My MRI Results!
Current mood: apathetic
Multiplanar multisequence MR imaging of the right knee was performed withought contrast material. There is no prior study available for comparison.
There is no significant joint effusion. There is no Baker’s cyst.
The distal aspect of the quadriceps tendon is normal.
There is a focal area of increased T2 signal at the proximal attachment of the patellar tendon and a small area of marrow edema along the inferior pole of the patella. No fracture is seen within the patella. Findings are consistent with partial thickness tear of the patellar tendon versus patellar tendonitis. The retropatellar cartilage is normal in signal intensity and thickness. No foci of full thickness chondromalacia are seen.
The cruciate and collateral ligaments are intact. No meniscal surface tear is seen.
There is a small focus of signal void in the lateral femoral condyle most likely representing a small bone island.
Impression:
Partial thickness tear versus tendinitis involving the patellar tendon at the attachment on the lower pole of the patella
hell does that shit mean? as far as the jumper’s knee… what else does it say? femoral condyle? there is no pain on the side of my knee at all
The most important thing seems to be the partial tendon tear.
What did the doc say?
I had a simiar result about a year ago. Had to lay off any leg exercises for 9 months. I’m still easing into legpresses and I’ll be doing bodyweight squats in a couple of weeks.
Depends on how big the tear is. Mine was nearly 1/3rd of the tendon. And I’m 45 years old, which didn’t speed up recovery either.
I was deadlifting tonight and doing front sqauts… theres no problem doing these and their never was… it depends on the range of motion… the only time i feel pain is after sprints or jumping for long periods in basketball… weights aren’t a problem…
i see the doc on friday… he’s probably going to tell me to lay off squats as most general practitioner’s would, although he was sort of surprised one day when he asked me if i had been doing anything to keep in shape. I had told him that i took a week off. He looked at me and goes “why???”
He seems cool, he realizes im an athlete and knows that im doing what i love. Im sure he’ll refer me to a good sports med doctor. Also, I’m going to look into a.r.t. therapy, my tendon is really tight and its been tender for maybe three years, which culminated into the tendon tear injury over the summer.
This is the main reason for the MRI. I’m 25 years old so im sure i can recover quickly.
Wow, what the hell did you do? A ruptured tendon is usually an acute injury.
Looking back over my logs, I either hurt my tendon by bumping my knee into my bed, or doing bodyweight lunges (I was only warming up). :-/
If the knee is hurting for 3 years, it’s questionable if it will ever heal without surgery.
it was really just tender… never actually receieved pain from it… then it just culminated in july and i was limping for a week… had the last man standing one on one tournament that weekend too, which i played in and was ok… i don’t know how to call it, hopefully the doc will refer me to a good doctor… does anybody here have suggestions? im seriously looking at a.r.t.
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Impression:
Partial thickness tear versus tendinitis involving the patellar tendon at the attachment on the lower pole of the patella [/quote]
What this means is you have partially torn your patellar tendon from the bottom part of the patella aka “knee-cap”. Your patellar tendon is the portion that runs from the bottom of the patella to the tibial tuberosity (that bump that sits on the top of your shin about 3 inches below your patella where the patellar tendon attaches). If you don’t recall an acute injury, then it must have been caused by chronic tendinitis /“jumpers knee”. Just be warned that if you continue heavy weights or very aggressive activities then you may completely tear the patellar tendon from the patella. This will require surgery to repair and you will be out of commision for several months other than rehab.
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does anybody here have suggestions? im seriously looking at a.r.t.[/quote]
I would wait to hear what the Dr has to say, but my advice is take it easy man. At 25, you don’t want to undergo such a surgery if you can prevent it. If you do, it will take you several months to do all the rehab and will take you even longer to get back into shape. I know taking time off and letting the tendon heal is not what you want to hear, but your other alternative is continue to tear the patellar tendon from the patella and risk a surgery. As for A.R.T (am not well versed in its use), but I think that’s something you might want to look at once the tendon has scarred back to the patella. A.R.T will help to break up scar tissue and adhesions if they are causing you pain.