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Non-operative treatment is the usual treatment for this problem. You may require 4-6 weeks of Physical Therapy treatment, and then several more months of a home stretching and strengthening program to treat your chondromalacia patella.Getting the pain and inflammation under control is the first step.hondromalacia patella generally begins insidiously (gradual onset) but it can also be instigated by a trauma to the knee, such as a fall onto the kneecap or a hard knock to the knee such as during a collision in sport. Next your Physical Therapist will do a physical examination of the knee and entire lower extremities.
The mean duration of the disease is 6 months. If the patientâs nails are affected, complete resolution of nail deformities can take up to 30 months. Some physicians have attempted to treat lichen striatus using topical corticosteroids.