Date Posted:08:12:33 06/21/04 Mon Author:nats Author Host/IP: 206.55.88.228 Subject: Re: Knee cap dislocation In reply to:
Meghan
's message, "Knee cap dislocation" on 17:19:51 03/06/03 Thu
>hi, my name is nats....
i have severe dislocation of both knees....
i have a rare condition called ehlers danlos syndrome (a rare illness that causes lost of dislocations and subluxations.)
anyway because of this many things have been tried...the best one i found was they put a screw in the knee (operation) that hold the patella in place...in my case didnt solve the problem but it did help a bit (for a little while)
I am a 15 year old living in a rural area with a
>constant sliding knee cap problem at school on Friday
>i had my knee cap dislocate and do a 180 i severed a
>tendon due to it but nothing major other than the fact
>that i have a bad knee with little cartlidge my doctor
>does not know what do do with it? I have tried P.T
>for a year previously and have had many subluxations
>of the knee cap does anyone have any suggestions