Knee "pop" Osteochondritis?!
Question: Knee "pop" Osteochondritis!?
I'm currently 15 I'm a guy!. About 3 and a half years ago I would have my knee just "give out" on me when I'm walking so I would basically fall!. Nothing showed up in the X-ray, but when I got an MRI he said I has Osteochondritis!. Was in a cast for about 4 weeks!. Had another MRI doctor said it was basically better!. I still had a lot of pain for months after, doctor said I should stop baseball because I played all year round and I was a catcher!. Sadly stopped baseball at 14 for my health!. Still today i have a lot of pain in the knee and constant popping!. Literally every 5 minutes if I extend me knee it pops!. Or if my hand is on my knee and I move it slowly I feel it "creek"!. Went to the doctor in my new town he said it looks fine and the popping is absolutely nothing he couldn't do surgery (even though my old doctor said he would consider it)!. Would surgery help!? I doubt this is growing pains if it has been like this for 3+ years!? Could I play baseball again with surgery!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
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i had the same problem last year!. popping and giving out!. nothing showning up on the xray but coming back with osteochondritis on the MRI i am 16 now and had surgery about a year ago!. i went in to drill the lesion but it turned out that i had plica syndrome which was a quick and easy fix!. This didnt show up on the MRI but caused my popping and some of the giving out!. i still have problems with my knee because i never got the osteochondritis lesion fixed!. i am curious what my doctor will do with it now!. but since the surgery, no more popping!. My doctor said that the popping really had nothing to do with my osteochondritis!. what i would recomend is a second opinion and maybe a scope of ur knee just to see whats goin on!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Welcome to my world!.
Your knee is messed up but there isn't anything that can be done because your tendons are stretched!. If you go back to being a catcher you will make it worse!.
I have been dealing with this for about 20 years!. Sometimes I can't even walk up hills but other times I can run just fine!. You will learn that the weather plays a big part of how your knee feels!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Your knee is messed up but there isn't anything that can be done because your tendons are stretched!. If you go back to being a catcher you will make it worse!.
I have been dealing with this for about 20 years!. Sometimes I can't even walk up hills but other times I can run just fine!. You will learn that the weather plays a big part of how your knee feels!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
there is a surgery that could be done to help "repair" the damage but the recovery is very long(about 6 months total)
Its called Microfracture and its where the doc drills tiny holes into ur bone and while the bone injury heals the bone marrow creates new cartilage to "replace" the damaged
check out this link for more information
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Microfractu!.!.!.
http://orthopedics!.about!.com/od/hipknee/!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Its called Microfracture and its where the doc drills tiny holes into ur bone and while the bone injury heals the bone marrow creates new cartilage to "replace" the damaged
check out this link for more information
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Microfractu!.!.!.
http://orthopedics!.about!.com/od/hipknee/!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com