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Help me... What did i do to my knee?
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Alright I was at bristol today and they made the jump bigger so i decided to throw some 7's n then one run i was goin n i guess iw as leanen back alot or something but i hurt my knee alot n then i was riden down and my knee just gave out it felt like it popped and i just collapsed. I can walk but it feels real week. Does anyone know what happend to me and when can i ski. I have a trip planned Next sat for a week. Any input will be nice thank you.
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you know who knows a lot about this kinda stuff? doctors
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thanks fer bein a jackasss the only reason im asken here is cuz my parents are outof town n i dont wanna tell my gma i hurt my knee cuz she jus spazzes bout everything.
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Hahah... so true
anyways buddy, I think that you tore something... MCL, ACL, something. You probably partially tore it, then when it gave out was when it went all the way. You should get that shit looked at quick
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dude if u dont want to tell your grandmother, just make yoursself one, sounds like a tear, however if its only minor then the doctor can help before you fuck it up worse
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My moms the same way dude, I know that fear all too well.
Is it swollen? Did you hear any kind of pop? Does it just give way sometimes? It could be that you tore your MCL or ACL. Hope for the MCL man.
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fuck i didnt think it be this serious. Ive never hurt my knee before um i can walk on it just feels kidna week. I cant remember if i heard a pop or not.
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its not very swollen it is a little but not that much.
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next time you ski (if it doesnt hurt too bad) throw on a knee brace. i did it doing almost the same thing, less severe though. it felt better.
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dont try to convince yourself.
just see a doctor. honestly, who cares about your grandparents? they should be caring about you, not freaking out
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Is this something You need x-rays for or is it something that the doctor would know wats wrong pretty quickly
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were not doctors so go to the doctor
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ok, i guess ill step in and be a professional here.
Hi, im a physical therapist. If you injured our knee in such a way that it gave out on you and has now swollen, then yes you need to have this looked at.
Xrays are no use for soft tissue injuries, they ill not expose any ligamentus, meniscal or cartilage damage. I would recomend you either see a sports physical therapist or better still a sports medicine doctor. Most GPs will just give you anti-inflamatories and tell you to rest, which is useless.
if who ever you see believes you have more than basic ligamentous damage (a grade 1 or 2 mcl or lcl injury), they may recomend you go and have an MRI to determine how much damage you have done.
That said, if you have done some serious cruciate anterior or posterior ligament damage, they may be able to tell with basic ligamentous stress tests.
Best case scenario, youve done some medial or lateral ligamentous damage and probably some meniscal damage.
But i cant diagnose that shit from here, so go get it checked out.
pm me or repost if you need any more help bro.
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would you rather deal wit your grandma or ruin your season?
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just fucking get your g-mom to take you. big deal if she freaks out, what matters is your knee.
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naw ill just drive myself tomarow.
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yeah for sure get it checked out.
it would be a huge mistake not to see a doctor and ruin the rest of your season over this.
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ya, thats not good to me it sounds like an MCL tear, good to stay off it
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well, if he did tear something, his seasons pretty much over anyway, nomatter what he does
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I'm gonna repeat what everyone has been saying, but doctors know more than shit heads on ns do.
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last time my grandma had to watch me and my sisters i was in 8th grade and i got hit in the eye with a snowball at school and i ended up doing to the emergency room for a cut on my cornea.
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lol my grandmas not watchen me shes watchen my little bro. She just a spaz that goes crazy bout shit like this im 17 n can handle myself. Man im pissed that i got hurt doing something like this especialy cuz im sapposed to be goin on vacation next sat to go skiin. Would it be bad if i waited like 2 days to go to the docotrs?
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Yes that would be very bad. dont be stupid get it checked out, or you could end up being out for alot longer.
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you shouldve gone to see the doc today. is the hurt knee on your driving leg btw?
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I WAS gonna say "It's so funny when people come here for medical advice" until this post came along. Hahaha. next time it feels like there's three knives digging into my spine, or theres blood coming out of my ear canal, I'm posting here.
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^yeah no shit, i had no idea
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aha ya, He's the jackass; not the kid who's on ns looking for medical advice...
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Yo dude I kinda have the same thing. I hurt my knee 3 weeks ago somehow and i landed a jump almost perfectly just ever so slightly back and my knee almost gave out it hurt SOOOOOOOOOo bad and now i cant torque it. Plus I might have broken the other leg the same day.
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Torn ACL. Honest to god, that sounds like a torn ACL.
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Athletic trainer here.
with a backwards twisting fall which it sounds like. yes the mcl and clc are possible culprits. but do not forget about our friend the acl.
as stated in the above post definately go to a sports med doctor. or if you are in a state which allows it straight to a PT. ^^^ he would know more about their capabilites then i would in ordering MRI's. but i would strongly you suggest you get one.
just out of curiosity, what movement of the knee joint hurt?
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That's the nerdiest shit I have ever seen. It's almost funny, in a real nerdy sort of way.
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whoops missed the part about the cruciate ligaments in your post. my bad
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^lol. was about to call you out on that
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if your knee feels loose/unstable and it got real swollen then go to the doctor. popping isn't too ood either
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If you tore your ACL for example, it doesn't matter, you'll need surgery and will be out for months.
If you tore you MCL it does matter, cuz it needs to be immobilized ASAP and the swelling needs to be stopped. The longer you wait with seeing the doctor, the longer the healing will take. Completely torn MCL takes 6 weeks if you are lucky.
Partially torn MCL can heal as quick as in 2 weeks but in that case you're knee wouldn't give out on you. Everytime your knee gives out on you, you do more damage. The faster you know what's up, the sooner you can get proper treatment and will be back on your skis.
The worst thing that can happen right now is you having a torn MCL, which isnt too bad, but not going to the doctor, and wrecking your knee sometime next week destroying your ACL and your meniscus, taking you out almost a year.
Knees are too important in skiing. When you hurt it, put ice on it, immobilize it, and go straight to the doctor/hospital.
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If he did something to his MCL, it would be giving him a lot of pain - doesn't sound like it's hurting him that bad. ACL has no nerves, so the pain is often not very bad with that tear. No huge hurry to go to the doctor, but don't ski, or do anything that will make it collapse again, since that can cause meniscus damage and such. You need to go to an orthopaedic surgeon, if it's ACL, you'll need srugery.
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ACL Tear he wouldn't be walking
maybe just an mcl tear or pull. i did that and had cruches for a week and then i was alright.
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I partially tore my MCL and couldnt walk. Missed a month and a half of skiing. Like everyone else said, go get it checkedout and let us know what the docter says.
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1. You can tear your acl and not even know it. Most isolated ACL tears have little pain/minor swelling. Especially if the victim has a high pain tolerance.
2. MANY people never get their ACL fixed, you can function just fine without one. Maybe not as a high end athlete, but you can walk around just fine.
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Yeah it is. Stole it from a nerdy fucking forum. Genmay
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my dad tore his acl and he was walking around for a week with little pain. then he aggravated it by jumping to reach something
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this is so stupid just go c a doctor its not worth waiting
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Usually the 'pop' is a classic sign of a ligament tear-I would go to an orthopedist if I were you, get an MRI and get that checked out. In the meantime-don't ski on it, ice it and if you have one maybe wear a brace or something like that to stabilize that knee.
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Posting that in a medical help post can just be described as art
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as you have seen from the extensive amount of answers youve already recieved, dont be a retard. go to the doctors. now
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Alright today i went to see my trainer in school. She wobbled my knee n leg around n tried finding out wat was wrong due to the swelling she could not tell what it was and told me to wait untill monday and just ice and rest my knee. To let everyone know today i walked around school without crutches and i wore a brace. Any tips will be helpful thanks for all the tips.
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I hate to be alarmist or whatever, but if your knee is still swollen up to the point that movement is restricted or your therapist or whatever cant do movement tests because of swelling than there is definitely something wrong....most likely a torn ACL. Don't be a fool and get that checked out (probably MRI) as soon as the swelling goes down. You should probably use the crutches as much as you can tolerate, don't try to walk on it.
Good Luck
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alright thanks fer the info but like it doesnt hurt to walk...
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