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I've had patella femoral pain for the past 6 mos, brought on by running. i have done physical therapy and quit running, but pain is worse. what now?
8 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
See your doctor: You may need to have a brace to help your patella track better. In severe cases, sometimes surgery is needed to help control patello-femoral pain. This may be arthroscopic, or open, or both. But you need to seek help from a specialist to help control it.
Answered 1/30/2019
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Not many options : Prevention is the only cure stay away from surgery look for lateral compression syndrome lateral release was the only procedure that didnt make things worse in the army.
Answered 9/28/2016
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