Is patellar chondromalacia serious?

Patella softening is a common degenerative disease, not very serious. After rest, physical therapy and some medication, can be relieved. Usually as long as pay attention not to do some climbing, so that the patella femoral pressure increase some of the action, reduce some climbing stairs action, do not do mountain climbing exercise, walk flat road is OK. General joint pain will gradually improve, when necessary, knee arthroscopy can be processed. Chondromalacia patellae is a manifestation of patellar arthritis, normally joint degeneration. It occurs more commonly in both knee joints, rarely in one knee joint. Rarely, it can be caused by injury to the patellar cartilage after a patellar fracture.