femoral anteversion/dislocated knee

Ok this is sort of a double question... but i have a problem with my right leg, and its never been fully explained to me, and i think its femoral anteversion. basically when i point both my feet straight forward, my right knee points inward, and thus meaning when both knees point directly forward, my right foot sticks out. this creates problems when walking and especially running. of course i hated that and how it looked as i always got singled out, and its always caused knee pain more so than the normal one.

now however i have dislocated my kneecap 3 weeks ago on the same leg, and was in a splint for a week, and told to take it very easy and not drive or do any exercise till ive seen a physio, which has been booked for next week.

so my question is basically does anyone have any advice about either the 2 problems individually, or together, as i assume the femoral anteversion will make rehabilitation difficult and the likelyhood of redislocating it much greater

If your leg is the way it is through the boney structure then physio wont be able to change this. They should however be able to help you strengthen around your knee and try to stabilise your knee cap.

There may be muscles that you can work around your hip to try and reduce the effect of your muscles on pulling your knee cap out of alignement.

When you see your physio ask if they feel it is related to the way your hip sits in the joint or whether there may be other factors...such as leg length discrepencies. Sometimes if one leg is longer than the other it can cause the appearence of a hip problem and may be improved with a heel raise.

Write down the questions that you have for your physio..let them assess you and get them, if possible to answer the questions you have, and explain in laymans terms what this means to you and what you can do to help.

Good luck