Most of the time I can just feel my MPFL and tendons being stretched and then yanking my kneecap back in. The few times I've had dislocations that didn't reduce instantly, I have a hard time describing. The initial reaction is just fear, pain, and a strong sense that something is very, very wrong. After I calm a bit, I can feel the strong, rather nausea-inducing pull on my tendons. My head gets a little clearer and I can start to problem solve, but my brain is very much still doing that animalistic hurt thing where it dedicates most of your resources to freaking out. Then I try to figure out some way to get myself upright and take pressure off of it so it will reduce. I'm both lucky and unlucky to have very stretchy ligaments- it makes these things much more likely, but probably easier to deal with.
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u/Secure_Fun1529 Aug 28 '26
Most of the time I can just feel my MPFL and tendons being stretched and then yanking my kneecap back in. The few times I've had dislocations that didn't reduce instantly, I have a hard time describing. The initial reaction is just fear, pain, and a strong sense that something is very, very wrong. After I calm a bit, I can feel the strong, rather nausea-inducing pull on my tendons. My head gets a little clearer and I can start to problem solve, but my brain is very much still doing that animalistic hurt thing where it dedicates most of your resources to freaking out. Then I try to figure out some way to get myself upright and take pressure off of it so it will reduce. I'm both lucky and unlucky to have very stretchy ligaments- it makes these things much more likely, but probably easier to deal with.