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Originally Posted by saphojunkie
You should probably learn the difference between patella and patellar if you're going to have this strong of an opinion on it.
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Way to cherry-pick a post. If you had read all DJ's post's you would know he knows the difference between the kneecap and the lower tendon that helps to hold said kneecap in place.
I'm not a knee surgeon or have a medical degree, but I have experience with the patellar tendon and the Patella. My daughter was a pretty damn good at gymnastics. Until she ruptured her patellar tendon.
It wasn't even gymnastics that did the dirty deed. She stepped off the school bus into the gutter of a concrete curb it was full off frozen and slushy leaves. She fell and landed her knee on the top edge of the curb. It dislocated her kneecap. I got a call that my daughter may have broken her leg off the bus. So went down to the end of the street, picked her up carried her home. Her kneecap looked like Patrick's. I called her pediatrician they said take her to Children's Mercy Emergency.
Anyway, the kneecap kept popping out, so more deeper look revealed a tear in the lower patellar tendon. Just like that, her days as a young gymnast were over.