Thread: Fractured kneecap

Just wondering if any of you have fractured your patella and how long it took to get back to skating.

I hurt my right knee Wed the 8th and had x-rays yesterday. X-rays show 3 small fractures on the kneecap.

I remember fracturing my patella in the 8th grade. I recall it taking about 6 weeks to get back to doing anything.

If your older 6-8 weeks maybe, younger might be 4-6 weeks, wasn't skating when I did mine but was easily 6 weeks.

Thanks for the info. Had a recheck with the doc today and while it is clear that there has been a lot of healing, it will be at least 2-4 more weeks until I am able to play again.

I was really hoping to be OK for the Hockeymoon n Vegas thing and am super bummed that it ain't gonna happen!

Originally Posted by jammer06

If your older 6-8 weeks maybe, younger might be 4-6 weeks, wasn't skating when I did mine but was easily 6 weeks.

Ended up taking 7 weeks. I am going to test it out tonight. Have not been on skates for 7 weeks ..... should be interesting.

Let us know how it turns out. Ouch. 7 weeks...

The knee works! I was afraid to cut suddenly and played mostly a north-south game but it held up nicely.

In all of this I found 2 products that I love using.

The first is KT Tape www.kttape.com . This stuff is awesome, it provided just the right support.

The second is a prescription anti-inflammatory patch Welcome to FlectorPatch.com . This stuff worked really well for me.

Glad you're back at it and things are healed up!