Hurt knee, need advice

[bigreddog]

On Christmas eve I fell over (sober!) and amongst other things I hurt my knee. Fall was onto tarmac, and I took a big patch of skin off my knee. It was quite sore and stiff, but I figured that was just from the impact.

But it is still (4 weeks on) sore and stiff and aches after walking any distance. Impact was just off centre - with the leg straight it is on the gap between the patella and the shin bone just about 2 fingerwidths off centre to the outside edge.

Any suggestions as to what I might have done? I don't really trust it to take a serious workout at present - any ideas if kickboxing or grappling would be more risky for it?


Any help gratefully received

[Su lin]

Go see you doctor!

[bigreddog]

What and acknowledge I have a problem? Never! :-)

[Taffyleigh]

I agree with Su Lin, see the doc, i knackered my knee up in work 2 years ago and still having problems now, admittedly not as bad as the first few months after the accident but cold weather gives me jip. Only way to find out how serious it is.

[d0ugbug]

- any ideas if kickboxing or grappling would be more risky for it?


Any help gratefully received

I fell over twisted my knee and could not walk on it for 2 weeks, after giving in I saw the doctor. 6 years on I still now wear a knee brace (and I'm not talking about one of them sport braces you get in shops) for kickboxing get it sorted before you do more harm than good!!!

[ndabaningi]

I fell over twisted my knee and could not walk on it for 2 weeks, after giving in I saw the doctor. 6 years on I still now wear a knee brace (and I'm not talking about one of them sport braces you get in shops) for kickboxing get it sorted before you do more harm than good!!!

I've done my knees in several times, almost exclusively because my wife has the car seat right upto the windscreen and I injure myself trying to squeeze in first, before pushing the damn thing back. Stiffness, puffiness at the back of the kness and loss of obvious mobility for several weeks often follows. Much depends on age, but from conversations I've had with Doctors, once you get wear, tears or pulls in ligaments and joints, they can be weakened for the future. Knees can be like shoulders, they can take ages to heal without proper medical attention, supervision and exercises recommended by a physio that should be adhered. If your'e like me and can't be doing with all that 'bollocks', you take Ibufprofen, Paracetemol and suffer it until the problem goes away. Not a very good example I'm afraid.

[EvilhomerNZ]

Don't see a doc. Go see a physiotherapst or a sports physiologist. From all the knee injuries I've encountered (know three people with chronic knee problems) you are better off going to something more geared towards physiology rather than a 'doc' as such. Quite often doc's will not know what you have or will make bad guesses at what it is.

It's like anything.. 'Doctors' in general have to learn a LOT of different stuff, mechanic issues of the body (particularly joints), are not high on their list of knowledge for the better part so you're better off seeing someone who spends a lot more time dealing with that particular area.

Specialists cost a little more, but in the long run you usually end up with much better diagnosis and much less ongoing hassles.

All three people went to doc's first and spent a considerable amount of time following the wrong path which ended up making it worse. If it's a joint problem.. spare no expense!

[divine spiral]

sounds like it could be cartiledge damage.get it checked out