Message: Ok I will start off by saying that I have a dr.
appt in 11 days to have him look at my knee. He is
the dr. that did my acl a few years ago so I trust
he will set me straight. But I want some mental
peace before then...
I am having some new
to me clicking and consistent popping of my knee
cap when going up stairs. There is some swelling
and some ache going on on the mcl side topish part
of the knee. This started earlier this week and I
have been icing thinking that some swelling caused
the issues. Not improving.
I don't know
how I did it. I twisted it a little playing hockey
monday night but don't remember issues on Tuesday.
Then Tuesday did my normal 7 mile run. After the
run I noticed it. I swam/biked the Wednesday and
did not feel like I had full strength in it. It
does not feel unstable but does not feel
right.
My first thought is that there was
a little problem but then the run shook it loose
and now maybe a floating something is in
there?
Anyone with similar
issues?
I am going to Dr. and will be off
it for the weekend but just thought I would gather
some information / other
experiences.
Message: Not having your experience, but I'll throw in my
two cents...
(I'm not a doctor, either, so
unpack that grain of salt)
Popping and
cracking is common, but when you add pain and
swelling, I start worrying about the meniscus or
ACL damage. There's a distant, outside chance also
of a fracture, but more than likely you're
experiencing an accumulation of damage that has
finally tipped over into Something that Needs to
be Done.
Message: I'm not a doctor either, but take some
anti-inflammatories, and continue to ice, too
early to tell if there is a "damage"
just by listing of the symptoms, keep doing active
recovery days, try fish oils, they really make a
difference, it will likely get better on its own,
but continue fish oils regardless, the doctor will
probably do MRI that will show what's up, then go
from there....good luck1
Message: thanks for all the info. I just returned from a
wedding out of town. I didn't do any workouts for
3 days. This morning the upstairs clicking
stopped. Still a little sore. I am going to do
light workouts this week and see how it goes. If
it feels fine the I will cancel the
doctor.
Sometimes I get too impatient
with injuries. A week seems to do wonders.
Hopefully it continues to heal.
Many
others have mentioned the fish oil, enough that I
need to start listening.
