"Pulled" My Knee

Ruthanne

Ruthanne

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Geez, I was just sitting myself down when my knee and surrounding muscles and everything tightened up, then excruciating pain. I've had knee problems before but this has to hurt the worst yet. I just put a large ice pack on it for a half hour and it helped the surrounding muscles some but the center of my knee has a terrible pain. I can stand but once I bend it to sit....yikes! 😫This is why I keep a bottom shelf of ice packs in the freezer at all times--for whatever happens next...Now I will be known as "that old woman with the limp."

On a positive note it took my mind off of my wrist pain and other physical ailments..:rolleyes::oops:;)

Does anyone else deal with knee pain and how do you get it to ease up?
 

Ruthanne, so sorry to hear about your knee, weird how something like that can happen when you're not actively doing something. Sounds kinda like a muscle cramp when you say it tightened up with terrible pain. But, once the cramp subsides, the pain usually goes away though. Glad you put ice on it right away, hoping it helps and eases your pain.

I had real knee pain and swelling when that dog ran into my knee a long time ago at the park. I used Aleve and rubbed in magnesium oil and that helped. Also used ice on it the first day, and walked with a cane for a couple of weeks until it was healed. My knees can have a little old age pain sometimes walking up stairs, etc., but nothing to complain about, not too bad (yet).

Please take care and baby it as much as you can, hope you feel better soon. 🌷
 
SeaBreeze said:
Ruthanne, so sorry to hear about your knee, weird how something like that can happen when you're not actively doing something. Sounds kinda like a muscle cramp when you say it tightened up with terrible pain. But, once the cramp subsides, the pain usually goes away though. Glad you put ice on it right away, hoping it helps and eases your pain.

I had real knee pain and swelling when that dog ran into my knee a long time ago at the park. I used Aleve and rubbed in magnesium oil and that helped. Also used ice on it the first day, and walked with a cane for a couple of weeks until it was healed. My knees can have a little old age pain sometimes walking up stairs, etc., but nothing to complain about, not too bad (yet).

Please take care and baby it as much as you can, hope you feel better soon. 🌷
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Thanks Seabreeze, my knee is swelled too--I took a look at it. I will baby it--just wondering how I am going to get back up the steps after I take doggie out tomorrow. I'm going to keep putting ice on it. I do have some "heat" I can rub into it come to think of it--if I didn't throw it out as it stinks so bad.
 

I am worried that you might have a torn meniscus. If it doesn’t get better, pain wise, in a couple of days you should see the doctor and maybe an ortho. If I remember correctly a torn meniscus does not show on an X-ray.

sorry you are in such pain, be extra careful, hurt knees can give out.
 
I am not a doctor but I do have pain in my knees sometimes from osteoarthritis. I take Naproxen prescribed by my doctor. You could also have what Anneda72 says but without consulting with a doctor it is hard to say.

Sorry you have this and hope you can resolve it.
 
Aneeda72 said:
I am worried that you might have a torn meniscus. If it doesn’t get better, pain wise, in a couple of days you should see the doctor and maybe an ortho. If I remember correctly a torn meniscus does not show on an X-ray.

sorry you are in such pain, be extra careful, hurt knees can give out.
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Thanks Aneeda, I don't know what it is but the worst of it seems to be right in the center of my knee. I am being very careful--I extend my leg a lot when I have to bend down to get something--trying to avoid bending it as that's when the pain comes in bad. I will make an apptmt. if it doesn't let up. I just found a knee brace I have. Maybe it will help me get back up the steps after taking doggie out tomorrow.
 
IrisSenior said:
I am not a doctor but I do have pain in my knees sometimes from osteoarthritis. I take Naproxen prescribed by my doctor. You could also have what Anneda72 says but without consulting with a doctor it is hard to say.

Sorry you have this and hope you can resolve it.
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I just got some naproxen via amazon--I was told I have arthritis in many places some years ago, too. Thank you.
 
Ruth n Jersey said:
So sorry to hear this. I dislocated my knee twice and the last time tore through the meniscus. the pain was unbearable. I think you may have strained your knee. If using ice or heat it is important to use only 20 minutes on and twenty minutes off.
I hope you feel better tomorrow.
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Thanks Ruth. That's good to know about 20 minutes, too. It is an unbearable pain where I have to stifle myself from crying out. Don't want the neighbors to think I'm dying. I, too, hope tomorrow looks better.
 
Ruthanne said:
Thanks Seabreeze, my knee is swelled too--I took a look at it. I will baby it--just wondering how I am going to get back up the steps after I take doggie out tomorrow. I'm going to keep putting ice on it. I do have some "heat" I can rub into it come to think of it--if I didn't throw it out as it stinks so bad.
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You're welcome. Do you have a cane you can use tomorrow when you take Suzy out? If you have a heating pad or just wrap a warm blanket around it instead of that Heet, I think it's the better option. Be careful. 💜
 
SeaBreeze said:
You're welcome. Do you have a cane you can use tomorrow when you take Suzy out? If you have a heating pad or just wrap a warm blanket around it instead of that Heet, I think it's the better option. Be careful. 💜
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Yes, I do have a heating pad. That heat lotion really stinks too bad so the hp seems like a better option. I found my knee brace so that may help. I had a cane but gave it to an older man some years back.
 
Ruthanne said:
Yes, I do have a heating pad. That heat lotion really stinks too bad so the hp seems like a better option. I found my knee brace so that may help. I had a cane but gave it to an older man some years back.
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I think it’s ice for 48 hours then heat. But I really sounds like a torn meniscus, I would just scream as well. It was an easy repair.
 
So sorry this happened, Ruthanne. I know that knee pain is very sharp and also very limiting.

I know it is possible, but my guess is that it's not likely torn , if you didnt fall or bang it.
I hope the alternating heat and cold, and the naproxen might help, and that it will ease up very soon, for you!
 
Ruthanne said:
Thanks Seabreeze, my knee is swelled too--I took a look at it. I will baby it--just wondering how I am going to get back up the steps after I take doggie out tomorrow. I'm going to keep putting ice on it. I do have some "heat" I can rub into it come to think of it--if I didn't throw it out as it stinks so bad.
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Ouch! Baby that knee, I had a friend who knee gave him a lot of pain and his way of dealing with it was to baby it and use heat and over the counter pain pills.
You have my sympathy!
 
Aneeda72 said:
I think it’s ice for 48 hours then heat. But I really sounds like a torn meniscus, I would just scream as well. It was an easy repair.
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As a veteran of the Knee Wars, I can agree that it's ice for the first 48 hours, then heat. I've had a right knee replacement and now need the left one done, but I'm holding out as long as I can. I also had a torn meniscus in the past, and it was very painful. But the thing is, there are so many things that can go wrong with the knee, there's no way of telling without an x-ray.

If you continue to use the ice and OTC meds for a couple days with no relief, you really need to have it checked, you don't want to make whatever it is worse.

I'm really sorry that you're going through this, be very careful and move slowly, all you'd need would be to fall. Take care of yourself!
 
Autumn said:
As a veteran of the Knee Wars, I can agree that it's ice for the first 48 hours, then heat. I've had a right knee replacement and now need the left one done, but I'm holding out as long as I can. I also had a torn meniscus in the past, and it was very painful. But the thing is, there are so many things that can go wrong with the knee, there's no way of telling without an x-ray.

If you continue to use the ice and OTC meds for a couple days with no relief, you really need to have it checked, you don't want to make whatever it is worse.

I'm really sorry that you're going through this, be very careful and move slowly, all you'd need would be to fall. Take care of yourself!
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Thanks and I am moving pretty slow and carefully, thinking out each step.
 
Kaila said:
So sorry this happened, Ruthanne. I know that knee pain is very sharp and also very limiting.

I know it is possible, but my guess is that it's not likely torn , if you didnt fall or bang it.
I hope the alternating heat and cold, and the naproxen might help, and that it will ease up very soon, for you!
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Thanks Kaila.
 

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