Somehow hurt my knee...Suggestions?

[Grumpyguy]

Since I've been a little kid, my right knee acts up one a year, as if on schedule.

I feels like something slips out of place, it hurts when I twist or bend, and then, right on schedule a few days later, it goes away.

Hope you have the same thing.

[Black]

Grumpyguy wrote:
Since I've been a little kid, my right knee acts up one a year, as if on schedule.

I feels like something slips out of place, it hurts when I twist or bend, and then, right on schedule a few days later, it goes away.

Hope you have the same thing.

Will need to find out whether it's chip's right knee to know if this applies.

[DaviDC.]

Aww.. our little boy is growing up!
Sucks getting old, doesn't it?
:oldfogey:

[microchip]

Heh, I'm 20.
Sorry, it's actually my left knee.

It's a bit worse this morning, so I guess if it stays this way I'll probably go ahead and make an appointment. Thanks all!

[mspace]

While there "could" be something up with the knee directly, it's probably more of a case of "referred" pain. In other words, your knee is responding to an alignment issue from your back, hip, or foot.

I would go get x-rays of my knee many times while in college (it would "go out" going down stairs, general pain, etc.) They never found anything. Turned out the knee was at it's limit supporting my ankle not lifting up my arch properly. Once I corrected the ankle issue though proper technique and got an alignment insert for work (many hours standing and no time to think about it), the knee issue disappeared completely.

Many times pain is not at the source of the problem, but where the body just can't compensate anymore. Knees are big for this. The trick is to trace it to the part that needs help "doing it's job".

I would still get an x-ray to make sure it's not the knee directly. If they say there's nothing there, you may want to look at it from other angles (general alignment, better shoes, etc.)

[NewtonMP2100]

......didn't someone named Monica have the same problem.....???

[Black]

mspace wrote:
While there "could" be something up with the knee directly, it's probably more of a case of "referred" pain. In other words, your knee is responding to an alignment issue from your back, hip, or foot.

I would go get x-rays of my knee many times while in college (it would "go out" going down stairs, general pain, etc.) They never found anything. Turned out the knee was at it's limit supporting my ankle not lifting up my arch properly. Once I corrected the ankle issue though proper technique and got an alignment insert for work (many hours standing and no time to think about it), the knee issue disappeared completely.

Many times pain is not at the source of the problem, but where the body just can't compensate anymore. Knees are big for this. The trick is to trace it to the part that needs help "doing it's job".


I would still get an x-ray to make sure it's not the knee directly. If they say there's nothing there, you may want to look at it from other angles (general alignment, better shoes, etc.)

I see lots of people who are misdiagnosed and have referred pain from a spinal problem, but I don't get that vibe here.