Question: Hello i have major pain in both my patella tendons. I have had this for over 10 year and the pain is getting worse.
I have had a open petella decompression on one knee but this only helped for a a few months while is was recovering and taking things easy.
one year on and the pain is worse than before and still getting worse and my other knee is in a worse state than the other when it was operated on.
i have been told that as it didn't work i shall not have any more surgury until the first operated knee shows signs of recovery and will be going back in a year (totalling 2 years since original surgury)
Is there anything i can do or have done as i can't struggle on like this i have had to quit my job as i can't drive properly and carryout my everyday tasks.
I also have a bad back and have done so for a good 5 years and recently been told i have 2 bulging discs in my lower back which cause me spasms.
I can't kneel down or bend my knee to squat due to the pain is so bad. I have to bend usind my back to pick thinks up for example which is not ideal.
i am on tramadol as gabapentine and some other drugs didn't releave the pain at all and 100mg of tramadol 4x per day is just touching the easing the pain slightly but not enough so will speak to my gp about increasing the dose.

Any help would be greatly appreciated as my gp just tell me to wait a year for my knees and has not said anything about my back.

Thank you

i can go on my toes a little heals not so due to tight calfs due to so many years of bad walking. i have to tense my quads and knee to stop my knees from giving out as sonetine due to the pain they give out.
i do get tingling and in my feet and aroubd my lower legs upto my knees when standing. my physio left me with excersise to do but said i nolonger had to go back and see him as we had exhursted all his advise to try and stop the pain in my knees.
In total i have seen 5 physios in 4 years all caused me more pain when going to see them and symptoms didn't get any better.
i'm trying not to give up but after this length of time its really difficult as i also suffer from depression and am awaiting the results to a bone marrow biopsy due to low whitr blood cell, i am black so just hoping its just normal due to skin colour.

thank you

Thank you for getting back to me.

The shockwave threapy was offer as an alternative to open surgury but as private i would have to pay for it and there was no results for long term outcome so i went for the most tried and tested option with the nhs.

My surgeon advised against having ain injection as it would cause my tendon to degenerate but the plasma injection sounds like an option to try.

I have a knee brace whuch supports around my knee but need even more support as it help incase my knee give out a little.
i have had the stationery cycling with no resistance for a whole the XXXXXXX i could do was about 10 mins. this left me unable to really move properly the next day which is whe.n one of my physios kind of gave up on the physio treatment as they didn't know what other things to try.