Topic: I gots a Kuestion bout my knees? can sumbudy help?

[Kasper]

i know these are all over the site and sorry for repeating hundreds of other people, but when it happens to you, it's a little different. Its about my knees. when i do a squat, on the way up it hurts, like theres something else in my knees. any help? btw, which is one of my main fears, I don't have health insurance.

[Steve Low]

I'd say you might want to see a doctor about that. Except no insurance.

Give us more specifics... where inside the knee (google a picture, DL it and edit it in paint or whatever), what exercises (besides squats), what your workout/activities looks like, etc.

[Jason Todrick]

yeah... specifics would be nice, the knee is a rather complex(and large) joint for only having one axis of movement... i've had a few knee injuries in my past.. and one right now so i might be able to help you out.

[Travis Hoover]

You might just have sore or weak knees, doing squats more would help that.  Another possibility is that you're not going down far enough, when you only go half-way on squats, your knees then act as the brakes and that's not good for them.  Go all the way down, it'll be easier on your knees and your muscles will have the benefit of working through the entire range of motion.

[Kasper]

thanks everyone. sorry i took so long to get back. anyways to be more specific the very middle under the front.

[Steve Low]

Where?

[Kasper]

i believe to be in between femur and patella, but it might be one or the other.

[Squeaky248]

see.  i had that exact same pain two years prior.  For me <it was originally mis diagnosed {lateral-collateral ligament}>.  It ended up being <post mri O.o> that i tore the lateral collateral meniscus.  Basically.  They gave me two options, either you do physical therapy and hope for the best or go through minor surgery <arthiscopic>.  I opted for the latter being that with a job it was hard for me to rest.  My suggestion:  ice it as much as you can, 20-30 minutes at a time, and stay off of it as much as you can as far as high impact activity.  Hope this helps, and i wish you the best of luck sir!

[Kasper]

wow. thanks. i'll try to stay off

[FNG]

My knees sometimes make a cracking sound when I bend them.
Especially in the morning when walking down the stairs.

Can't say it hurts, just weird.

[Jason Todrick]

Sorry Kasper... I'm with Squeaky's arm-chair diagnosis... as that is what I am dealing with right now... in side of knee between the Patella and Femur...

realize that it is all about the severity of the tear... while a major tear obviously needs surgery, a minor tear while never truly "Heels" but can be compensated for with Physical therapy and time... but the tear will still be there and will be more prone to re-injury later... this specifically is what happened to me... i opted not to have surgery back when i was 17... fast forward 15 years and I'm down again... debating if surgery is a good idea...

see i thought it was heeling, was all ready to get back to PK after taking a couple weeks off... and all it took was planting my foot and pivoting yesterday and it hurts as bad as the days following the initial injury.

you need to get health insurance... ASAP
PK is probably not a good idea without it.

the unexpected happens...

[Drake?]

I think your knees are soar Kasper. We did squats for football and I my knees would hurt. I would stay off it for a while, but if it hurts in your everyday life see a doctor.