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First Saturday in January I twisted my knee getting tackled playing football
I sleep on my side with legs tucked up (I hadn't noticed this until recently) and every night since it happened I've woken up in a lot of pain as it has locked in position and it takes a good 15-20 seconds of quite intense pain to get it straight again. Once its straight then it feels fine
Today was the first game back after 4 weeks of games being called off and straight away warming up I knew it wasn't right. It's my left knee and when I tried to pass with my left there was no strength at all on the inside of the knee, it just felt really weak and sore. Thankfully I'm right footed and rarely hit a ball with my left. Funnily enough I got through the game without too much issue, just a dull pain.
Any idea what I may have done? If it was just a sprain I would have thought it'd have cleared up in the 4 weeks off and wouldn't be locking in place during the night
I sleep on my side with legs tucked up (I hadn't noticed this until recently) and every night since it happened I've woken up in a lot of pain as it has locked in position and it takes a good 15-20 seconds of quite intense pain to get it straight again. Once its straight then it feels fine
Today was the first game back after 4 weeks of games being called off and straight away warming up I knew it wasn't right. It's my left knee and when I tried to pass with my left there was no strength at all on the inside of the knee, it just felt really weak and sore. Thankfully I'm right footed and rarely hit a ball with my left. Funnily enough I got through the game without too much issue, just a dull pain.
Any idea what I may have done? If it was just a sprain I would have thought it'd have cleared up in the 4 weeks off and wouldn't be locking in place during the night
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/arthroscopy/pages/int...
Do you hear a "click" when your knee locks up?
The obvious thing is speak to your GP....I would certainly give the football a rest for the time being....
Do you hear a "click" when your knee locks up?
The obvious thing is speak to your GP....I would certainly give the football a rest for the time being....
Wacky Racer said:
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/arthroscopy/pages/int...
Do you hear a "click" when your knee locks up?
The obvious thing is speak to your GP....I would certainly give the football a rest for the time being....
No there is no click, it's just like it has seized up in that position and doesn't want to straightenDo you hear a "click" when your knee locks up?
The obvious thing is speak to your GP....I would certainly give the football a rest for the time being....
I had an arthroscopy on my ankle a couple of years back and they found arthritis in the joint so I'm hoping I don't also have it in my knee
On a similar note, my left knee has for some time made a horrible cracking/grinding noise on the outside if I try to squat or when I get up from the toilet (sorry). I'm lead to believe by a physio I once saw that it is Chondromalacia Patellae, so I'm not sure if that could tie in to an arthritis issue.
I guess an MRI is going to be the only way of really finding out what's up
Yes, an MRI is the way to go. It's probably the best way to find out what the problem is.
I twisted my leg about eight years ago, damaged some cartilage in my knee.... was in a lot of throbbing pain, then, five years ago had an arthroscopy...(20 mins op), in and out of hospital in six hours, and was back at work two days later.....I suppose I was lucky. Not had any problems since.
Good luck anyhow, I expect there will be further replies on the thread in due course....
I twisted my leg about eight years ago, damaged some cartilage in my knee.... was in a lot of throbbing pain, then, five years ago had an arthroscopy...(20 mins op), in and out of hospital in six hours, and was back at work two days later.....I suppose I was lucky. Not had any problems since.
Good luck anyhow, I expect there will be further replies on the thread in due course....
Get an MRI scan done asap. From my personal experience its the best way to be able to check that you don't have any serious problem. I messed my knee up playing football and was told it was nothing serious by GP and physios. It was only 4 years later that I had an MRI scan and discovered my ACL was destroyed!
As above - knees are horrible things once they're damaged.
Get a scan and get it fixed (whatever needs to be done).
I have a weird left knee - I can squat heavy on it, exercise fully, ski hard and put a lot of pressure on it.
Sit down for half an hour and it's really 'twingey' when I stand up but vanishes after walking a few steps.
No one can work out why as nothing shows up.
Get a scan and get it fixed (whatever needs to be done).
I have a weird left knee - I can squat heavy on it, exercise fully, ski hard and put a lot of pressure on it.
Sit down for half an hour and it's really 'twingey' when I stand up but vanishes after walking a few steps.
No one can work out why as nothing shows up.
BoRED S2upid said:
Sounds like your footballing days are over. Definitely get it checked out.
I was never any good anyway 
Been playing with shin splints for the last two years brought on by having a lack of range of movement in my ankle after twisting it too many times. It's meant I now run in a way which puts all the pressure on my shins
Perhaps time to take up a low impact sport, like swimming or darts
Spanner in works.
A good knee surgeon is more likely than an MRI to find the problem.
If you cannot access/afford an MRI in 10 days then seeing a knee surgeon is more important.
MRI is about 90% likely to find the problem, misses 1 out of 10
I am about 95% likely, rather than simply rushing to a scan without exploring what actually went wrong and how your knee examines. In an ideal world you have scan and surgeon.
http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/tissueservices/products/te...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24680307
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23451455
And many others plus my personal experience of 2000+ procedures
A good knee surgeon is more likely than an MRI to find the problem.
If you cannot access/afford an MRI in 10 days then seeing a knee surgeon is more important.
MRI is about 90% likely to find the problem, misses 1 out of 10
I am about 95% likely, rather than simply rushing to a scan without exploring what actually went wrong and how your knee examines. In an ideal world you have scan and surgeon.
http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/tissueservices/products/te...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24680307
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23451455
And many others plus my personal experience of 2000+ procedures
Edited by The_Doc on Sunday 8th February 14:08
The_Doc said:
Spanner in works.
A good knee surgeon is more likely than an MRI to find the problem.
If you cannot access/afford an MRI in 10 days then seeing a knee surgeon is more important.
MRI is about 90% likely to find the problem, misses 1 out of 10
I am about 95% likely, rather than simply rushing to a scan without exploring what actually went wrong and how your knee examines. In an ideal world you have scan and surgeon.
http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/tissueservices/products/te...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24680307
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23451455
And many others plus my personal experience of 2000+ procedures
My MRI showed negative for medial meniscus tear, but the surgeon picked it up straight away.A good knee surgeon is more likely than an MRI to find the problem.
If you cannot access/afford an MRI in 10 days then seeing a knee surgeon is more important.
MRI is about 90% likely to find the problem, misses 1 out of 10
I am about 95% likely, rather than simply rushing to a scan without exploring what actually went wrong and how your knee examines. In an ideal world you have scan and surgeon.
http://www.nhsbt.nhs.uk/tissueservices/products/te...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24680307
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23451455
And many others plus my personal experience of 2000+ procedures
Edited by The_Doc on Sunday 8th February 14:08
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