I don't know about the hip....i've just always had problems with my knee. To me, what it sounds like is going on w/ your knee is the beginning of arthetis. My recent CT showed minimal joint space narrowing and subchondral sclerosis (degenerative changes) w/in the medial compartment. Basically i've got a bummed knee that's just degenerating, or arthetis. Now, when they are talking about your platellar, pray to God that you're not getting a platellar tracking problem...if so, i HIGHLY advise the physical therapy. B/c i had that done, did the therapy and it worked, until i reinjured it at a tournement. Then they did a lateral release w/ an open medial repair. The lateral release wasn't so bad...but the medial repair?!?!
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Very painful and hard to recover from, and this was before my RSD. Hopefully this provides some insight, or atleast some basis for some questions (which you already have plenty
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). Have a good one, and hopefully someone will read the results better for you.