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I have knee pain?

I injured my right knee on the medial ligament side in November of 2019. I sat down in a desk chair wrong. I couldn't walk after. It did buckle. It did everything it could to keep me planted on the floor. I went to the ER. The X-rays were clear. They told me it was just a sprain and to wear a brace. I did not go see an orthopedic or my main doctor as I didn't know it was a big deal. I did have to do PE on it. With the brace on. Ever since it's had a world of issues. It dislocated towards the end of 2020 out of nowhere just by me squatting and standing back up. It took a hit to the back of the knee last year before or after that and It hurt bad. This year I finally told my doctor about it.

I went to see the orthopedic doctor. Did the X-ray and MRI of which both were clear. Ortho doctor told me to do exercises with another brace. Did those exercises for 6 weeks 5 days a week. That did not help. I'm having bad flare-up pains. So I went back to him and now they are going to try a diagnostic arthroscopic surgery scheduled for next week. Since that was scheduled, the flare-ups are daily- weekly. Range from 5-10 - 7-10 on the pain scale. Recently and for the first time, I had a sharp stabbing pain right near the joint line out of nowhere. It felt like my bone was stabbing something inside my knee. That's all for now.

Female | 16 years old
Complaint duration: 2 years
Medications: None
Conditions: None

4 Answers

Diagnostic Arthroscopy makes sense.Good luck.
It's called runners knee, get the simple brace and do VMO exercises as shown on YouTube. Want to confirm the diagnosis? Have someone hold your knee cap down tight, pushing toward the ankle while you contract your quads. OUCH!
Good luck with the arthroscopic surgery. I am sure they will find the problem then and clean it up a bit. Make sure you keep up with the prescribed PT.
Take care and be well.
An MRI would be helpful, but ultimately, an arthroscopy would be best to treat and diagnose the problem.

Robert D. Swift, DO, FAOAO