES, SQUATS ETC. ANYONE ELSE WITH THIS TYPE OF KNEE PROBLEM KNOW OF ANY OF CAHTES DVDS FOR LOWER BODY THAT THEY CAN STILL DO TO KEEP IN SHAPE. ANY ADVICE WOULD BE GREAT

 

[MMarshall]

I was diagnosed with it in both knees about 12 years ago, in my mid 30s. Orthopedic surgeon said i was too young to have surgery and he didn't think I needed it. I think he said they would only being cleaning up loose cartilage?? Anyway he sent me to physical therapy, I wore a knee support, stopped wearing heels all day and he told me to not do squats and lunges i think. Anyway, the pain stopped and my knee never buckled again. 12 years later and i don't have any pain in my knees. I limit high impact exercises. However, i recently started running and I've been doing a 5k training group 3 x a week with no knee issues. I stretch a lot more than i used to and do exercises specific to stretch my IT band, hip flexors. Im currently doing STS again and i actually think the muscle endurance legs is more rehabilitative for me. Find what works for you, and limit or eliminate exercises that aggravate you knee.