18 with chondromalacia

[Guest guest]

Hi,my name is michelle and as you can see by the

subject of my message i am only 18 and i found out that i

had chondromalacia when i was 17. The doctor didn't

tell me too much about this so i am hoping that from

joining this club i can be informed about this. i have

played sports all my life so i am thinking that it is

the main cause to my problem. they told me i could

have surgery but it would be useless because i would

be back in a year anyways to have it redone again. i

was put on viox which i take every day and that is

starting to help but for the pain i have to do leg lifts.

i know it says to avoid running for sometime and

jumping but i was just wondering if you know how long you

have to wait and if one can continue to play

competetive sports again like softball, because i am afraid

if i start to again in college it will mess my

kneees up even more. if you can help me out i would

greatly appreciate it. thanks a lot.

[Guest guest]

Hello!<br>I'm fairly new to the group, too.

<br>Message 1512 has a really good index of the posts, and

there are several posts with links about

chondromalacia.<br>I suggest you look them over and educate yourself

on chondromalacia and go talk to your doctor again.

<br>From what I've read it's not the crunchy knees(instead

of squeaky wheels) that get the grease, it's the

pushy patients that get taken care of!I wish this type

of resource had been available when I was 18!