r/KneeInjuries

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Anyone scheduled for this surgery or just had it feel free to ask me any questions you may have about how recovery went for me.

Hi, Five months ago I sustained a "nondepressed fracture along the anterior margin of the medial tibial plateau and an osseous contusion involving the medial femoral condyle." I have not been able to resume jogging even a quarter of a mile. I'm getting so frustrated because I've seen no improvement in my functioning or swelling in two or three months and am worried I'll never be able to jog again. (I did a month of P.T. twice/week but it didn't really help.) I'm 64 but before my injury jogged 4 miles every other day. I'd appreciate any feedback anyone can give me. Thank you so much.

Have been dealing with a chronic issue with my knee including patella tendonitis for a bit now that has been flaring up a lot lately after use. Usually the delayed muscle onset hits me hard a day or two afterwards as well. Even just from walking. What preparation do you take that you find helps limit flare-ups or additional pain on your knee just before going out or exercises?

Do you Ice the area?

Use Heat?

Light Warm up exercises

Topical cream?

Ibuprofen or acetaminophen?

Hi internet friends! I’m currently status day 5 post MPFL reconstruction with a cadaver tendon graft. For history I am a 25 yo F who is used to being very active. I’ve had multiple dislocations over the last two years and really took a turn down since last October to where PT failed and it became clear surgery was the next step. My surgeon said when I was put under that he was able to slide my patella with his thumb so glad to hear this was the right decision. I guess I’m reaching out for some advice/glimmers of hope for you. The last days have been really rough. Constant pain, feeling uncomfortable, and really taking a toll on my head. I barely got myself into a shower today and ended up needing help out. I am too afraid to bend my leg, I tried a little today and I feel like my body literally won’t let me. I guess I’m looking to hear when things should maybe improve and any suggestions to feeling more comfortable. Thank you

how long does it take to recover from grade 1/2 miniscus tear w/o surgery

anyone please share your recovery journey and suggestions

I dislocated my patella two days ago in a very random freak accident (wasn’t playing sports), and now I’m in a Zimmer.

I have a trip to Japan booked and I leave on May 15. My ortho seemed to think that in that time I should be able to walk, but he said I wouldn’t have “100% of my mobility back”.

What is everyone’s experience? I’m considering cancelling my trip if I can’t walk semi-freely.

1st mri showing grade 2 miniscus tear (1.5tesla)

after 1 month went for another mri showing grade 1 miniscus tear (3Tesla)

How possible different?

symptoms;; I do feel pain in squats 6/10 , stair climbing pain5/10 , walking 2/10

no locking while walking and stairs climbing

no locking during bending

clicking 2/10 while doing full leg extension in air

what will you suggest surgery or no surgery??

NOTE:: MEDIAL POSTIER HORN MINISCUS TEAR GTADE1/2 NOT ARTICULATE TO THE SURFACE

suggestions are 🙏

Hi everyone! I’m 26F and I’ve been dealing with injuries on both knees. 1 year ago this week, I started feeling weird on my right knee after a hot yoga class. As days went by, my mobility worsened and I was in a lot of pain even taking 5 steps.

I took an MRI and got diagnosed with Chondromalacia Patella Grade 2, which I’ve actually had since I was 20. I lost weight, did physical therapy for months, avoided stairs, barstools, prayed, put holy water on it — nothing seemed to help.

7 months into my injury, I started feeling weird on my left knee, took an MRI and git diagnosed with a lateral meniscus tear. I don’t even know how it happened since I hadn’t been active at all besides physical therapy. Turns out I have a discoid meniscus and it was meant to happen.

Now, exactly a year after my first knee injury, I am still in the process of healing. I do physical therapy, have an anti-inflammatory diet, sit at a perfect 90 degrees at my office job, don’t wear heals etc. It’s been so tough on my mental health as a 26 yr old woman who lives in NYC (also realized how tough of a city it is for people with disabilities)

I want to enjoy life again, I want to dance, I want to surf, but most of all I want to be able to walk and socialize without pain. I’ve started feeling really depressed and hopeless.

I was wondering if there are any support groups, or if anyone would be interested in forming a support group (especially if you’re young and restless like me lol). I want to find a community. I want to feel less lonely…

Posible tendinitis?

Hello. Eighteen months ago, I had surgery on my MPFL ligament, and almost everything went very well. Since then, I've been dealing with walking problems because my surgeon told me not to put any weight on my leg under any circumstances.

This caused terrible quadriceps atrophy. But I've been able to do all kinds of exercises at the gym, although it's VERY difficult for me to activate my quadriceps and VMO.

Well, a few weeks ago, I went to a concert and stood around without making any strange movements or dancing. It's true that I was VERY tense for fear of hurting myself, but there were no twists or extreme movements. And I didn't feel any extreme pain or any pain at all. The thing is, after that, as the days have gone by, I've been experiencing a lot of pain in the area where I had the graft and in the upper part of my vastus medialis. It hurts when I flex my leg at a specific point, but NOT when I fully flex it.

That is, it hurts halfway through flexion. It also hurts a lot when going down stairs, and when I contract my quadriceps, my quadriceps hurt. I went to the physiotherapist, and he did a series of tests and an ultrasound.

The graft is still solid and very stable. But he found some internal hematoma and fluid. He says that apparently the meniscus isn't affected, but that I should have an MRI to completely rule out a meniscal issue.

The strange thing is that I don't have any swelling in my kneecap, no locking, or any feeling of instability. He suggested that it could be tendinitis due to weak quadriceps muscles. He recommended gentle exercise.

Has anyone else experienced this? What could it be?

Hey all!

I partially dislocated my kneecap at jiu-jitsu training 7 days ago. Audible pop, and two seconds later popped back in. Took 24 hours to realise I had done some damage, I could walk and shallow squat but it was quite tender around the joints. I have done the RICE protocol, but because I can walk etc I have overdone it some. I started doing some light rehab and have also found it to irritate so I have stopped for now.

This last happened when I was 15 years old, and I am now 30 so I was very upset it had happened again. It takes a lot of desensitisation to get over injuries like that.

I am very committed to doing the rehab and strengthening I need to do. I’m quite a strong female (I can do weighted pull ups for instance) but I have neglected lower body which I strongly regret.

I can’t wait to train on the mats again. Can anyone share similar experiences or just give me some hope? I am hating this. Thank you

Being that the kneecap could potentially pop out at any moment, I wonder if this causes someone to have anxiety. Like because after it has already popped out, one experiences extreme pain, and therefore a person maneuvers their body to be more careful with how they move. Meaning restriction in one’s function. So being, that their the possibility of dislocation present if one is to “let go” and “let loose”, I am wondering if it causes one to become full of anxiety ??

It has been over a year since my accident and surgery and while I am able to mobilise ok in terms of everyday things - walking, work, climbing stairs etc - my knees (both the bad one and the "good one") are sore more often than not, and my bad one constantly grinds and clicks. It drives me crazy, I'm only 26 but I know osteoarthritis will catch up with me pretty quickly at this rate. My "good" knee has pain most days, I'm assuming from me walking slightly funny and subconsciously taking pressure off my bad knee, and I now worry I'll end up with an longterm injury to that knee over time. I also used to be a weightlifter and I can barely squat 20kg now without grinding and/or pain. It's frustrating and disheartening.

Can anyone tell me if long-term they had any improvements? Or if you found a treatment to help manage pain? I know there are HCLA injections, PRP injections etc but I think that's not something the doctors will consider until further in the future, along with further surgeries potentially is what I've been told.

I don't know if I'm really looking for hope, or just someone who understands what I'm going through. I'm scared that this is as good as it gets - my knees will only get worse and worse with age. It's terrifying because I'm already struggling so much with pain and performing physical activity like I used to. It's hard to imagine how much worse things will get with time...

had miniscus grade 1 injury 3 month ago today have less pain can do work but can't squat full

any suggestions

I’m 10 weeks post op from my mpfl surgery. Everything has been going pretty good and I’m slowly getting back to walking on my own or just using one crutch. However, when I try to go to sleep or just rest after walking my good knee tends to be in pain and feels swollen. It’s not to the point where it hurts so bad but even laying on my good side while I try to sleep hurts after a while. I’ve also noticed that when I walk I hear a sound on my knee. Almost as if im cracking my knuckles sounds like. I don’t know if this has been common to others esp after mpfl post op and trying to learn how to walk again🥲

Just trying to gauge where my progress is at. I know everyone recovers at different speeds.