A blog detailing my recovery from Patella Tendonopathy (tendonitis/tendonosis) and my experience with PRP Injection

Week 4

This has been an interesting week. I've had some good days and some bad. At the moment my left knee feels a bit stiff and tender in comparison to the right. It's got a kind of constant ache, perhaps this is due to the inflammation and the biological changes taking place within the tendon?

I attempted an easy 1km run today, the left tendon flared up a bit after a few 100 metres. However, the left tendon is not sore in comparison to the right when going up or down stairs and no longer seems to have the 'sharp' pain that has bothered me for the past 1.5 years.

The tendon as at it's most painful first thing in the morning and then once it warms up a bit it feels better than the right knee. I've had periods when there is absolutely no pain in the left knee and periods where it's noticeably more painful than the right knee. This could be the 'roller-coaster' effect I mentioned in Week 3.

I have continued with the Eccentric protocol on my right knee- 3 x 15 sets of one-legged squats on slant board at night. I have now reached 3kgs in the backpack. I have been doing about 10 dips on the left leg every second night, without any weights. My reasoning was that this would help direct the alignment of the collagen fibres in the tendon as it repairs.

I bought a foam roller yesterday, I have done a bit of this, but I'm now going to try and do 3 mins of rolling on each leg every second night.

I have currently been taking:

  • MSM
  • Glucosamine
  • Chondroitin
  • Fish Liver Oil
  • Vitamin C
  • Gellatine

In Week 2 I discussed the testimonial about the patient who was dissappointed and complained to his Doc that the PRP Injection did nothing after one month, and by 2 months he was completely healed and his knee felt 100%. So I'm going to give it more time and try take it easy. The Platelets are active for 6 weeks and the healing benefits of PRP continue for up to 6 - 9 months.

I'm PRP shot to my right knee on Monday.

2 comments:

  1. I had my first prp injection 5 days ago in my left patellar also. I'm still in a lot of pain...particularly when driving, I guess b/c it has to stay in one position for so long? (My commute to work is 1+ hr). Did you experience any of this?

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  2. Hi LilBec,

    I think for your tendon to still be tender and to still be in aloy a pain after 5 days is normal. Don't be disheartened and remember to take it easy! Is it possible for you to get a lift to work with someone? If not move your seat back as far as poissble, this will relieve some of the pressure on your tendon.

    How is your knee feeling now?

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