Too painfull to bear?!
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Too painfull to bear?
Will I get a cast?
I sprained my knee kind of bad a few months ago.It popped and I could barely move it. I could hear and feel it pop and I could barely move it after. I also couldn't straiten it out completley without severe pain, I also couldn't move it to the side without severe pain. I didn't go to the doctor but I probably should have because thats what my health textbook said. I'm also 14 years old and the entire day at school I was walking on my tiptoes and limping around. I probably should have used crutches but I didn't. The thing is, now occasionally I will be moving my knee and It will pop, than it will go back but I will limp after that because of the pain than it will stop hurting. I had sprained my wrist and I was trying to be careful when I got on the bleachers and I turned and my knee popped and it hurt extremely bad
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It hurt so bad that I almost cried and I couldn't talk for a minute because I was in so much pain. Should I be going to the doctor and will they have me stay off of it so that it will heal correctly, like will I be on crutches and have a brace, long or short leg cast, or will they do nothing. I think that the reason it is popping is because it never really healed correctly. I hurt it because when I was getting into my bed I twisted suddenly and my knee just popped
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I dislocated my knee cap not too long ago, and yes, you should definately go see a doctor. Its possible that you could have torn your acl, or your miniscus...(tendons in your knee area)....to where they may have to do some sort of surgery in order to correct the problem. I tore my miniscus and they did a fast, easy painless surgery through a scope...( I was 8 months pregnant also). I had to wear a knee brace and use crutches for a bit and I also did about a month of physical therapy. So its definately something you should get looked at because you dont want to get older and have a bad knee..that would be no fun. So you should make an appointment so they can check it all out, you dont want to do more and more damage to yourself. Take care!