knee

JAM · Backside 180 Joined: 18 Sep 2006 Posts: 604 City: nOtown

soooo I f'd me knee up yesterday (not wakeskating) and I know some of you fellers have torn stuff before. Let me know if I am over reacting or not about it. I can bend it and turn it left and right without any real pain but I can only bend it so far untill it gets stiff. It doesnt hurt it just feels sore. When I bend it the top of my thigh above me knee feels real stiff. It doesnt look real swollen either. Whats weird is I went maybe 2 hrs after I hurt it feeling nothing at all and then it just started getting real stiff and I could barely walk on it. That was last night This morning its feeling better and I can walk on it but it still feels funny if I put all me weight on it. Let me know what all the ws.com docs think.

Jholiday · Posted: Oct 03, 2008 9:05 am Post subject:

TTUFAN24 · Posted: Oct 03, 2008 9:21 am Post subject:

i ce it while elevated for 20 minutes every 2 hours for the first 2 days. keep moving it without forcing it. motion is life

uidzero · Kickflip Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Posts: 3839 City: Casselberry

def ice and elevate as much as you can and keep stretching to get rid of the stiffness. believe me you'd know it if you really fvcked something up. how'd you do it? like did you hyperextend or twist it?

dylo · Posted: Oct 03, 2008 9:37 am Post subject:

sorry to hijack your thread jam, but im having some knee problems too. yesterday i twisted my knee at like 10am. ever since, every 2-5 minutes when im walking around at work my knee clicks and collapses from beneath me and hurts like hell. takes two seconds to go away but then its back after 2-5 minutes.
have i done something bad? should i see a doc?
the clicking is on the inside (medial?) of my left knee, just below my kneecap.

oh yeah its now midnight the day after.

soy escuala · Backside 180 Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 2248

HA yesterday i tried to switch ts front lip a flat bar and hurt my knee really bad too!

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10756 City: Jefferton

JAM, if you have health insurance, I'd recommend just going in and getting it checked out. I think you will be better off in the long run. you could wait a bit, but if you have the means I think it's much better to get a professional opinion.

TTUFAN24 · Posted: Oct 03, 2008 10:04 am Post subject:

electricsnow, that hurts my feelings, i am a professional

uidzero · Kickflip Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Posts: 3839 City: Casselberry

Jewett walk-in clinic in WinterPark! I know when I tore my ACL I felt it pop and it was instantly stiff and started swelling. Before that I never had any problems with my knees. The only thing that sucks about knee issues is you can't just go get an x-ray to diagnose it. They'll give you one anyway just to check it out but to really see what's going on you need an MRI which even with insurance can be expensive depending on your policy Mad

JAM · Backside 180 Joined: 18 Sep 2006 Posts: 604 City: nOtown

Ya, I am going to keep an eye on it today and tom. If it doesnt feel any better then im going to go see a doc. uidzero, I decided to bike around ucf and forgot that its inhabited by young kids who dont pay attention to stop signs. I went over on my right side and thats the knee that hurts. Anything could of happened it on the way down. I got the hot tub set on 105. Should feel goooood

TTUFAN24 · Posted: Oct 03, 2008 10:35 am Post subject:

JAM, ice every 2 hours for 20 minutes the first 2 days. heat right now is counter productive. trust me

88SUPRA · Frontside 180 Joined: 24 Apr 2008 Posts: 270 City: Florida

Holy knee tweak week, I to am worried about my left knee. Skated all day at OWC last Thursday and when I got home I started to limp. When I woke up my knee was swollen.
Iceing it along with being easy on it has helped the swelling go down. It sucks I really don't want another surgery, (right knee has been rebuilt).

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10756 City: Jefferton

TTUFAN24, I'm sorry if I've offended you and your level of expertise in any way. Razz

TTUFAN24 · Posted: Oct 03, 2008 11:52 am Post subject:

electricsnow, haha, i wont cry myself to sleep : ) i'm only semi-professional at the moment anyway. thanks for that website info, the other day.

JAM, do not heat it

uidzero · Kickflip Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Posts: 3839 City: Casselberry

he said it's not swollen so heat should be an issue... also it's good to alternate cold and hot.

scott a · "a" is for angel Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 4126

R est
I ce
C ompressin
E levation

words to live by if you're into sports/get injured a lot. As stated, avoid applying heat to your knee for a little while.

TTUFAN24 · Posted: Oct 03, 2008 12:00 pm Post subject:

scott a, exactly but we use: PRICE x 2
P=pressure
R=rest
I=ice
C=compression
E=elevation
x2=every 2 hours for 20 minutes

uidzero · Kickflip Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Posts: 3839 City: Casselberry

I was on a cold compression system after my surgery and both my doctor and physical therapist told me it was a good idea to add some heat to the mix to help speed up recovery.

TTUFAN24 · Posted: Oct 03, 2008 12:05 pm Post subject:

uidzero, you do that to pump out edema. it's good just not immediately after

scott a · "a" is for angel Joined: 17 Feb 2004 Posts: 4126

TTUFAN24, PRICE x2 is way too long of an acronym for me. I even had to copy/paste it. I think RICE is the second longest acronym I know next to ROY G BIV, which is the colors of the rainbow. Bill Nye taught me that one and he had a way of getting through to his audience. Everyone won.

Who is "we?" You work in PT or something?