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Dear Rip,
I suffered a patellar subluxation three weeks ago, and have just had the cast taken off five days ago.
I was planning on starting squatting an empty bar for twenty odd reps. Do you have a recommendation on how long one should wait before starting anything like this?
Many thanks for your time. Regards to Stef.
In the absence of actual details, I have no input. Just be careful.
Patellar subluxation and you were in a cast for over 2 weeks?
Have you had this happen before? I had issues with patella alignment/tracking and have subluxated both knee caps a couple of times, hurts like hell for a day but I'm good after a couple usually. I've never had a full dislocation. With that said, squatting has all but fixed that problem.
You left the torn patellar tendon out. I did that the first time I tore my knee up in high school. And yes, lordy it is painful. I didn't squat back then so I don't know what to tell you. But, I can share that I never had surgery as it wasn't a full tear, and I struggled with knee pain and issues for about the next 8 years until I decided to start squatting on a regular basis. Now, my knee pain is all but gone.
What, pray tell were you doing to cause this heinous injury? I only have 2/3 of my right patellar tendon due to ACL surgery (autograft, they harvest the middle third of the tendon to replace the ACL), so am somewhat obsessed with knee issues.
Squatting. Had 160 kilos on the bar, but due to life happening, I'd eaten just 600 calories in the previous 24 hours. First set went ok. Got three on the second set, missed the third coming out the hole, missed a safety setting it down, and got slowly but surely crushed.
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