Grinding knee

[Mellow Matt]

I've noticed recently that my right knee makes a grinding/crackling noise when I bend it. It's not a clicking noise you get occasionally on most joints. It doesn't hurt (yet...).

I haven't done anything to it that I know of; I play the odd game of football but nothing recently.

Is this anything to worry about, and what can I do to stop it, if anything?!

Ta!

ETA: I'm 25 and of medium build btw.

[Driller]

If you really want to freak yourself out, try pressing on your kneecap whilst bending and straightening your leg

[Driller]

[MacGee]

nowt happens when I do that!...am I abnormal?

[Driller]

MacGee said:

nowt happens when I do that!...am I abnormal?

No but it explains why you get such good times on the C2: less resistance in the knees

[Mellow Matt]

Sounds slightly concerning! Think I'll give it a few days and then see a GP if it's still doing it...

[rog3k]

anonymous said:

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I was diagnosed with this (subsequently, I'm unsure if that was actually the problem) but it was over 30 years ago & they removed my kneecap! Things have probably changed since then. It stopped the noises, etc but I wouldn't recommend it unless absolutely necessary & THE LAST resort. With kneecap removed, of course, it's probably difficult now to prove what the actual problem was.

[hollydog]

Mine has cracked for most of my life . Thing is i went on my friend stag week to puerto banus .As you would on a stag week we drank quite a lot of cheap vodka .I mean alot . Every thing was ok until i got home . 1 night about a week after i got home i woke up in agony with pain in my left knee . Went to bed fine .I had some pain killers which worked fine but its took aprox 1 year to get rid of all the pain . Iam thinking it was the cheap vodka .

[Tiggsy]

rog3k said:

I was diagnosed with this (subsequently, I'm unsure if that was actually the problem) but it was over 30 years ago & they removed my kneecap! Things have probably changed since then. It stopped the noises, etc but I wouldn't recommend it unless absolutely necessary & THE LAST resort. With kneecap removed, of course, it's probably difficult now to prove what the actual problem was.

lol...yeah, who needs them cap things anyway!

Dr, I've a headache......right, off with that skull then!

[Chapppers]

Mellow Matt said:

I've noticed recently that my right knee makes a grinding/crackling noise when I bend it. It's not a clicking noise you get occasionally on most joints. It doesn't hurt (yet...).

I haven't done anything to it that I know of; I play the odd game of football but nothing recently.

Is this anything to worry about, and what can I do to stop it, if anything?!

Ta!

ETA: I'm 25 and of medium build btw.

Medium on average. Your puny legs and powerfully built shoulders and completely square body average out to a medium. Perhaps that's the problem, your legs just can't support your powerful upper body?