Originally Posted by Gym123456

When I was diagnosed, the specialist said it was from bones and tendons growing at different rates. Makes sense, but I WAS involved in several sports and when we played basketball during PE class, it was on a concrete floor with some kind of tile on it. The older classes often played on the real court, which was wood and much more forgiving. Surprised that we didn't see more shin splints, which I had after playing on the same tiled floor during open basketball on weekends, years after I had graduated.

At 64, rehab for a kneecap dislocation sucks- I'm 6 months out from the injury and 4 months from starting rehab and I still can't do a full knee extension when sitting or laying down. My quads partially tore and in the first few days afterward, I was walking without my brace (stupid, really) and it buckled several times ,which I'm sure, caused further injury. It was definitely painful. Can't go up/down stairs normally, which sucks because I have a 2 story house and need to go up & down frequently. The weird thing is that during the first two months, I used almost no pain meds- Alleve and Aspirin a few times each and that was all. I did ice it fairly regularly, but that's the extent of the treatment.