I have had patella femoral syndrom in both my knees for about 4 years now. I am an active and competative dancer and no i can’t take it easy and i will never stop dancing. I wear knee braces whenever i dance and i have gone to physical therapy for about 8 weeks and the tracking of my patella has greatly improved it still rotates a little bit outward but it is alot better and my therapist said my knee control is ten times better. But the pain has barely gone away! I have done the RICE meathod millions of times and while the ice helps for a little bit it is short lived. Is it possible this is not PFS? Do i need surgery? My therapist said there’s not much more he can do…..how can i stop this terrible pain!!!!!!
P.S. I also have been off dance all this week and will be all of next
P.S.S I am a 14 year old female
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I injured my foot about a year ago. Now I have nerve damage my doctor is calling Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Today, my foot is in far worse condition than it was when I broke it. I can barely walk. It turns strange colors, and swells. I have terrible sharp, burning pains that shoot through my foot. My toes are trying to curl under my foot. Inspite of aggressive physical therapy, I seem to be getting worse. I can barely walk, and driving is becoming nearly impossible (it’s my right foot…) Is it possible to prevent disability? Is it in anyway due to choice? Exercise programs? Pain management would be wonderful, but what I am most afraid of right at this moment is total incapacitation-because I have also noticed similar pains in my left foot recently. Please, I haven’t been able to find anything positive on this subject…If you can give me a little hope, I would deeply appreciate it.
I ran cross country for my high school, but I fell back in September. All I got was a cut on my right knee, which was fine, but I limped on it for about a week. Then I started limping on my left leg, no pain. My coach pulled me out of practice and about a week later I had pain in my left knee. Eventually, I went to physical therapy and was able to run again for 2 weeks, but suddenly both my knees started hurting. I went back to physical therapy, tried running again in November, but couldn’t even run 100 meters. I have not tried running since and have had severe pain ever since.
My doctor(s) have ruled out miserable malalignment, torn meniscuses, fractures, etc. MRIs, x-rays, lab work, and a bone scan did not show anything. I do have turned in knees, but that does not explain why my symptoms would have started only after a fall. They would have occurred earlier, such as when I played soccer when I was younger.
My doctor thinks it might be Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Any ideas? If it is CRPS, how is it best treated? And would I be able to run again next fall?
Okkayy so my doctor told me i have snapping scapula syndrome. Ive tried physical therapy(which made it hurt more) & 2 cortisone shots which have done nothing. What else can i do for it to make it feel better because i can’t take the pain anymore?
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how did you get it and how did you recover from it? did it take A LOT of exercises/stretches/physical therapy each day? thanks
I have been diagnosed with patellafemoral syndrome, but was wondering what the difference is between these two?
Also, I have been doing physical therapy for about 5 weeks now, and adamently doing my exercises at home. We started the bike and treadmill during my sessions, but had to stop both times due to pain. Has anyone else experienced this? Why am I not getting better?
i was recently diagnosed with patellofemoral syndrome. i will be starting physical therapy next week, however in the mean time i need some help getting rid of the pain. i have taken aleeve, iced, and tried to keep off of it, and used some biofreeze (icy hot type of thing). Am i doing something wrong that won’t help because of my condition? Is there anything else i can do? And if you have patellofemoral syndrome does the physical therapy help? i’m worried that it won’t. Thanks!
My knees have been ailing me for quite a while and my doctor said it was patelo- femoral pain syndrome. She gave my some exercises to do but I wasn’t faithful about doing it and know I am running track and doing softball (I like to be catcher so it hurts more). Is there anything else – maybe exercises maybe physical therapy but not surgery ??? Thank <3
Here are links to a few sites that can help youhttp://www.painclinic.org/http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Ato…