Delayed knee pain - possible Chondromalacia Patellae

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I got my MRI results a few days ago.
Diagnosis was pretty clear, nothing wrong found in it.

I had a look at the pics and found some angle that should work similar to skyline x-ray view, so I'll attach them in case they are of any use.

So, on to the clean diagnosis, does it mean CP isn't there, or could it mean it's just not a severe form of it (considering i'm only 21 years old) so it can't be seen in the MRI?

As a side note, I'm still getting minor annoyance on the outter part of the knee after I foam roll my IT band, even if I didn't do any quad movement previously
When I checked with my pt about it, he told me I should give it 2 weeks and see if the pain persists, and that the first few times I foam roll a tight muscle it might give pain signals to the knee or something like that. I will be visiting my PT this week hopefully, and ask him about the tissue stretching etc.

Anyways, here's 5 pics from the MRI, tell me if it helps addressing the patella position question.(also tell me if you have any use for the rest pics of the mri)

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So, on to the clean diagnosis, does it mean CP isn't there, or could it mean it's just not a severe form of it (considering i'm only 21 years old) so it can't be seen in the MRI

So I am not an expert image reader. I would go by the radiologist's report. However superficially it looks like the patello-femoral cartilage surfaces are well preserved and the alignment looks ok.

From the report you got this would suggest you don't have CP. Yes it is possible there could be some minor changes not detectable on the MRI. But even if this is so it is nothing to worry about.

In most musculoskeletal conditions, there is more often than not not a hazy association between the severity of radiological evidence and severity of symptoms. You may just have had a lot of symptoms without much underlying radiological evidence. I wouldn't worry about it - as long as you are getting at least some marked improvement by now, even if there is a way to go with the PT.