The Hypafix and Leukotape have arrived and I've taped up my knee as the tendon research expert has suggested (go to the Day 307 post to see how I found this person). This is a differential diagnosis test for patellofermoral joint pain syndrome. If the pain is relieved when taped, then IT'S NOT TENDON PAIN according to research. Knowing what is causing the pain seems pretty crucial for a treatment plan in my book. First photo is the example, second are the two tapes (they are not stretchy), last photo is my knee. I pretty much had INSTANT SUBSTANTIAL relief once the tape was on! Pain relief over the patellar tendon area when standing and walking. I can do standing calf raises and it doesn't hurt!!!!! I can see that I need to do it tighter as I should have more of a scrunched up knee. OK folks - this is pretty ground breaking! All this time, my surgical team (PT, MD, PA) have been calling this patellar tendonitis. This is a pretty common diagnosis term for those with anterior knee pain after BPTB grafts. It's always mentioned in published journal articles as patellar tendonitis too. One quote was less than 10% of BPTB patients get patellar tendonitis and it's usually short term 3-6 months out. Rarely did I see it mentioned lasting months 10 and beyond, or even what does one do if they have patellar tendonitis? This is what drove me to seek more information. I have always pestered my surtical team asking how can we really tell it's tendonitis? What if it's tendionpathy? I don't respond to any of the anti-inflammatory modalities they've thrown at me (which would usually work for tendonitis - aka inflamed), yet no one really wants to consider what else it may be! The next step is to change my rehab. Stop all my current exercises. The tendon expert has three exercises for me to start with all while wearing the tape:
Still waiting to learn more about what light cardio is allowed for this stage. I'm going to put my appointment with the research pain management center on hold for right now until I try out this new plan for a couple months.
And to think, I was instructed to NOT think/read/research about ACL problems for a length of time to see if that would help my pain. All this binge research came about at the end of a 5 week research hiatus, when I couldn't stand not learning!
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AuthorA 45 year old active female who tore her ACL in January 2017 (at the age of 40). Reconstructive surgery in February 2017 with bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft. Archives
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