Input on Knee scope surgery

[Musclehead]

Dislocated my patella end of January. Starting to feel great. Only issues is walking down and up stairs correct, and bareing my own weight kneeling down.

Has any members had a knee scope surgery? I have a week to decide on getting one. Said it’s a 20min task, and 3 week recovery. Recovery being mainly the incision, and the result being a pain less knee cap . I think they scrap arthritis out, what I gathered.

Question is to you, was it all positive after .did it strengthen not weaken the area ? I’m asunming it will strengthen, think that’s the point plus pain reduction.

Haven’t googled it, figured I’d ask if anyone knows anything about it.

 

[Bigmurph6]

Im curious I was supposed to have knee surgery never got it and my leg will just collapse sometimes I also have water in my knee so it gets painful when it gets cold.

 

[Poppy]

I’m 5 months post surgery. I had a torn lateral and medial meniscus. The sawbones cleaned something else up while he was in there. I don’t remember what. He said it would be better than the other knee.

YES. He was absolutely correct. I have zero problems with it now. Of course I’m done (mostly) with doing anything silly squat wise.

 

[Poppy]

The purple mark was surgeons doodles. Three incisions.

@Bigmurph look below my knee top of shin. Another scar. .25 cal bullet hole

 

[Bigmurph6]

Right below the knee what did you piss someone off and they knee capped you??lol

That must have hurt the gun shot the knee its very positive that it went really well. Rehab wasn’t bad?

 

[Poppy]

I was involved in a multi person affray and a stray bullet got me. Felt like someone kicked me in the shin. After things calmed down I realized I had been shot with a pea shooter. Bleeding like a stuck pig. Hahaha

Back to the knee scope topic. The surgeon and pa was aware of my weight training and gave me some rehab exercises to do. They admitted that they were geared for lowest common denominator. Basically I just progressively put more load on it. Going up stairs and doing body weight box squats came easy/quick…maybe 2 weeks. Going down stairs comfortably took a month. I did not squat with any weight on my back for a month… when i did it felt good.

Walking normal…2 weeks

Going up stairs comfortably …3 weeks

Going down stairs comfortably… month or so

Squat with more than 225… 3 months or so.

 

[Bigmurph6]

Bleeding like a stuck pig. Hahaha

Craziness brother lol your lucky it could have gone really bad your definitely meant to be here and I have a feeling I know why im sure that you know also

 

[Musclehead]

Thank you .

 

[JB_rD81]

I had a lateral release of mg left IT band and almost 3/8 of an inch of scar tissue and calcification scraped off the back of my left knee cap about 21 years ago. It was quick, about an hour, the recovery wasn’t bad. My knee cap hurt like a motherfucker for about 6 months after though, due to all the material they took off the back side… I would do it again though if it needed to be done.

 

[Musclehead]

Pain doesn’t sound fun. I currently don’t have any life changing pain. Just discomfort. I’m hoping that goes away after surgery. Would suck to still have it after, then what was the point.

I hear horror stories with peoples back surgeries. That after it, the issue was worse or the same.

 

[Bigmurph6]

I hear horror stories with peoples back surgeries.

I have heard many of these also especially those that have metal in the spine but there doing much less invasive procedures now that they say are much better but I would still be worried myself.

 

[Poppy]

I hope it’s like @Bigmurph said and back surgery is getting better.

I have a good buddy and my neighbor that have metal in their backs and both were/are epic failures.

 

[Kad1]

So yes, that is a common surgery with very little down time. It’s basically like a resurfacing of the underside of the patella. As we age that cartilage wears out. Should be good to go after that