There is obviously something wrong with my leg.
And if anybody says there isn’t, then I strongly disagree.
Five years ago I was running up marble stairs that had a metal edge and banged my knee. My x-rays were negative, so it was assumed I did nothing and I wasn’t allowed to run for two weeks. It eventually healed up and I just basically continued on with my life.
On September 17th, almost three weeks ago, I was just walking after sitting on the ground. I had already taken 4-6 steps, and then my knee snapped (the same one I banged) and wouldn’t stop hurting. I went to Urgent Care the next day, x-rays negetive, but the guy there (doctor #1) said I might have a torn meniscus.
The next day, September 19th, I saw [doctor #2]. He said for me to get an MRI to see if I had a torn meniscus, which, he believed I had. I got my MRI and [doctor #3] read it and said I had a “decent tear” and that I was to see [doctor #4] to discuss surgery.
Doctor #4 said “I don’t know”. So he got [doctor #5] to read the MRI and he said the area was suspicious but there was indeed no tear. Right now I’m in physical therapy, the pain is still there, still swollen and I cannot walk without crutches. My knee is not parallel to my foot and my entire leg is crooked. I cannot straighten my knee completely. It used to be completely paralyzed but physical therapy helped me straighten it, short maybe 10 or 3 degrees. After a night, or staying still, it goes right back frozen again.
When I do my exercises that my PT told me to do, I had to stop doing them because my knee was making painful cracking sounds. The exercise was to bend my knee and then straighten it about 30 times a day.
What the heck is going on?!?!?
#1 by Seablanc on February 13, 2010 - 7:55 pm
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Why don’t you find an Orthopedist who specializes in knees, then you can get a clear-cut answer regarding what is going on with your knee.
Obviously Doctor 5 thinks there is something sufficient enough to warrant Physical Therapy. On the Prescription for PT the doctor had to write down your diagnosis in order to get treatment. Ask the PT what the doc wrote.
It could be anything from a slight tear (which will not always show up on an MRI if it is very small), to muscle strain/sprain, or problems with the kneecap.