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"patellar chondromalacia"
Is typically absurd bullshit medical jargon. It does not really mean anything other than pain at the front of the knee.
I also have a buggered right knee and hip, the squats make the knee better but the hip worse. Deadlifts are kind of neutral. Its hard to generalise with this sort of thing though. I have had trauma to my knee ligaments and also have FAI and a labrum tear in the hip. The loading of joints and muscles in things like the squat will vary enormously with body proportions and technique. Squatting one way could make things a lot better, squatting another way could make things a lot worse. A combo of good and bad is quite typical. If you are lifting hard enough to achieve anything you are also lifting hard enough to get wear and tear and risk further injury,