I’m a pretty active 34 yr old male whose been experiencing knee pain for the past year. Finally got Dr. to take it seriously and found out I have something called a bipartite patella and it’s all sorts of inflamed along the synchrodidosis (sp?). In a nutshell my kneecap never fused which normally isn’t a major deal most people who have it dont even know unless it gets aggravated or injured and then it essentially acts like a stress fracture and can lead to knee instability and pain or good ol’ bambi legs as I like to call it. I drew the genetic lottery on this one and have it in both knees.

Dr recommendation was basically to shut it down for 3-6 months. This news is soul-crushing to me, I love spartan races, running, crossfit etc. I’m sure that poor mobility and mechanics are at least partially to blame and would love to focus on my overall mobility during this mandated downtime. Any suggestions that arent going to jack me up more?

Dr said no running, no high impact and no knee flexion based activities.