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How do I care for this knee injury? |
I'm not completely sure what kind of injury it is (muscle, joint or something else), so I don't know if I should be using it, staying off it, cooling it or heating it. O_o Last night I was practicing kick-boxing, but I'm still somewhat of a novice, and I wratched up my left knee. I'm not sure if it happened when I was kicking with that leg, or when I was twisting on it to kick with my other. I didn't notice anything till I stopped. Now I get a real shooting pain (right near the kneecap, on the outside edge of it) when I stand on it straight (when you lock the knee), and when I bike or use stairs it kind of grinds or clicks. O_o It is only a bit swollen and warm, on the outside side of the kneecap, and also when I walk it feels like there's a pillow in my knee. I was going to go running tonight - is it still ok to do so? Running on it doesn't seem to hurt it. So, any advice?? Does anyone know exactly what I did to my knee? Thanks!! Until you find out what is wrong or it feels right again, don't jog or otherwise stress it. If RICE( rest, ice, compression, and elevation) as the first answer suggested doesn't help you in a few days ask a DR. and go insist on an MRI. Of course if you have tattoos you may have eliminated the best option for diagnosis. If you have no insurance, stick with RICE and introduce motions and weight bearing in gradual amounts over time. Check web sites for the best PT exercises to strengthen associated muscles. If you rush this, you may do yourself crippling harm and your jogging days could be a memory as well as kick boxing. sensitivity when locked or bent and bearing weight could be signs of a Baker's Cyst which is ussually secondary to a primary injury. Please take care. Your worst enemy could be rushing. All I can say is ice it, elevate it, and avoid strenuous activities with your knee. It sounds like something happened to the cartilage in your knee if it grinds and clicks like that I'd stay off of it for a few days walk with it and such to keep the blood working to repair the injury, you may have tweaked the LCL (lateral colateral ligament) on the outside edge (there're two ligaments that support the knee to keep the femur and tibia straight and inline, and this may've shifted a little and could be the clicking and popping you hear, not to mention the grind possibly in that same area right around the left side of the knee cap) of the knee, possibly by hyperextending it a little. no strenuous activity or excercise it, move it and work it around a little with nice an easy extentions and bring it back to where your knee is bent comfortably like you were sitting down, but no exercise. the little bit of blood that went to the injury was why it was swolen and warm, but keep icing it and flexing to as much extention as you can; elevating it when you sleep at night. give it a week or two and it should be feeling pretty normal again, if not, or you have a relapse of a similar nature, then you'll wanna see a doctor or Orthopaedic for a beeter understanding of just what may've happened. You need to go talk to your doctor about this and probably look into some physical therapy. Go easy on the joint for a while, and you should probably stay out of that particular kind of kickboxing workout for a few months. Tai chi or yoga might be good alternatives for a while, but only if you get an instructor who is experienced with injuries and knows how to modify the workout for you. Oh yes, and go to Chinatown and get some Tiger Balm. It'll feel better, but don't use it as an excuse to go work out hard and hurt it worse. http://www.tigerbalm.com/ Keep it elevated. Ice 1st 48-72 hrs, then heat. I find accopuncture helps.NSAIDS such as naproxen or ibuprofen also might help. |
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