Possible bad knee injury?!
Question: Possible bad knee injury!?
I am 15 (girl) and a dancer (tap, jazz, ballet, etc)!. I was cleaning my room, my foot was turned out and my knee was turned in, and I squatted!. I heard a very loud "pop!." It was very painful and following it was a series of cracking sounds!. For about 5 min, I was unable to straighten my leg!. When I was finally able to straighten it, standing was a nightmare!. Another 5 min went by until I was able to stand!. Walking on it was a bit painful!. It was more of a weak feeling than pain at the time!. It buckled a few times on the way to the kitchen!. After ice and Advil, it felt good when I went to bed!. I awoke to a stiff and painful knee and couldn't move for quite a while!. When I was able to move, I could walk pretty much normal, it was just sitting and squatting that was uncomfortable!. Now, about 24 hrs after the first
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Sounds more like the meniscus then a ligament!. Where your a dancer you can tear that without even knowing twisting in such a way can cause the torn part to flip over and cause the knee to lock !. (feels pretty crappy too) It feels weak do to a little swelling !. Even the slightest amount will cause the quad to shut down on the antiror side!. This really doesn't sound too serious !.
Wait about a week if it still hurts or the pain keeps coming back go to the doctor and get an MRI!. Either way take it easy for a few days heal up !. Good luck!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Wait about a week if it still hurts or the pain keeps coming back go to the doctor and get an MRI!. Either way take it easy for a few days heal up !. Good luck!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
you definitely need to do to the doctor!. you may have dislocated your knee or torn a muscle!. it sounds very painful!! you probably will need to get a x-ray and MRI to see if the bones or muscles are hurt (which it sounds like they are) then you may have to go to physical therapy if something is wrong to help the progress of healing!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Oh my fiance just got surgery for a torn acl and torn miniscus and what you just said described his injury!.The pop and the pain being behind your knee!.Im sre you must of tore something for which you need to go to a orthopedist right away if you would like to keep dancing!.He didnt go right away and he did further damamge!.GO!Www@Answer-Health@Com
im going to go with either a meniscus tear or ACL(anterior cruciate ligament)!. PCL tears are a little more uncommon!. Worse case senario is arthroscopic surgery!. Heaven forbid, if anything IS torn, the "debridement" is a 30 minute, easy surgery with great recovery!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
have your parents drive you to the ER!. keep the knee elevated with a pillow below it, use ice, and take some advil!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
My advice to you, even though I'm 16, would go see a doctor!. I would hate to see your dance career to be done with!. Tell your parents would be a great thing!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
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