My knee
I've been having difficulties with my left knee for over a year. The problem is very specific. For instance, I can usually walk distances with no problem. On the other hand getting out of a car can be very painful, as can going down stairs. As well, if I'm confined to a seat in which I cannot stretch, such as at a movie theatre, my knee becomes painful. I've had X-rays and Ultrasound which have shown up normal, and now my friendly neighbourhood doctor wants me to try four weeks of physiotherapy before referring me to a specialist. He doesn't know what the problem is....
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Hmmmm...Not sure I can help you here. Do you remember injuring it at any time in the past?
It started one day when I was walking down the stairs here at Anchovy World Headquarters. Something just happened - hard to describe, and I've been experiencing knee pain since.
I have something like that, no problems walking or with stairs but it's total agony to sit with my knees bent for too long without stretching. (it's been better since I've been walking a dog two hours a day for the last 7 months)
Har! Maybe I just need a dog then...
Let me try this again.
Sorry to hear about your knee flaring up again. In what area of the knee is the pain produced and what sort of a pain is it; you know: stabbing, dull, burning? And does your knee swell up?
While it is good that the imaging tests that you were sent for showed nothing, neither is it surprising. You should be sent for a m.r.i. or an arthrogram, preferably the former....However, the 4 weeks of physio will not hurt matters so long as you do not try to "fight through the pain". And if at the end of that you want the name of a special specialist, let me know.
...or go out cat-herding.
thank vox, I'll talk to you more about it when next we play Go. The pain is sort of burning when I'm confined to a seat where I can't stretch. It is different when I'm in a car, pulling my leg back to get out, or when I'm walking down stairs. The doctor I saw today was able to locate the exact spot, but he was unable to diagnose the problem.
They should do a cat scan. (Not joking -.) It would probably show everything all the way through - xrays in this day and age are not enough.....due to the fact it was sudden onset, it's probably an injury but during the winter arthritis could probably have set in some....
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