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How can you tell if your ligaments healed after dislocating your kneecap without an mri?
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No pain with movemen: If active knee extension does not yield pain.
Answered 11/20/2013
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Less pain: Hello there, if your pain has subsided and you have little to no discomfort moving your knee cap towards the side where you disclocated it there is a good chance the ligaments have healed. However, healed ligaments in this setting are not "good as new" which means there is a chance for dislocating the knee cap again. That is where good physical therapy and strengthening comes into play.
Answered 1/2/2019
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