Osteoporosis & Chondromalacia

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This was E-mailed to me, but I assume it was meant to be posted:

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I wasn't diagnosed with Osteoperosis until I was 45 but my Doctor said

with the amount of falls and broken bones I had (3x broken bones just

before I was 5) that I probably have had Osteoperosis starting when I

was very young.

When I was 18, after years of practicing competive swimming 6 hours a

day, riding my bikes 10 miles a day (to school) and running about 30

minutes a day, I was diagnosed with Chondromalacia. They tried PT

with no luck. So by the time I was 20 I had 2 arthroscopies w/a

lateral release and one surgery rebuilding of the knee. None worked;

they actually made my knee more painful.

I was diagnosed with Chondromalacia on both knees but they only did

the surgery on the left knee. Now my right knee is making a popping

sound when I extend it. The sound is so loud that anyone can hear it

and I can really feel it. I do not want to have surgery on that knee

so does anyone know if this is causing damage to my knee and if so is

there an exercise I can do to stop it.

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