Patella fracture: Signs, symptoms and current treatments

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Patella fracture: Signs, symptoms and current treatments

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Күн бұрын

What is a patella fracture? How do you break your kneecap, and what treatments can help you recover from this difficult knee injury? I discuss those questions in this video.
If you have knee, hip, shoulder, or other joint pain and you want to get significantly better in the next 30 days, without cortisone shots, physical therapy, or surgery, click this link and share your injury information in the description box to learn more.
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@DrDavidGeier Жыл бұрын

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@julianmartin8934 Жыл бұрын

I am 20 years old and I was in a motorcycle accident and had a transverse displaced patella fracture. I had an ORIF done 11 weeks ago and my knee can now bend 60 degrees but I cannot bare weight when it’s bent. My doctor had given me a immobilizer after the surgery in which I still use. My knee is still very stiff and I feel like I’m not recovering as quick as I could be. I questioned my physician about a ROM brace and they kinda ignored it and suggested my therapist weaned me out of my immobilizer. I feel as if it would be easier to build strength by allowing it bear weight while bent while also still protecting the injury itself. Instead my knee buckles when I try to put any-sort of weight when it is bent. I am expecting my first child in November and I’m really rushing to get back to work and on my feet. I understand that it is a slow process to get healthy again but wouldn’t this allow for a much faster recovery?

@amabeltheophil7217 25 күн бұрын

I had an accident 2 weeks ago and suffered open comminuted patella fracture of my right knee. Had surgery the same day as the accident, and currently I am doing physiotherapy diligently. As a medical doctor, it is hard for me to stay down and rely on other people to help me out instead of me giving the helping hand😅 but Oh well… all is good. Hope we all heal completely and without complications whatsoever.

@DaveNedley 6 ай бұрын

Hey Doc...enjoyed your video. So back in 2021, I had a complete knee replacement, which took about 5 or 6 months to heal. Started running in 2022 and before long, I became hooked. Three weeks ago moving some furniture down a stairway I 'tweaked' my knee replacement knee. Became stiff so took a week off from running. Last weekend during a race, I heard a crack (or pop...or something) in replacement knee and limped the last 1 1/2 miles to finish line. Within about 30 minutes of finishing, I could barely walk, (let along drive home). Long story short, what was thought to be a soft-tissue injury ended up being a fractured patella (from top down to one of the outside pins that connect my original patella to the replacement knee). Told that I can't pickup or carry anything and need to take it easy for 6-8 weeks until further evaluation. Living on a farm, my poor wife now gets to load the outdoor wood furnace and I stand by to cheer her on. I should remind her that spring is just around the corner.

@DrDavidGeier 6 ай бұрын

I'm gad it was helpful. Thanks for sharing your experience!

@benjones1180 5 ай бұрын

I shattered my right patella falling off a motorcycle and didn’t realise was just extremely sore for a few days until my tendon snapped and I lost all lower leg control it was rebuilt with screws and wire , tendons re attached recovered well but now when I exercise I really struggle with pain at the front of the knee the advice given here is excellent

@lynneperras1727 4 ай бұрын

I broke my patella several years ago. Looking back, I remember it being very painful right after surgery but I found mostly it was incredibly annoying to use a walker in my recovery. At this point my knee that was broken is much stronger than the other one. lol

@NK98_ 2 ай бұрын

How long did the full recovery take?

@TypeShit650 Ай бұрын

I just broke my knee here I am now

@NK98_ Ай бұрын

@@TypeShit650 do you have discord? I'm going through the same thing

@lynneperras1727 6 күн бұрын

@@NK98_ A few months? I went on a cruise less than 6 mos later and did everything I could before the injury.

@NK98_ 6 күн бұрын

@@lynneperras1727 good to hear, was it in your case only the broken bone? (Patella) or was there more going on? In my case my cartilage behind the kneecap is also damaged together with mpfl ligament so the recovery is more complex

@suzicares2721 3 ай бұрын

I tripped on a threshold while carrying a piano bench 9 days ago & flew 4 feet to a hard landing. There's a very small area at the base of my patella that if pressed on, causes extreme pain & a scream. Hopefully, in 6 weeks it will heal.

@jsmacks11 2 ай бұрын

I think I had a similar issue with increased sensitivity on my knee but I took a recent fall where my patella completely fractured.

@cherryJ0lt 2 ай бұрын

You can have a comminuted fracture and still heal without surgery, if you’re lucky enough for it to be non-displaced. I’m going through that right now. Granted, it’s only “mildly comminuted” as described by one of the radiology reports (the MRI I got today, exactly 2 weeks post-injury), so I’m extremely lucky in that regard.

@vidman4evntz Ай бұрын

Same thing happened to me! Fell on my knee (comminuted Non-displaced fracture) thankfully at an Imaging center, so they were able to get x-rays immediately. Swelling & pain was AWFUL, but the following week, I was moving my knee back & forth pain free, so the Ortho gave me a locking brace & prescribed 4-6wks 1-2xs a wk of PT - no Surgery needed! Thank You, Jesus❣️

@janebrant5218 6 ай бұрын

Appreciate your input Qualifications and explanation

@DrDavidGeier 6 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@MatthewSchneider-qy9yn 7 ай бұрын

I had a torn patellar that was repaired with a loose bone fragment in my patella that was removed as well. That patella bone fragment grew back months later and then I got surgery for it to be removed. Now I have pain in the exact same area of the patella months after that surgery and my doctor is saying it could’ve grown back again. I would get an MRI but I’m at school and my doctors at home. I know you can’t give medical advise on here for obvious reasons lol, but could you tell my why a bone fragment could keep coming back after 2 removals? Thanks!

@DrDavidGeier 7 ай бұрын

It's hard to say. That's not a common result of a patellar tendon rupture. I hope it turns out well!

@reginacorbett3400 6 ай бұрын

My dog “ bullmastiff” had zoomed n smashed into my knee 6 months ago , I finally went for seat cause I have pain to find out it’s been fractured .. now in a stabilizer hope I don’t need surgery

@Brittany.Anderson Ай бұрын

I suffered from this kind of a break. It was my first broken bone as well. Mine was in 3 pieces.

@rosi9385 Ай бұрын

I just broke my knee cap in 3 also on Thursday! OUCH!! Surgery will be on Monday.

@jerrytrottmann 6 ай бұрын

I had both kneecaps removed after a car accident 50 years ago. Is there a complete patella prosthetic to implant in total knee replacement?

@DrDavidGeier 6 ай бұрын

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@jerrytrottmann 6 ай бұрын

I am having complete knee replacement next week on my right knee and hope to have the left knee replacement as soon as it is appropriate.

@LibertySmith-m4j 10 күн бұрын

Hi Doc, like the video just wanted to see if you could give me some tips on some exercises that would get me going again I recently fell from a ladder at about 10 m high. I broke both of my femurs one was a compound fracture shattered both of my kneecaps both of my wrist shattered both always. My nose was in 160 places and shattered out of my head. Just wanted to see if you had any tips to help. I currently did this about a month ago. I am walking around still I had no spinal or head or eternal injuries, but left recovery due to family mishap and just wanted to know if you had any advice thank you

@DrDavidGeier 9 күн бұрын

I'm not a physical therapist, so I don't really discuss specific exercise or rehab programs. I did record some videos a few years ago with a physical therapist, and those might be helpful for you.

@richdurbano 5 ай бұрын

Great video, Doc. Very informative and easy to understand. At 71, I walked into a steel cable (guy wire) 15 months ago. It caught me across the throat. I wound up dragging my left toe the entire width of the sidewalk (the drag mark is still visible on the sidewalk). I broke my kneecap in three places and severed my patellar tendon in two places. Do you think dragging the toe four feet across the sidewalk break my knee and rupture the tendon or did I do all that damage when I hit the ground? I asked a couple people that question and I don't recall getting a definitive answer. Thank you again for the wonderful video.

@DrDavidGeier 5 ай бұрын

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@richdurbano 5 ай бұрын

@@DrDavidGeier I understand. I was just curious.Thank you for your prompt reply.

@ArmyBangtan5457 8 күн бұрын

Hi doc, i had an accident last July 9, i had a patella surgery that day. My cast was removed last August 5,is it normal that until now my knee is swollen and i cant bend it until now? When can i start physiotherapy? Hope you reply 🙏. Thanks!

@DrDavidGeier 4 күн бұрын

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@user-wl8fo7ty1z 29 күн бұрын

Is impaction fracture the same as what your talking about

@DrDavidGeier 25 күн бұрын

If you are able, join Dr. Geier here on his monthly Ask Dr. Geier Live! show at Noon ET on August 16. He would be happy to discuss this. Also, check out the hundreds of videos here and thousands of articles on his website - drdavidgeier.com - in which he discusses every musculoskeletal injury suffered by athletes and active people. - Dr. David Geier team

@RohiniRambalack 26 күн бұрын

I had direct hit to my knee. Then fell on the floor landing on both knees. Excruciating pain. Edema. Why do I feel like tiny piercing pains in my knee.

@DrDavidGeier 25 күн бұрын

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@charmsglitzandsparklez2159 8 ай бұрын

Should I be concerned that I couldn’t get into see my orthopedic for a week n half after fracturing my patella? I’m in an immobilizer but I’m concerned the damage that’s being done to it while waiting to get into the dr.

@DrDavidGeier 8 ай бұрын

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@75pgarza 4 ай бұрын

I was stepping down when I left a sharp pain in my left knee. Had it x-rayed doc said I had a knee cap fracture.. is. That even possible??

@DrDavidGeier 4 ай бұрын

@belleasher 28 күн бұрын

I broke my patella in my knee, a closed fracture - 3 weeks ago. Were there cases in which a range of motion was opened at this stage to 0-30 degrees? Is it possible to open a range of motion before the first 6 weeks? thank you!

@DrDavidGeier 25 күн бұрын

@stevennkabinde4477 4 ай бұрын

Good Day Dr.....I was playing basketball last week and I fell directed with my knees to the ground and I was in huge pain but I still managed play couple of minutes after that but when I got home my knee was swollen for four days and the swollen knee has since gone down but I still feel pain on my knee even though I walk properly now , should I be worried. and go for a check up ??

@DrDavidGeier 4 ай бұрын

@battlefield4449 4 ай бұрын

Hello Dr., This is Rabbi from Bangladesh. Recently i faced patellar fracture of my right leg. Dr. Told me to take rest 21 days with bandage & no need surgery... Can i show you my X-ray report?

@DrDavidGeier 4 ай бұрын

@ashasara5940 5 ай бұрын

Went to visit my family and having a 7 weeks holiday in Brazil. On 26Nov23 while attending a concert in Brazil had a fall hurt my knee. My gut feeling was telling it was bad. Very swollen and I could not bend the knee. I stayed in bad for mostly the rest of 6 weeks. Arrived back in Australia in a wheel chair. Could walk slowly and short distances but never could bend my knee. I did not got to the docs in Brazil coz I knew I will be in a surgery. In Australia I went to the GP that referred me to the hospital Orthopaedic. Took 6 weeks for them to book me in meanwhile I started little by little bending my knee and got back to work as I have a cleaning business and to work no money. Very carefully I was back working even on the too ladders. Very very careful At my doc appointment they did an XRay and found out that actually I fractured my Patela but it was already healed. Now my question is: how much are this surgeries a necessary? I look at broken Patela surgery procedures and probably they would screw drive my bone making a whole taking precious bone tissues off put metal pins. Long time recovery etc etc. I am so happy I followed my instincts. Doctors are necessary but modern medicine is going out of track

@DrDavidGeier 5 ай бұрын

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@sucroseboy4940 15 күн бұрын

I’m no doctor, but to my knowledge the surgeries are important to make sure that it heals correctly. Any fracture will heal if the bone isn’t completely separated. The problem is that the bone can be slightly out of place, in which case it will heal in a bad way. You might be lucky and have a fracture that can heal by itself, but you can easily end up with a less ideal situation, where the patella heals incorrectly. Again, I’m not a doctor. This is just my guess as for why surgery is necessary in most cases

@mariafinesse462 4 ай бұрын

I had a patella fracture surgery 2 weeks ago on my left knee. Now when I walk with crutches to do physio I feel like there's metal band around my knee that's not pleasant. The burning, electric and tingling sensation is definitely not pleasant in my whole leg. Is that normal?

@DrDavidGeier 4 ай бұрын

@LibertySmith-m4j 10 күн бұрын

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@THE_THREE_GOATS Ай бұрын

I smashed my right knee playing football/soccer into a gate and now I can’t move my knee without it hurting or my knee refuses to move but I can move my knee in a straight motion is that potentially a knee fracture

@DrDavidGeier Ай бұрын

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@THE_THREE_GOATS Ай бұрын

@@DrDavidGeier oh ok tysm

@ricklatta4583 6 ай бұрын

How can I know 😅if I need surgery

@DrDavidGeier 6 ай бұрын

@barepatience 5 ай бұрын

Hi Dr. Geier, I got shot in my knee in 2020 and the bullet shattered my patella leaving my patella in pieces and now every time I bend my knee or have any movement I just feel the pieces moving around and its very uncomfortable and painful. I was only 20 and I'm 23 now and its been almost 4 years since then and I still struggle everyday, I was a very active person before my injury and now I can barley squat, get up from a low level, or even run. What do you recommend?

@milagrosbaldoza6418 5 ай бұрын

Surgery

@DrDavidGeier 5 ай бұрын

@KB-xd5wq 3 ай бұрын

I can concur that it does not feel great. I had a dislocated and fractured patella and a torn patella tendon many years ago. It took a long time to feel "normal"

@NK98_ 2 ай бұрын

How long until full recovery?

@KB-xd5wq 2 ай бұрын

@@NK98_ Mine was many years ago...so I was in a full length plaster cast for over 8+ weeks. And then weeks of physical therapy. It was months before I felt confident bending and twisting my knee. I'm not sure with the new braces and surgeries how long it would take.

@NK98_ 2 ай бұрын

@@KB-xd5wq thanks for your answer, did you manage to recover 100%? Any pain/stifness or all gone?

@KB-xd5wq 2 ай бұрын

@@NK98_ I'd say close to 100%. Not sure if you're ever 100% after that. I lost a small part of the patella so it slides around at times. A few aches...but not too bad.

@NK98_ 2 ай бұрын

@@KB-xd5wq thanks, mine was a small stable fracture, hoping for 100% recovery

@donnamcdan9326 9 ай бұрын

Today i wasconfirmedto have a broken patella. x-ray shows ittobe a clean horizontal break. 100lbplus dog took off like a race car with full openthrottles while both my hands were wrapped tight on his collar. i was slammed into thecement and left withimmediate huge swelling of my left knee and agonizing pain. So here i am in a big leg/knee immobilizer brace. Hoping this will help it heal so I dont need surgery.Are these injuries common? i really need to go up in the attic and get Christmas decor. Dumb dog.

@DrDavidGeier 9 ай бұрын

Patellar fractures are fairly common, and unfortunately, most need surgery. Hopefully yours heal uneventfully.

@nurselybeth8388 8 ай бұрын

Do we need to remove d K wires, pins after ORIF +patelectomy? When??

@nancimoll9901 Ай бұрын

Did you end up needing surgery? I fractured mine 4 weeks ago and in a stabilizing brace. It’s a transverse fracture. Would love to know how you’re doing

@donnamcdan9326 Ай бұрын

@@nancimoll9901nope! All is well and I hope yours heals too!