Is it bad when your knee pops out all the time and your a teenager?!
Question: Is it bad when your knee pops out all the time and your a teenager?
Well, i am 14 and I never twisted or broke a bone. But my knee pops out sometimes which hurts A LOT! I once was going to sit and it felt as if it popped out and i couldn't move my leg. I began to cry from all the pain so my mom and aunt came and try to help me up to go to the doctor then guess my aunt my accident bumped into my leg and it popped back in? And, the pain stopped instantly i stopped crying and i could move me leg again. Now this happens a lot but not as bad as that BUT it still hurts. I am going to the doctor on March 17th to ask them because it hurts sometimes.
Do you know what is wrong with my knee?
THANKS!
Do you know what is wrong with my knee?
THANKS!
Answers:
You really need to get this checked. You may be getting a patellar dislocation - a kneecap dislocation. In patients who have recurrent (repeat) dislocations, there are surgical options. The usual treatment is to loosen the lateral (outside) ligaments that pull the kneecap; a so-called lateral release. At the same time, the muscle of the medial side of the knee (the VMO) is advanced to pull the kneecap more centrally.
http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/patellad…