Guest guest Posted June 17, 2003 Report Share Posted June 17, 2003 Hi all, I keep thinking that I am having pain at weird times. Does anyone have pain using their muscles to lift their leg. If I lay on my back and lift my leg using only my thigh muscles I have terrible pain. I also have terrible pain when contracting my muscle. If I want to stretch my leg there is terrible pain when I contract my thigh muscle. My patella is also very sore and sensitive. My doctor said I have bone bruises. Ever heard of these, is there help for the pain associated with bone bruises? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 17, 2003 Report Share Posted June 17, 2003 The pain seems to be deep in the groove and I also have slight pain in the muscle itself. Anytime I contract the muscle I can feel the pain very deep in the back of my knee it is sometimes achy or bruise like and other times it is very sharp. As for the bone bruise, I don't know how I got them but at the moment I have 3 but only one of them is severe. The doc told me that time would heal it and to be patient and avoid doing anything that would cause it to worsen. Would anyone be willing to look at some of my x-rays and see if they look like their own. I have my own website and my own knee blog and if you look to the side you will see the link for the x-rays. I would love to hear if anyone's looks like mine. <A HREF= " http://www.plainjai.com/knee " >http://www.plainjai.com/knee</A> Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 17, 2003 Report Share Posted June 17, 2003 Where is your pain? I get pain in one of the ligaments (or maybe tendons) between my thigh and my medial distal pelvis when I do leg lifts with my right leg, which is the one with the bad (or rather worse) knee. Bone bruises -- According to what I've read (which isn't much), you would have had to have an impact to the bone (either sudden and fairly severe, like your kneecaps hitting the dashboard in a car accident) or over time (e.g. catching a ball without using a mitt) to have bone bruises. Did you have either of these kinds of situations? From what I've read, the cure for bone bruises is time and not doing whatever caused it in the first place. Ann Hi all, I keep thinking that I am having pain at weird times. Does anyone have pain using their muscles to lift their leg. If I lay on my back and lift my leg using only my thigh muscles I have terrible pain. I also have terrible pain when contracting my muscle. If I want to stretch my leg there is terrible pain when I contract my thigh muscle. My patella is also very sore and sensitive. My doctor said I have bone bruises. Ever heard of these, is there help for the pain associated with bone bruises? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 17, 2003 Report Share Posted June 17, 2003 >The pain seems to be deep in the groove and I also have slight pain in the muscle itself. Anytime I contract the muscle I can feel the pain very deep in the back of my knee it is sometimes achy or bruise like and other times it is very sharp. My OS told me that back-of-the-knee pain can be patellar tendinitis. (But then again, he's the one who gave me 5 different and wrong diagnoses for my knee pain.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2003 Report Share Posted June 18, 2003 Jodi, Yes our problems do sound very similiar. Those x-rays are from last year and my knees tilt a lot further now. They ride at the top of the bone almost dislocating. I haven't had a chance to get to my new ones and get them up. For treatments: physical therapy, orthotic shoe inserts, medication, 4 braces, accupressure, cortisone shots and a few other things. Last night I put my medical records online so anyone can read them and see what they say. They don't get interesting until I saw a sportsmedicine doctor on January 2, 2003. Read that one and see if your docs are saying the same thing. <A HREF= " http://plainjai.com/knee " >http://plainjai.com/knee</A> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2003 Report Share Posted June 18, 2003 Jodi, I forgot to mention what has helped me. The cortisone shots helped tremendously with the pain and the J Brace helped for awhile until my condition got worse. The physical therapy didn't help but I have very strong VMO muscles. LOL. No surgeries as to date, but I have an appointment with Dr. P Vail, the director of adult reconstructive surgery at Duke who is supposed to be the top dog in this state, so I will see what he says. I am willing to try anything right now to help with the pain. It now hurts to walk and I can't drive so that makes life more complicated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2003 Report Share Posted June 18, 2003 - hey, , I looked at your x-rays and they look a LOT like mine! Several docs have described it as a " mild " tilt and " mild " sublexation when I bend my knee, but trust me, the symptoms aren't mild. I think we have a similar history, too (?) I'm 25 years old and was very active until this hit me a few months ago. What are you currently doing for the pain? I'm almost done with a round of hyalgan injections in the 2nd knee, which has helped a bit. I'm also doing acupuncture, PT (on my own; I hate physical therapists!), etc... I'd love to hear about what has/hasn't helped you- Jodi -- In chondromalacia treatment , taintedmelodies@a... wrote: > The pain seems to be deep in the groove and I also have slight pain in the > muscle itself. Anytime I contract the muscle I can feel the pain very deep in > the back of my knee it is sometimes achy or bruise like and other times it is > very sharp. > > As for the bone bruise, I don't know how I got them but at the moment I have > 3 but only one of them is severe. The doc told me that time would heal it and > to be patient and avoid doing anything that would cause it to worsen. > > Would anyone be willing to look at some of my x-rays and see if they look > like their own. I have my own website and my own knee blog and if you look to > the side you will see the link for the x-rays. I would love to hear if anyone's > looks like mine. > > <A HREF= " http://www.plainjai.com/knee " >http://www.plainjai.com/knee</A> > > Thanks > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2003 Report Share Posted June 18, 2003 I was told that more likely than tendonitis, it was just the inflammation putting pressure on the tendons, causing pain in the back of the knee... > > >The pain seems to be deep in the groove and I also have slight pain in the > muscle itself. Anytime I contract the muscle I can feel the pain very deep in > the back of my knee it is sometimes achy or bruise like and other times it is > very sharp. > My OS told me that back-of-the-knee pain can be patellar tendinitis. (But then again, he's the one who gave me 5 different and wrong diagnoses for my knee pain.) > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2003 Report Share Posted June 18, 2003 Jodi, I can't honestly say what made them worse, but everyday they get worse. Week after week I feel more pain and get even more frustrated. The only advice I can give you is to keep your VMO as strong as you can get it. Remember to stretch out that muscle and keep moving. A lot of my problem was when they told me not to exercise I didn't and then I started gaining weight. Extra weight doesn't help the problem. Sorry I wish I could be of more help but I have only been dealing with this a year or so. You might get better advice from the people who has dealt with this for years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2003 Report Share Posted June 18, 2003 What do you think made them get worse? The Jan. 2 reports sounds like it's after your condition progressed further than the x-rays show. Since my x-rays look like your old ones & i'm already in a lot of pain, i'd love to avoid making them worse! Thanks, Jodi > Jodi, > > Yes our problems do sound very similiar. Those x-rays are from last > year and my knees tilt a lot further now. They ride at the top of the bone > almost dislocating. I haven't had a chance to get to my new ones and get them > up. > > For treatments: physical therapy, orthotic shoe inserts, medication, 4 > braces, accupressure, cortisone shots and a few other things. > > Last night I put my medical records online so anyone can read them and see > what they say. They don't get interesting until I saw a sportsmedicine doctor > on January 2, 2003. Read that one and see if your docs are saying the same > thing. > > <A HREF= " http://plainjai.com/knee " >http://plainjai.com/knee</A> > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2003 Report Share Posted June 20, 2003 I had pretty severe pain in what I guess would be my VMO every time I contracted my muscle or lifted my leg. Physical therapist couldn't tell me what is was. It would get really bad and achy, though, even when I wasn't exercising. For some reason, after about a year of dealing with it and keeping up the weight lifting and walking, it has suddenly disappeared. Curious About Pain Hi all, I keep thinking that I am having pain at weird times. Does anyone have pain using their muscles to lift their leg. If I lay on my back and lift my leg using only my thigh muscles I have terrible pain. I also have terrible pain when contracting my muscle. If I want to stretch my leg there is terrible pain when I contract my thigh muscle. My patella is also very sore and sensitive. My doctor said I have bone bruises. Ever heard of these, is there help for the pain associated with bone bruises? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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