I’m looking for a J brace that velcros in the front(not one you have to pull up your leg). Doesn’t need hinges, just the metal piece around the patella. Any recommendations?

How many of us has patellar tracking disorder

Where your kneecap shifts (or pops out then in) unexpectedly if you move a certain way .?

I’ve had it for 13 years…

I’d like to ask you some questions regarding mental health things like do you feel it causes you to have anxiety? Social anxiety? Unnecessary paranoia fears or stress ?

Now I know PT can be helpful for a lot of people. But sometimes I feel people make it sound as if PT is the only way to treat kneecap instability when in reality it’s much more complex.

There a certain ppl whose kneecaps are unstable because of weak muscles, and for them strengthening the quad muscles are helpful. But there also is a lot of people whose instability comes from structural issues (patella Alta, shallow trochlear groove, etc), and for these people PT isn’t as effective.

As someone with Patella Alta, I’ve tried doing all sorts of strengthen exercises. And although I still keep strengthening my quads, no amount of PT can fix the structural issues I have.

So I would say that PT is helpful, but I think we have to consider the fact that for a lot of ppl it isn’t the end all be all.

I’ve heard a good amount of people have had success with these surgeries, but I was wondering if any of you have had knee instability even after having surgical intervention.

I know everyone is different so I’m sure for some of you surgery didn’t fix everything. But I wanted to get a sense of how common this is.

This was a question I’ve always had because ppl say how PT and strengthening the muscles around your knee is helpful, but if you have Patella Alta or another condition that makes your kneecap pop out despite strong muscles is the only option surgery?

Have any of you prevented subluxation or dislocations without the use of surgery? If so, what did you do?

Sup yall! I have always suffered from patella subluxation. I first noticed it when I was about 15, just laying on the floor on my stomach and went to get up and felt my knee dislocate. Didn’t think much about it. Then at around age 17, I had a full dislocation of my left knee that required hospitalization from a mosh pit at a concert. THEN around maybe 2012, when I was about 20yo, I dislocated my left knee fully and was hospitalized after trying to do a dumb flip in a children’s bounce house (incredible, I know). From then on out I have had small dislocations that crash me to the ground and straighten my leg out completely and then am sore for a few days after that. I saw an orthopedic surgeon in 2020, which was my last slight subluxation. (I was leaned back in a recliner playing the new Last of Us game and literally just put my legs down to get up and WHAM. I have wonderful luck! Haha! )The doc said that I just have a genetic disposition and it is something that I unfortunately have to deal with. He said either just exercise and strengthen those specific muscles in my leg, or surgical options. I try to stay pretty active and such, but I haven’t had a subluxation event since 2020… until yesterday. I am trying to get back into skateboarding because I remember how much fun it is. I just did a basic push off and twisted awkwardly and BAM! It happened. Now I’m freaking out because I want to continue doing this because it’s something Ive always enjoyed doing and I don’t want to be afraid to enjoy it.

LONG STORY, but any tips, encouragement, brace recommendations will be highly appreciated! THANK YOU, INTERNET WORLD, FOR YOUR TIME!