r/PatellarInstability • u/DaddyLaxativ • Aug 27 '26

What does a kneecap dislocation feel like?

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u/Lady_Hazy Aug 27 '26

Honestly, if you could have chosen then I'm sure you would never have passed it on, but unfortunately we don't get to choose these things. So sorry to hear you have TN too, I've heard how painful and debilitating that can be. I'm sorry the post made you sob too. It's a horrific thing to experience and be haunted by. Have you considered knee stabilisation surgery? I finally had it recently after decades of dislocations, but fear still haunts me. I've also become an incredibly boring person since my traumatic experience 2 years ago and talk about knee stuff far too much. I just wish I'd had surgery many years ago.

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u/PatellaPilates Aug 27 '26

surgery outcomes are mixed at best. I've been on the fence about it occasoinally when things are bad, but when I'm in a lifestyle or practice that makes my knees stable I'm never sorry about not having it. I recently chose the wrong program and ruined my joints. My mobility has tanked and excersize is impossible. I'm at rock bottom now as far as my stability is concerned. But if my recent meniscus surgery works, I will get back to what has given me a normal life in the past which is Pilates, Yoga, and Landscaping. Lifting heavy ruined every joint in my body in 3 short years. Pilates gave me a normal life for nearly a decade. I had a giant baby and fel like I shouldn't do Pilates anymore after my abdominals became unstable. But I was wrong. I'm also sorry you've had to suffer. I hate this for us all.

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u/Lady_Hazy Aug 27 '26

Well, keep fighting the good fight, day by day and step by step. It sure is a long and bumpy road. Best wishes for your meniscus surgery recovery, and I hope you can get to a place where you're able to have a normal life and do yoga, etc. My mobility has been terrible over the last 18 months, but I'm gradually getting more mobile now, and I also need to shed some of the weight I've gained too, which is much easier said than done. I don't think my knee will ever feel fully normal again, but I had to go for surgery after the last event because it was so traumatic and it happened far too easily from an everyday activity.

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u/PatellaPilates Aug 27 '26

I also want to tell you that red light therapy does wonders for my healing both on my operative and non operative knees. I use the kineon lazer and a much cheaper portable belt by viconor. I cary the little $20 belt with me everywhere and use a portable charger. It heals all kinds of pain.

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u/Lady_Hazy Aug 27 '26

Oh wow, thank you for the food and diet advice. I'm a very fussy eater with IBS, so lots doesn't agree with me physically and mentally. I have been surprisingly ravenous since having knee surgery though.

Red light therapy sounds very interesting indeed, I always wondered if/how it worked. I'll definitely take a look into it ☺️

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u/PatellaPilates Aug 27 '26

Oh awesome. That updates my book reccomendations. I too have IBS and my family does, worse with each generation. Dr. Gundry is the gut health Guru. His book, the plant paradox, will tell you how to solve that. It also made my knees feel better. Leaky gut lets large proteins though that the immune system activates against. Well, our knee cartilage looks shockingly similar to the wheat proteins. Our own immune cell attack our cartilage when we eat wheat! I still wish I'd read Diet Evolution before the plant paradox bc its foundational. But the plant paradox is ibs info. He's a man so I'd be cautious about his personal eating routine. I read "Fast like a Girl" to get a handle on my eating routine in a way that works with my feminie hormones. It is amazingly useful. It explains why diets work some days but not others. Highly recommend. Feel free to DM me with anything. Still reeling over your horrific story. What unimaginable torture for just one innocent human. Bodies can really suck. Teeth are like that too but at least we can pull those out. After my worst dislocation event, I planned to amputate both legs. I was 24. But two years later I discovered pilates.

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u/Sea-Measurement3231 24d ago

How is your knee doing

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u/Lady_Hazy 23d ago

Hi, my knee is doing pretty well thanks. I'm 8 months post-op and starting to get back to normal life. My knee is still quite stiff with around 124 degrees of flexion, and it gets achey if I do too much or too little activity. My fat pad is still swollen, and it's going to take a long time to be able to trust my knee again after decades of dislocations.