The body looks at this as toxic and if it gets absorbed, the liver deals with it mostly as a toxin rather than a nutrient. Eating the chalk will put a large quantity of this material in your body and is not a good idea at all.
This operation can be done either through the same incision as the medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction or through a larger incision around the knee. It allows the patella to sit more centrally within its groove and not tilt as the patella engages in the trochlear groove.
How is a lateral retinacular release done? This is an arthroscopic surgery ( a knee âscopeâ which is performed through 3 small incisions ( about Â½ inch each) around the knee. From the inside of the knee the lateral retinaculum is incised, from the inside, allowing the kneecap to untilit itself.