Chondromalacia

Chondromalacia Patella: Knee Braces and Supports to Help Relieve Pain

If you have been diagnosed with chondromalacia patella, then you know that it can be an incredibly painful condition to deal with day in and day out. Fortunately, there are many knee braces and supports on the market that can help to relieve your pain by supporting your patella as well as providing compression. Learn more about these options here.

With chondromalacia patellae, there is some degree of degeneration or breakdown of cartilage on the undersurface of your kneecap. This cartilage damage can be acute (sudden), or chronic (long-term). Either way, it leads to pain underneath your kneecap. There are a few different types of activity that can irritate your patellar cartilage—including running, squatting, kneeling, jumping and even walking.