Calcification ???

[Ken Hopkins]

Hello. I am a casual, suburban 5K runner. About 200 lbs. As of late I've had a fair bit of pain in
my knee resulting in a loss of ability to run.

I went for X-rays and this was the diagnosis. Can someone tell me what can be done for this
condition? My doctor says to to take anti-inflamation drugs.

"There is a few centimeter segment of calcification of the proximal patellar tendon, probably due to
chronic calcific peritenonitis"

Help! Can I deal with this without surgery, etc?

Thanks for your help and advise...

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Ken Hopkins, WA9WCP | hopken@mindspring.com Beck Hopkins, KA9EFE | Red Cross & FEMA Disaster Workers

[MJuric]

On Tue, 15 Apr 2003 08:32:04 -0400, "Ken Hopkins" <hopken@mindspring.com> wrote:

>Hello. I am a casual, suburban 5K runner. About 200 lbs. As of late I've had a fair bit of pain in
>my knee resulting in a loss of ability to run.
>
>I went for X-rays and this was the diagnosis. Can someone tell me what can be done for this
>condition? My doctor says to to take anti-inflamation drugs.
>
>"There is a few centimeter segment of calcification of the proximal patellar tendon, probably due
>to chronic calcific peritenonitis"
>
>Help! Can I deal with this without surgery, etc?

How did your doctor answer this question?

~Matt

>
>Thanks for your help and advise...
>
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>============================================================
>Ken Hopkins, WA9WCP | hopken@mindspring.com Beck Hopkins, KA9EFE | Red Cross & FEMA
>Disaster Workers
>

[Ted]

"Ken Hopkins" <hopken@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:b7gu3p$ul3$1@slb2.atl.mindspring.net...
> Hello. I am a casual, suburban 5K runner. About 200 lbs. As of late I've had a fair bit of pain in
> my knee resulting in a loss of ability to run.
>
> I went for X-rays and this was the diagnosis. Can someone tell me what can be done for this
> condition? My doctor says to to take anti-inflamation drugs.
>
> "There is a few centimeter segment of calcification of the proximal
patellar
> tendon, probably due to chronic calcific peritenonitis"
>
> Help! Can I deal with this without surgery, etc?
>
> Thanks for your help and advise...
I don't know if this will help your condition, but long chain omega 3 fatty acids (DHA & EPA) are
known to reduce inflamation.

If you're interested, check out the articles in this link:
http://qualitycounts.com/fpfattyacids.html

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