Partial patellar tendon tear.. Rehab, Surgery?

[Petejrrr]

I have recently been diagnosed with a tendon tear in my knee, and more specifically the patellar tendon, the doctor said he does not want to do surgery due to the 6 to 12 month rehab time with this procedure and since it is not completely torn, but without surgery it looks like i will not be 100 percent again and get back my capabilities. since it is not ruptured or completely torn im wondering if i could rehab the tendon and if theres anything i can do to rehab the tendon toward bringing it back to strength without surgery.. basically i was told not to play basketball without a knee brace, refrain from certain excersizes and types of motions or it would get worse and tear completely... basically is there anything i can do to improve it without surgery, is there any way to get it back to 100 percent (with or without surgery) thanks.  also i was told arthoscopic surgery would not be sufficient, open knee surgery would have to be used.

[Slippery76]

what exactly did they do to repair it during surgery? Thanks,

[Slippery76]

did you go with the prp? i have a 10-15% tear as well and i am contemplating it.

[Jamesparkland]

I am in the same situation - But want to know about an MRI that may be poor. Meaning, slight movement may result in a inaccurate MRI. Is that possible and can cause a misdiagnose? I was told I moved during the MRI, but the MRI was sent regardless to the the Surgeon. Should I get another MRI?

[Howarjs]

I am 18 and I have just recently under gone surgery on my partially torn patella tendon. The pain from this is huge and my knee looks like a balloon, with huge bruising around it. Basically what my surgeon did was to go into the knee and open it up straight down the middle where he then cleaned out the patella tendon of all the jelly like substance where the hole in the tendon is he then re cut the hole in the tendon to hopefully get it to re attach. But before the surgery I had countless amounts of Physio and acupuncture which did not work, I then had just plain blood injections which is where they take my own blood and inject it back into my knee next I tried platelet Rich plasma (PRP) Which sort of worked but nothing great. Then I tried putting it in a fixed brace and used croutches so i was completly non weight bearing which I did for 2 months yet again no success. Finally I tried a polidocanol injection which is an injection they do under ultrasound to kill the blood vessels which hopefully takes away the pain meaning that you can then do intensive Physio, for me this didnt work though I would recommend trying it. Especially for brosson because sometimes this can be a temporary pain relief. Although this treatment is normally a follow to the PRP. I would not recommend surgery straight out because it is the most painful thing and has a huge recovery time. So exhaust all your options first.

[brosson]

my name is Brandon and im 19 years old and i have a partical torn pateller tendon in my left knee. Ive had a sharp pain in my knee for 6 months now and 2 months ago i went to the doctor and got an mri. He told me i had a partical torn patellar tendon but it had to heak on its own and he wouldnt  do surgery. He told me to rest all the time and it should heal on its own but i think its the same as before and didnt heal. Im in pain all the time trying to walk straight, trying to go up stairs which i can do if i have hand rails, i cant crawl without horrible pain, i cant kneel down without falling on my face, i cant go to a store and shop because it hurts, i caznt even wal;k without holding something so i cant fall and i get looked down on for it. This is the most depressing and embarrassing thing ive ever had to live with in my life. I have a wedding nxt month and its my brothers and im the best man. I dont know how im going to do this and its depressing. What do i do to help myself?

[jcb360]

Are you really a doctor? Because it's a tendon not a ligament we're talking about.