Knee Injury?!

Knee Injury?

I was wrestling with one of my friends and he put me in a ankle lock so i tried to spin out of it, but...he twisted my leg the other direction..So..as soon as he did that my knee popped 3 times, as soon as that happened my leg hurt SO bad, its the day after and im going to the doctor at 3. I can barely walk and it hurts to bend my knee or change directions, anyone kno what I might have done b4 i go to the doctor?

Well there are lots of things that could have happened. The part of the knee that gets injured to most frequently is the ACL. I recently hurt my knee in January. My knee also twisted and I felt a snap. I had torn my ACL completely and strained my MCL. Your acl is in the middle of the knee joint and it prevents your knee from "giving out" or having the femur slip over the tibia. Your MCl is on the inside of the knee. They're both ligamnents. If either one is torn, they don't heal on their own. I just had reconstructive acl surgery 2 weeks ago for it. If that's what happened, you'll probably have to get an MRI to make sure. Some doctors try doing physical therapy to see if that will help if it's not torn completely. You can strengthen your quad muscles (in the thigh) to help, but if it's torn completely surgery is the best bet. Not tryin to scare ya, because if it is that, the surgery really isn't that bad. My knee feels as strong as ever and the phsical therapy is probably the worst part. It's painful but worth it. I was walking without a crutch 3 days after surgery. Keep us informed. :)