Anyone here familiar with this injury? Doing some self medical evaluating through the internet, I have a lot of the symptoms described with this injury. My knee gets very stiff and locks up on me. When its not stiff, it feels very wobbly and loose. The only thing I don't have is any sharp pains or anything. Anybody here have any experience with this injury and care to give me some insight into it?
I have had this on both of my knees. Key word here is locks up. That happens when the torn flap of miniscus folds over on itself and locks your knee. I would fix it by forcing my knee to extend until it popped back in place, which was always terribly painful but after it popped back in it almost instantly it felt normal again, every time that happens it will tear it a little more until eventually one day it will lock up again and you can't get it unlocked. The first tear on the knee is also always the worse causing swelling for a few days and even putting you on crutches, after that its almost routine. Good news is that it is a basic surgery with a quick recovery time. Bad news is that I think you have something else going on also, injury to acl or mcl maybe. My knees never had the "sharp pain" you described and also my knee never felt wobbly when my knee wasnt locked up. Both times I tore my miniscus were doing basic every day stuff, like swatting down to tie my shoe.
reread and saw you dont have the sharp pain. But the wobbly part is still suspect. I was able to particpate in sports with a torn miniscus when it wasnt locked up, for awhile anyway then the locks happend to often to ignore.
Yah, I don't have the sharp pain. But the wobbly and loose feeling is a bit troublesome. There is pain, it just isn't sharp or even that painful. Its more like a nagging than anything. I laid off of the cardio all week and it is still locking up on me. The locking is the major issue. It just feels so damn stiff and stuck. I'll get it checked out by a DR this week. Thank you for the insight donkiez.
Yea man, sucks but you need an MRI and probably surgery. I just noticed your from Temecula. Ill be there next week. Want to race?
Wobbly and loose usually means ligament damage. After three knee surgeries on my right knee (MCL, ACL and meniscus repair) I can tell you that the surgery is at worst a minor inconvenience these days, physical therapy is the shitty part. Get to a doctor and they'll get you sorted out. Good luck.
Not a doctor, but not for sure how the meniscal tear is the issue with your knee popping out either. When they say fix, all they are doing is trimming the torn part away most of the time. With my three meniscal tears, all were accompanied by sharp pain.
