‘She Makes a Horrible Noise’: Juliette Reveals Chondromalacia Diagnosis; Understanding the Disease, Main Symptoms and Treatment

‘She Makes a Horrible Noise’: Juliette Reveals Chondromalacia Diagnosis; Understanding the Disease, Main Symptoms and Treatment


Upward, downward, and squatting movements often cause pain to patients. Symptoms still include swelling and popping, but this is a different condition than osteoarthritis.




Juliet Freire recently revealed that he was patellar chondromalacia diagnosedwhich increases their difficulties exercise because of pain. “I’ve had this since I was a kid. The cartilage between my bones wears away. It makes a horrible noise when I squat,” says the “BBB 21” champion..

Popularly known as chondromalacia, patellar chondropathy also causes pain in the region. “In patellar chondropathy, there is damage to the cartilage of the knee that culminates in the softening of this structure, greatly limiting its movements, which can cause pain and popping. Osteoarthritis, on the other hand, is a widespread wear of the cartilage, with inflammation and changes in other joint tissues (meniscus, bones, ligaments), which means that patellar chondropathy can increase the predisposition to osteoarthritis,” explains Dr. Marcos Cortelazo.

The orthopedist, specialist in knee and sports traumatology, member of the Brazilian Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology (SBOT), explains that chondropathy affects more young adults and osteoarthritis more elderly people. “In general, women are more frequently affected by knee pain, especially related to chondropathy and osteoarthritis,” he explains.

Know the main symptoms chondromalacia patellae

One of the main difficulties regarding cartilage lesions is that this type of tissue has a very limited regeneration potential: “This characteristic is explained by the fact that this tissue is formed by few cells, has no blood vessels or endings…

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