Calling all doctors, I've seen a few off topic posts on medical questions so I thought I'd give the forum MD roulette wheel a spin as well.
A long time ago (about 3.5 years) I was skiing in Portland when I got all out of whack on my skis. Long story short, body went one way, foot went another, knee couldn’t decide which way to go. It got twisted pretty bad and it was several days before I could walk without a limp. I never got it fully diagnosed so I don’t know the extent of the injury. It healed and I believe it fully recovered.
Fast forward to a few weeks ago. Again skiing, again body/foot malfunction, again same knee got twisted. Now the pain was on the inside part of the knee. Inside part below the knee cap. I immediately iced it down was walking with a very minor limp for about 1 day afterwards. This injury didn’t seem as bad but yet concerned me because of repetitive damage to the same knee. It’s been about 3 weeks now and the knee feels ok. No pain, no limp. I can support weight, I’ve done leg presses, leg extensions, leg curls and have run several miles recently all without issue. However, in certain twisting motions, I can feel soreness/pain in my knee. All straight ahead motions feel ok, but twisting/lateral forces will cause me to feel it. Example: standing legs shoulder width apart, and I twist my mid-section (ab exercise). If I increase my speed, and load up on the forces my legs need to take for the rotational motion, I can feel it in my knee. It doesn’t feel like an ACL, LCL, PCL injury as knee feels very stable. However, I’m concerned it is an MCL injury. I can feel it most when I’m fully bent at knees and put pressure on it. Example: I’m sitting on my knees and feet, legs completely bent with pressure of my body compressing my thighs to my calves. As I load up on the weight pressing down, the inside part of my knee rapidly build in pain, first from general soreness and uncomfort to rapid increasing sharp pain.
So my questions are this:
1) What is this injury? Is this a tear of the MCL?
2) Will this injury heal on its own or will it require surgery?
3) Can I continue to do exercises like leg presses and running when I feel no discomfort, or should I stay off those exercises as well until my knee fully heals?
4) What else should I know about this injury, beside hanging up the skis for and pick up snowboarding instead? :biggrin:
A long time ago (about 3.5 years) I was skiing in Portland when I got all out of whack on my skis. Long story short, body went one way, foot went another, knee couldn’t decide which way to go. It got twisted pretty bad and it was several days before I could walk without a limp. I never got it fully diagnosed so I don’t know the extent of the injury. It healed and I believe it fully recovered.
Fast forward to a few weeks ago. Again skiing, again body/foot malfunction, again same knee got twisted. Now the pain was on the inside part of the knee. Inside part below the knee cap. I immediately iced it down was walking with a very minor limp for about 1 day afterwards. This injury didn’t seem as bad but yet concerned me because of repetitive damage to the same knee. It’s been about 3 weeks now and the knee feels ok. No pain, no limp. I can support weight, I’ve done leg presses, leg extensions, leg curls and have run several miles recently all without issue. However, in certain twisting motions, I can feel soreness/pain in my knee. All straight ahead motions feel ok, but twisting/lateral forces will cause me to feel it. Example: standing legs shoulder width apart, and I twist my mid-section (ab exercise). If I increase my speed, and load up on the forces my legs need to take for the rotational motion, I can feel it in my knee. It doesn’t feel like an ACL, LCL, PCL injury as knee feels very stable. However, I’m concerned it is an MCL injury. I can feel it most when I’m fully bent at knees and put pressure on it. Example: I’m sitting on my knees and feet, legs completely bent with pressure of my body compressing my thighs to my calves. As I load up on the weight pressing down, the inside part of my knee rapidly build in pain, first from general soreness and uncomfort to rapid increasing sharp pain.
So my questions are this:
1) What is this injury? Is this a tear of the MCL?
2) Will this injury heal on its own or will it require surgery?
3) Can I continue to do exercises like leg presses and running when I feel no discomfort, or should I stay off those exercises as well until my knee fully heals?
4) What else should I know about this injury, beside hanging up the skis for and pick up snowboarding instead? :biggrin: