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Fucking dislocating kneecap
Teh_Gerbil
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Anyone know much about this? It fucking did it again today (it is really sore. REALLY sore.) and it went back in though after a few seconds... felt like an age, I just forced my leg back, in it went.
Mum says I will need physio (rather than an opp), but anyone here have experience/knowledge? Helpful advice? I don't want an opp, as this will weaken the knee furthur anyway. Ask mum more tomorow, she is a nurse.
And Franki, if you read this topic - I did it on the way to see you at McDonalds today.
Fucks sake. I tried, ok, the mind was willing, but the body weak.
Mum says I will need physio (rather than an opp), but anyone here have experience/knowledge? Helpful advice? I don't want an opp, as this will weaken the knee furthur anyway. Ask mum more tomorow, she is a nurse.
And Franki, if you read this topic - I did it on the way to see you at McDonalds today.
Fucks sake. I tried, ok, the mind was willing, but the body weak. 0
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not helpful at all am i?
If you need physio then get it, if you need an op then get that - operations might weaken your knee but that might not be such a bad thing if you're only going to wreck it by not having an op
ive had the same thing, it dislocated 5 or 6 times in the space of 2 years then eventually it happend properly and stayed popped out and i broke the bone. Since then its only happend again once. I suggest you have it looked at before something serious happens, im not sure they would do anything though to be honest.
How does it happen, are you physically active, does it happen during sport?
I speak from a great deal of experience
You broke the bone?
I am not physically active or sorty. It just happens when I twist my leg badly as far as I can tell.
Thanks. How long does the physio take, or does it depend on the individual?
same as you it usually just pops back in by itself but ive had a few times where its stayed out and ive had to actually get my friends to pull my leg straight and pop it back in for me becuase the pains been too much to do it myself.
i dont know if others have found this or if im being silly but if im honest it had really stopped me doing loads of things i really want to do. i cant go skiing, surfing or really any activity where i may fall at a wierd angle, i really wanna do a bungee jump but theres an 120% chance my knee would pop out mid air and i can pretty much gaurantee that wouldnt be fun. i find myself just constantly bending my knees, in fact i think the only time ill risk my legs being straight is when im standing still or walking. i even sleep in the foetal position just incase. to people reading this theyll probably think "how sad" and "surely its not that bad" but it really is, the pain is just something i cant describe, at first it was just a slight twinge but now i can be in agony for days after.
when it first happened i went for physio for about 6 months but if im perfectly honest my knee popped out more in them 6 months than probably in all the other times put together, so i stopped going. it was suggested that i could have an operation but my muscles were so weak (the worst the consultant had ever seen for my age) that i had to strengthen them first through the phsyio so i never managed to get it (wish i had know though)
my advice would be to just to be more careful in situations (i.e squeezing through a tight gap can be the best when you catch it cos you cant move to put it back in) and if you can try and do the phsyio then hopefully you can get the operation, i defiently wish i had!
Depends on the injury and whether you do what your physio tells you to or not.