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Knee pain
Hey all, Im going to try and keep this brief because its a long(ish) story.
In Feburary I went skiing with my school, and I knew my physical limitation, so even though I have been skiing for over 7 years now, I decided to stick with the beginners. All was well until the day before last, when I suddenly couldnt stand on my left knee. It was really bad. I went and had it xrayed the next day and they said there was no bone damage just twisted muscle. Phew I thought it will be better in 2-3 weeks. After 3 weeks it was just as bad so I went to A&E her in England, showed them my xrays and stuff and they came to the same conclusion. However the pain just doesnt go, it can be ok, and then suddenly my knee will just be in pain if I hit something uneven on the road, or if I run a bit while playing football/for the bus/etc it will be really bad. For instance yesterday I ran for 4 minutes and it is still sore now. I really don't know what to make of this as I do have a low bone denisty and dr's dont seem to have any idea, what should I do? Thanks
In Feburary I went skiing with my school, and I knew my physical limitation, so even though I have been skiing for over 7 years now, I decided to stick with the beginners. All was well until the day before last, when I suddenly couldnt stand on my left knee. It was really bad. I went and had it xrayed the next day and they said there was no bone damage just twisted muscle. Phew I thought it will be better in 2-3 weeks. After 3 weeks it was just as bad so I went to A&E her in England, showed them my xrays and stuff and they came to the same conclusion. However the pain just doesnt go, it can be ok, and then suddenly my knee will just be in pain if I hit something uneven on the road, or if I run a bit while playing football/for the bus/etc it will be really bad. For instance yesterday I ran for 4 minutes and it is still sore now. I really don't know what to make of this as I do have a low bone denisty and dr's dont seem to have any idea, what should I do? Thanks
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Maybe you should try and visit a physiotherapist? I've been having problems with my knee for a while and my doctor just told me to rest it, but it didn't help. like you, it would feel fine and then just start hurting after I'd been doing sports (and I row, which isn't ideal). Went to see a physio yesterday and she was a lot more helpful than the doctor.
Could be worth a shot...
Could be worth a shot...
Definitely go and see a physio. They have a more detailed knowledge of human anatomy than doctors, and can help you out specifically with knee pain.
sounds like you've damaged a miniscus. Something that any doc should be able to point out wont come out very good on x-ray.
keep mobile, but try not to do too much high impact sports (running on hard surfaces for isntance, things with lots of twisting motions) for a few weeks, and if its still there go to your GP and ask for an orthopedic referral - or (if its in your GPs remit) an MRI scan of the knee.
THe damamged structure in/around your knee is soft tissue - which shows up on MRI scans, but not so well on x-ray.
HTH
keep mobile, but try not to do too much high impact sports (running on hard surfaces for isntance, things with lots of twisting motions) for a few weeks, and if its still there go to your GP and ask for an orthopedic referral - or (if its in your GPs remit) an MRI scan of the knee.
THe damamged structure in/around your knee is soft tissue - which shows up on MRI scans, but not so well on x-ray.
HTH
My knee has been done in for 5 or 6 years now, I stopped doing sport a long time ago but it still becomes very stiff and at times bloody agonising. Never been to the doc though, for a while it even seemed fine.
nnkuk
Ive not done any sort of exercise since the injury, so I am definitely going to go ask for a referal. Is it likely that this injury is premanent?
If it's a menisus tear you can get the torn part of the cartlidge cut out. It will be about a month after that before it's healed and you can get back to sports.
Of course this is the NHS were talking about, so it could be months before you get an MRI/Surgery.
sounds similar to my problem as well, i hurt my knee playing football a year ago and the doc's told me it'll be fine in a week. it seemed ok after a while but then the pains all came back, and the nhs is terrible, i could barely walk at the end of feb and the best they could do was give me a consultation on 10 may, who knows how long it'll be till i can actually get any real help!
Physio.
Have a word with a physio, you may have cruciate ligament damage
It sounds like ligament damage - does it click or lock in at any time? if so you've done your ACL - thats lots of fun I can assure you - either physio or operation (it won't go away without the operation but they dont like operating if you are still growing) They will not find any internal structure damage without an MRI, and you really need to be forceful with your hospital for them to do this.
lodzinski
It sounds like ligament damage - does it click or lock in at any time? if so you've done your ACL - thats lots of fun I can assure you - either physio or operation (it won't go away without the operation but they dont like operating if you are still growing) They will not find any internal structure damage without an MRI, and you really need to be forceful with your hospital for them to do this.
Clicking or locking doesn't necessarily mean it's the ACL. Could just be a simple meniscus tear, but yeah they'll need an MRI to find out.
gosh i'm good. and yet i was one of the lowest in the year in orthopedics...
there are four knee ligaments. anterior cruciate, posterior cruciate. medial collateral, lateral collateral.
skiing is the sport of the devil. it can screw up the knee in every which way.
however, ligaments themselves tend not to be painful per se, so much as cause instability - your knee suddenly giving way.
the menisci are like the padding on your knee. they cushion you when you jump up and down for instance.
Much in the same way as decent trainers.
Sometimes you pull a ligament and it rips up the meniscus oo. that might be what has happened here.
You need an orthopedics referal. they need to do specific tests on your knee (physical examinations that are so weird you'd know if your gp had done them) to pinpoint where is going wrong, plus an mri to look at the soft tissue
skiing is the sport of the devil. it can screw up the knee in every which way.
however, ligaments themselves tend not to be painful per se, so much as cause instability - your knee suddenly giving way.
the menisci are like the padding on your knee. they cushion you when you jump up and down for instance.
Much in the same way as decent trainers.
Sometimes you pull a ligament and it rips up the meniscus oo. that might be what has happened here.
You need an orthopedics referal. they need to do specific tests on your knee (physical examinations that are so weird you'd know if your gp had done them) to pinpoint where is going wrong, plus an mri to look at the soft tissue
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