Unsolved Knee pain mystery?
Not looking for a diagnosis, but perhaps someone who has shared my frusteration or has any insight. I started getting pain in the inside of my left knee about 6 months ago. I was diagnosed with a sprained ACL after an MRI. That healed after much physical therapy, but the inner side of my knee is very tender and i can not bear weight on it for too long. I'm in my 20's and have never had an injury. My second MRI and xray showed up normal. I'm an avid athlete and have had to put my life on hold because of this "injury." Orthopedics aren't sure what's wrong and have been administering Haylgan shots to cure my ailments. Next step is arthroscopic surgery i think. Not sure what else to do, although not sure how surgery is going to cure something an MRI can't detect. Any thoughts?
Public Comments
1. Yes my girlfriend had the same problem!! youmay need to build up muscle in your knee!!
so i suggest you definitely see your doctor for
a second opinion! but i suggest you do a few simple
exercises to build the muscle in your upper leg to take
the strain off your knee joint!! squats is a good exercise
to take up to help deal with this problem!! If any problems
persist definitely see your doctor in case you have
problems whether it will affect your joints or not!! GOOD LUCK!!
2. The knee is such a complicated joint that's it's not too much of a surprise they can't figure out exactly what's wrong. Especially because it could be ligering nerve pinch/damage from your earlier injury - and therefore not visible at all. As you're already aware, an arthroscopy may or may not spot anything at all.
Your best bet is indeed to build up the muscles around your knees. Also look into getting your posture right - as sometimes you can damage your knees due to slight imperfections in the balance that put unequal distributions of weight on your knees while you walk. Sometimes you might actually have a problem with your feet or hips and that is throwing out the balance on your knees (I did).
Google for good knee exercises, or, better yet - get a good physio or personal trainer that understands knee injuries. Start small and work up - you don't want to push too hard and blow it out completely!
