Why can't I straighten my knee?
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- When I see patients in my office after they suffer a knee injury, they often complain of symptoms like pain, swelling, popping or giving way. If you suffer a serious knee injury, you might have these symptoms too. You might also wonder why you can’t straighten your knee. In this Ask Dr. Geier video, I’ll share my thoughts on the question, “Why can’t I straighten my knee?”
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WHY CAN’T I STRAIGHTEN MY KNEE?
It’s possible that when you injure your knee, it swells a fair amount. That swelling and the accompanying pain can make it hard to straighten your knee. Sometimes, though, not being able to get your knee straight could be a sign of a serious injury, like a meniscus tear or ACL injury.
In this video, I discuss why this could be a symptom of a serious knee injury and why an injury like a torn meniscus or torn ACL could block your knee motion.
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I haven't hurt my knee in anyway way.. one second it was fine But now I just cant bend it or straighten it without pain its pain I can put up with but ik its not right should I get it checked by a doctor or am I just worrying? my mum says its just growing pains but I'm doubting it
@@kezzpendleton6442 same with me i can put it strait but it hurts when i do it
Hi doctor last week my knee felt like if something got stuck i couldn't walk for a couple of day now i cant straighten out my knee
I twisted my knee last month. It swolled up 3 later. I could walk at all. I went to hospital they gave me a pill and a shot. Swelling went down, and i was back at work till monday gone when i got home from work it had swollen up again to i cant walk. Here it is friday and i been to summit sports and he said its arthritis. Now im no doctor but i know its more. I cant walk and im in pain everyday.
I can't open my knees straight and I have never had surgery or injury I'm assuming it has something to do with my weight or flexibility scratch
I haven’t went through anything I’ve just never been able to straighten my knee.. ever
same except maybe I couldn't cause I sat on my knees when I was young all the time
Same 😓 which I just realised causes me to walk while leaning my whole torso forward. Not like curving the back or neck, just straight back leaning to the front. Check it out too you might be doing the same 😩
@@kyoumary150 same here.. I was told this by my friends... And my ex used to say all the time, "Why don't you walk keeping both your legs straight" and i felt really embarrassed... Im gonna try some exercises I hope it fixes my knee.. Or the people will keep staring at me while I walk a bit weirdly... Its not that weird tho.. But still.. People notice.. 😢 Well, if you come across any useful exercise or something please do let me know 🙏
Same here!
I have long legs, longer than my arms
Same. My knees have always hurt when I try to stretch my legs or if they’re up I can’t straighten my knee bc I have tightness. I always wanted to do splits or the leg lift exercises but I struggle with a lot of tense pain as well as struggle with jumping or leg exercises
I feel pain when I try to straighten my knee
Diego Vargas me too
Diego VM horrible pain
Same
Me too
Me too, right around my pelvis where the leg goes into the joint.
My knee can straighten when I stand but when laying in bed and trying to straighten all the way it hurts not a lot but it stops me from straightening it
Yesssssss I have the same problem I can run walk and all that but the problem is I can't fully extend it and also lift it up without my upper part of the knee hurting when I'm laying down I think its the part where the quads tendon connect to the knee a little bit further down.
@@bestofbest7629 yea I can do everything just fine but it’s irritating since I have to sleep with my leg bent it’s not very comfortable after a while
@@cahpla did u find out the problem
@@bestofbest7629 nope
Plz help me i also walk but pain during straighten my knee during sleep and cant feel comfortable like befofe
When I was younger I could but now I can't straighten my legs at all I don't think ive had an injury but I don't know what it is
Could you sit in a chair normally just a question
I can't straighten it, I also have this urge to crack it and when I finally stretch and crack it (rare occurence) moments later it returns to its stiff state. It doesn't help that I've got knock knees. I'm scared if getting arthritis.
Hi Sir,
I had dislocated my knee cap on my right knee last may 2018, and just today I heard some pop on my right knee and after that I noticed that it hurt a little bit when I try to fully straighten my knee. Any suggestions to my case?
Thanks
My left knee can extend to almost straight but not fully and it cannot lock. It started when I was teen. And since then, my height stopped growing and the left leg with the knee problem became a bit longer. Over years, it started to cause other problems, such as overstress on foot arch, foot pain, and hip pain. I really want to solve this thoroughly even with surgery. I had X-ray and MRI, but my doctor said the bone and joint are good, and surgery can't solve the problem. I need some advise. thanks.
What happened now I've the same problem
I have runners knee and flat feet. I trained with weights while I stood very inward on my feet. My knees felt great until a few ago when I feel from my bike and my knee bended the wrong way. Ever since I’m in so much pain. I literally couldn’t walk for a whole week. Now I can’t fully extend or bend my knee
My knee won't go straight and sometimes it gives out while i'm walking and its extremely painful when that happens. I have had knee pain since highschool I'm 40 now I have a high pain tolerance so I kind of just deal with it I still play basketball occasionally but its almost unbearable pain the day after. I seriously considering surgery.
Check it band syndrome
im 16 and have the same issue, I play basketball at school but the next day even just walking is a little hard, did you manage to get rid of pain?
Could you tell me what it could be, a fracture or anything if you can't even run or bend your knee after a month and when you do run, it just feels like it slips out of place on both sides? Because I'm very tired of having to limp everywhere I go, and not have any clue what's wrong.
i am not able to completely straighten my leg and when i try its almost like my knee or leg buckles back or about to give out and its followed by severe pain, the knee area is swollen and i heard a popping sound a couples days ago when i fell. I can walk on my leg without too much pressure on it and experience little to no pain until night.
Cassie Ross were you able to figure out what it was, how is it now?
Please let me know what it was I've had same sharp pains after sleep.... any ideas?
Any updates
@K J tell me about it 🙏🏼
So I got hurt almost two years ago on my left knee, playing soccer. My knee twisted and cracked. Today I was sitting on the floor and I guess something twisted because once I got up I couldn’t straighten en it feels like there’s tension. I can bend it fine . I just can’t straighten it . Is there anyway I can sort of “ unlock “ it at home ?
I injured my knee a couple weeks ago, it doesn't hurt anymore, but I have noticed that I can't straighten it all the way, and I have hyperextended legs so I didn't even notice until I went to my adult gymnastics class last week.
I am still able to straighten it, but it still hurts a lot, I tweaked me knee funny yesterday, any advice?
I can't straighten or bend my knee past 70°. Doctors said I tore my ACL as well as ruptured my miniscus. Physio says it's not fixable through physio, so surgery is coming up within the next month.
How long does it take for my right knee get straight I had surgery December 27,2018 I have PT 2 times a week I am walking a little mostly with a limp what I need to do
Did you get better?
I have had a knee replacement june 2018 and a revision 2019 march. Both times i can't straighten or bend it like before the replacement. What causes this problem in same knee 9 months apart. This 2nd surgery revision is 3 weeks ago. Help
I hsve the same issue. Size of the prostetic could be one of them. I have a connective tisdue disorder also where my ligaments now have to be replaced with plastic ones.
hi,
I had a patella dislocation right knee. I was taken to ER and give crutches and splint. 4 weeks now and when I try lift the leg I cannot lift my leg. Pain is significantly reduced with little pain on left front side of the knee next to patella, little swelling just above the patella. I am able to bend my knee (not fully but I would say 40% until it gets tight and little painfull on the left side of the knee. I am able to stretch my knee aswell. but I cannot lift leg or get the leg down from bed with out holding leg. my skin colour looks normal and can move ankle and toes. Why can I not lift leg ? I do have a appointment next week. thanks
I often do squats with barbell and i often just bent my knees while being in home because i like it and recently I started to feel that having to keep my knees straight for too long (after 5min I already feel presure on my knee) in standing position, its starting to hurt knees. What to do for me if my knees are hiper flexible and when i move them i don't hurt anything but if i keep my knees straight in standing position for 5 minutes or more it syarts to hurt or feel presure on knee. Please help
Im 14 years old, a month and a half ago I fell into a backwards bend and really hurt my lower back and it’s still hurts slightly when I do my regular exercise. Especially when I attempt to do Straight Leg toe touches and I just cant bend my knees without my back hurting .
I went to the hospital and they said come back if it hurts and it’s even worse now we are going to have to go to hospital. I can’t straighten my knee or put pressure on it, please reply
Sir I m unable to straight my knees..I hv noticed that when I was doing workout.Know when I see my knees I feel like there is some fat in inside under my knee area...I was very skinny earlier nd now I put up almost 5 kg...Is tht the reason I m facing trouble..plz suggest me wht to do
Really nervous to go see orthopedic tmoro! 4-5months after injury. I can walk fine but cant fully extend it and it's still not fully stable, I feel like
P. Win Did you need surgery. I have the same issue and I’m nervous about it
im having the same issue i cant fully open my right leg and it hurts while trying for running
I almost passed away in 2014, had to learn how to walk again, did physical therapy but went home not walking without a walker. I did the slide down the wall , until I could get, almost in a invisible chair, which made me strong enough to walk without the walker. I have tried so hard to get my knees to straighten out but they just won’t. I have a cyst behind my right knee, size like a golf ball, but too scared to get it looked at because of needles. I am so happy that I can walk but it is so frustrating to not be able to straighten my legs out. I guess I need to go see an orthopedic doctor.
3 months after asthrocospy on left knee I can't straighten my leg even with therapy, is still swollen, although not as before..could it be the reason?
Recently I was jumped by two attacker’s. During the struggle, I torqued my knee and ultimately fell on it. Instantly I couldn’t stand or walk. I went to a sports Dr. and was diagnosed with a torn medial meniscus, very weak quads, and a very tight hamstring. 3x a day for the last 24 days I’ve done quad sets and other therapy exercises, but it’s very slow going. I’m still not able to fully straighten my leg when standing, which leads to tight hamstrings and consequently, painful toe walking. How long does it typically take for an individual to regain normal leg functions after a similar injury?
Sorry to hear about your attack . I hope it doesn’t effect you mentally x
I had a stroke and Tbi in 2009, real young from a serious car accident I was asleep through. After years of intense physical therapy I gained ability to walk again. However, my ankle twists still as I step and my hip sits higher and when I look at myself in mirror my knee goes inward now when I plant my foot correct on ground
Older athlete with skiing accident TPF, Type 2, nondisplaced, no surgery and torn meniscus (type 2.5 doc said)) in Jan. 2019. PT, NEMS, quads sort of working again. I can flatten leg out straight but can’t lift lower leg when sitting with knee bent. Can’t tell if it’s locked or if pain around patella causes it. PT stumped too. Don’t know what to do next.
I twisted my knee while drunk dancing in 2018. I had already put strain on my knees with vigorous exercise leading up to that event. I woke with my knee swollen, couldn’t hardly put weight on it & it took a week or two for the swelling to go down. My calf swelled up on the last day or so. It hasn’t been the same since. I have done physical therapy. I had a CT done & was told the cartlidge is degraded. I’m almost certain I tore something or I possibly have something shifted out of place. I can’t extend my knee out as far as the other. It just won’t go. It used to hurt but not anymore. Whatever damage happened healed over but it’s still not right. I’m considering getting my scans & seeking a second opinion.
Same here
You probably have meniscus tear
i have a problem with my knee, and doctors refuse to treat me, without reason so basically i was 16 and went on a bike ride with a friend and he wanted to use my bike so i had to use his, which had no breaks so we go down a hill a really steep hill, and then i hit my bike which he was on and then flipped over the handle bars and smacked my kneww into the edge of the curb and ever since then i've had knee problems walking problems hip problems i went to the hospital recently i'm 28 now, and the doctor i saw there came out with the random comment of my calves look smaller than what they should be for my age and height my hips don't look right either, so i am actually at a loos as to what to do. any advice on being able to force my doctor into having to deal with my issues i keep mentioning to them so they can't just brush it off, like anything. i want it all to be fixed and sorted out.
Hello I’m a CNA and I have a client;
can’t straighten his knees out. With no diagnosed and no found reason for the . He had 2?years prior but walked after . Or any extra exercises I can incorporate.
For 9 months I have gone from 1 ortho to 4 others. Had scans and MRI. I went through 6 weeks of therapy and still cannot lay my leg flat in bed. In the beginning I had horrible pains all over my thigh. None of these doctors are doing anything about it. I had no arthritis before but the 3rd one says that's it and I forgot the arthritis. No. What happened in April was I had a vein doppler, and the replaced left knee had to bend at a sharp angle, could not do it. I started hobbling after that. I think it is what you are talking about here. Thanks
Can this cause you to not sit the right way in a chair I am suffering from a currently unknown condition where I always have to sit In a chair with my feet in the chair and my knees to my chest
I have not been able to straighten my right leg or put any weight on it since my 1st back surgery in July of 2019 then a 2and to follow 19 days later at Mayo clinic (Phoenix) What could be my problem?
I've been trying to lose weight on a treadmill and Ive been going higher speeds than normal. 2 weeks later my knee is just messed up it hurts when I try to straighten it what can I do?
I hit my knee really hard on the corner of a seat on a boat when I was like 3, (left knee) my knee has hurt ever since but I could manage, recently when i try to straighten it, it hurts really bad almost like it's being stabbed, it's been like a week (I'm now a teen)
When i sit on the floor my kneees cant touch the floor for some reason i dont think i have any injury i have no idea what it is
Hello Dr. Geier,
I have just been diagnosed with chondromalacia patella. I’m a squash player, and I live in Canada. I’m pretty active and maintain a healthy weight.. however, have not been able to do much since my knee started hurting some 7 weeks ago. It,s driving me nuts. My doctor has suggested physio, bracing, strength training and rest. My doctor suggested hyaluronic acid injection which I’m scheduled to get next week in her clinic, without ultrasound. I am scared of needles and would like to know your opinion if getting HA injection is the best course of action in my case.
Prior to getting an MRI I was sent for an ultrasound. Ultrasound report showed a Baker’s Cyst on the back of my left knee. It was later aspirated under ultrasound and cortisone injection was given after aspiration. This procedure was done about 2 1/2 weeks ago..
My MRI report showed focal area of full thickness chondral delamination over an area that measures 11 into 6 mm. There is no subchondral fracture or subcondrol Edema. Menisci and ligaments normal.
Do I need arthroscopy done to find the cause for Baker’s cyst or to get better idea of what’s going on? What would you recommend for treatment? Thank you!
I’m a dancer, and both of my knees won’t straighten, they also look like different knees too, but I have not hurt my knees. But my knees won’t straighten,
So my leg looks bent, and it’s only gotten worse. Soooo can someone tell me how to fix it plsss!!!!!
Well when i think it’s straightened and sit on floor my hands goes in the knee and between floor and it hurts if i stretch it mote
Go to see a doctor.
When i sit straight back of knees dont able to touch floor
So is there a chance of doing more harm forcing it down I hage visions of breaking the knee joint as bent stiff
I was working out for a while yesterday and it started cramping like it would, it then cramped up at midnight and it’s been cramped ever since. I can straighten my knee, but barely and it’s very painful
I go to the gym often and sometimes use heavy weights. I didn’t injure myself or anything obvious. A few days ago I noticed that when I keep my right knee bent for a longer time when I try to straighten it, it hurts. After I’m able to straighten it completely then I have no pain when I do it again. It’s been like 5 days and it still happens, can’t find any answer online because my pain goes away, like I said, and then comes back when I sit in a position for too long. Please help!
Same it hurts me 😭
When I was in high school I had messed up my knee and the back of my leg gave out what gives . Thanks
Riheim Smith zs
@kaiserpermanente refused to let me have an MRI to let me see what's wrong with my knee despite it looking deformed and can't fully extend it.. They said instead i have to go to physical therapist. Crazy right??
Hi hope you can read it... quarantine in our country started.. now i just watched this video and i think i have serious knee injury because i cant straight my knee... but im afraid to go to hospital right now.. what csn i do for the mean time???
one day after i tried doing a pull up i fell on my leg and think i sprained it or something. this caused my knee to randomly lock and wouldnt be unable to straighten it unless if i do some weird maneuver to undo it. 1ish years later it still happens and still havent checked it up (it happens less often and i can straighten it better but not as good as normally.
Hi doc one of my knees can not straighten at all and can't walk at all please help me
Any suggestions? I can straighten my knee but the minute I stretch into it or Lean forward I feel pain like right at the top of tibia ( medial pain )
I messed my knee up and went to the athletic trainer last week. We don't know what I did but he thinks I did something to my ACL. So we have been doing PT but I tweaked it the other day. So off to the orthopedic it is
I ve had a cramp the other day and I cant straighten my knee. I dont know if it s going to be permanent or temporary and what can I do
Yesterday I ran two miles with no issues, now today I can't straighten my knee or bend all the way back. I have pain inside the knee close where the lower leg start.
My dad was involved in an accident that had his left knee broken. In his recovery he naturally put pressure on right leg just to walk. While left knee was recovered the right knee cannot be straighten and he can't walk normally. Doctors had no idea why. MRI report indicated all fine.
i had tkr 10 weeks ago myknee will not straight out ive back to the surgeon 1 time i asked about acpm machine thats old school well i cant walkon my own i didall yhe phycial theapty waiting to see the dr for pt i need my knee straight i need to be able to walk & drive or do i geta new othro surgean maybe i not getting much heip thanks
I sprained my knee about 4 or 5 years ago. my knee healed a lot but every few weeks my knee starts to hurt and I can't straighten my leg and it hurts so bad. I don't know what's wrong.
Can you tell me what’s wrong with my leg. It’s hurts so much to put on underwear, socks and my shoes it’s my right leg I can’t bend it sideways
I can't bend it all the way or straighten it after an accident I had a broken femur and have pins and screws in there it was an open fracture is there any hope that I will have a straight leg that can bend all the way?
Hlo sir my quadriceps muscle r too weak. ....after acl surgery plz make a video
Thank you so much dear God bless you!
Hello I had a rod on my knee for a year,couldn’t straighten my knee cap and I can bend it to 40degree
My left leg can go straight on a chair but it can't stay straight when I lift it.
Now, for my right leg, is different, I could lift it straight but When I set it on a chair still straight, I can't bc it hurts.
So basically for my right leg it's the opposite of my left leg.
How the heck am I going to Make them both the same, straight in the air and on stable objects without pain?
Also when my left leg is straight on the chair, there's no pain until I reach for my toes, then it hurts like s***. But I can't straight it all the wayyy up just half way. My left leg, it can't even go half way
Okay so for the last six months my left left has be stuck eternally rotated that is my hip my knee and my foot my left hip is pushed forward compared to my right leg I can’t strut then my knee or hip and every time I try to move my hip it pops and locks up more and my leg keeps getting worse I can’t move my hip that well and my right hip has been compensating for it to the point that if I tey to walk it hyperextended my right hip and knee. My si John by feels like it is perpetually locked on my he left side and I am stuck walking on my toes for the last four months. I have had ct scans and x rays and no cab tell me what’s wrong
What if I can’t bend my knee at all? It literally is stuck bent and will not straighten no matter what.
Well I have a weird ilness that they say it came from my coma ... And yes it ( my coma ) lasted more than 2 years and that is after a brain stroke or in French AVC. SO I woke up not able to twist my arms ( elbows ) , knees and my right shoulder. So after I went to the doctor, he said I have calcification and I need to wait until the calcium stops producing from the brain . So I am still waiting so can you please help me !!!
I went to hospital for gout, i ended up with back surgery, knee drainage, 3 months in hospital, i can't walk and i can't straighten my knees, advice please.
alf vasquez sorry for that😔
Omg feel better prayers sent your way🙏
I had surgery on my left knee last Aug in 2019. Now it's my right knee. I can't straighten it out and it hurts. I feels good in morning when I get up but after I get to work and sit at my desk for a little while 30 min or so it hurts very bad when I stand up and put weight on it. Is there anything I can do other than surgery. I am heavy but just started a new food program. And am losing weight.
I dislocated my knee and tore my ACL and I got it fixed last year with a cadaver and it’s in place Ik it is but yesterday I pivoted and my leg dropped and now it’s stuck in a bent position can’t straighten it all the way and it hurts below the knee around the front feels like it’s gonna pop if it full straighten it idk maybe someone knows what I’m taking about?
Hello my mom cannot straighten her leg after left hip replacment. Any ideas ?
I took some meds for the pain but my knee is so stiff and won’t straighten
HI, I could not able to strech or bend backwards my left leg from so many months i am running behind doctors. i could not able to sit on floor. i feel like tearing pain in back of my knee. can you please tell me what is the exact problem?
Great question. Dr. Geier will happily discuss that if you are able to join him this Friday, Dec. 2, on his Ask Dr. Geier LIVE! show - 12 PM ET on his TH-cam channel. Until then, check out the hundreds of videos here and thousands of articles on his website - drdavidgeier.com - in which he discusses every musculoskeletal injury suffered by athletes and active people.
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It's only happened this morning, when I was walking into the kitchen then when I straightened my knee I felt a bad pain, I can't walk normally and have to sort of limp around, I can't straighten my knee and I don't know what to do
Hey did your knee get better? Same thing happened to me this morning. Did u have to go to a doctor?
@@jasminemariedarling Hi, I went to my local Doctor's, but they didn't know what it was so they sent me to the hospital, I was seen by lots of Doctors and had an x-ray and everything but they said that if will hopefully get better. Now over a week later it has nearly completely healed but you should definitely get seen as I was told there could be so many things wrong and it might be serious, hopefully that helped, I don't know much, I'm not a professional at anything it was just what happened to me and what I would suggest. 😁
@@emiliehanson2284 Thank you! I appreciate it, glad you're feeling better
i haven’t been able to straighten my knee for four days now, it just won’t budge, my mom won’t take me to a doctor because she doesn’t think it’s something serious, i don’t know what to do
Hi Dr. David Geier, My father aged 54 not able to straight right knee and NRI is not possible due to leg not straight. How to find the root cause of the pain above knee leads to uper thigh and back. Please suggest
I’m sorry, but Dr. Geier can’t legally answer medical questions and offer specific medical advice online. Join Dr. Geier on this Friday’s Ask Dr. Geier show, on March 10, when he'll be live on TH-cam at 12 PM ET - and bring your questions! Until then, check out the hundreds of videos here and thousands of articles on his website - drdavidgeier.com - in which he discusses every musculoskeletal injury suffered by athletes and active people.
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Muscle athropy, and now my knees wont straighten. And cant kneel either.
I had knee replacement surgery feb5 this year and then I had a force straighten done I didn't get help for a year after my accident and I had a hospital bed at home was moving it and it hit the knee real bad I can't get help from a good doctor till the first of this year
I'm only 21 and ever since I popped my knee pretty bad from squatting (no pressure was being put on myself, I had to squat to pick something up). But ever since then, I haven't been able to straighten my knee all the way without doing it slowly. It doesn't hurt but I just can't stretch it out as quick as I used to. I kinda just shake it now or do it slowly.
@HardcoreTrader I haven't got it checked out. But I still have the stiffness when I try to straighten it all the way
same thing happened to me! did you get it figured out?
So ...I can walk with my leg straighten but when I sit and try to straighten it it hurts aloooot and at the same time I can sleep with it straighten but when I do bend it then try to straighten it slow it hurts alot
I was in a car accident 5 years ago my knees smashed into the dashboard. My legs were bruised black from knee down went to hospital however no fractures were found. Now a couple years later my right knee is weird. When I try and straighten my right leg it hurts and there is a pulling feeling in my calf and back of thigh. And I cannot bend it straight without pain and bad leg shaking. What could be going on? I've tried stretching but it's not improving. It feels like it pulls all my tendons from both directions when I straighten it and it's painful. Pls any advice ?
How is it now? Was it a meniscus tear?
I get really bad pain in my knee when I try to straighten it, not all the time but if I keep my knee bent for a period of time and then straighten it I get a real bad burning pain. When I'm asleep I wake up from the pain and that's when it's as it's worst because I have it bent for a long time. Can anybody tell me tell me what's wrong?
My nerves hurt when i try to straight my knee before i could not straight my knee it was blocking it but it doesnt block but my nerves hurt alot like its almost gonna tear
I get tired after walking for 10-20 steps and my knee hurts when I straighten it. It's not about medical or something, it's just because I have never workout...... I only do sports when it's PE class but it's corona so I didn't do any workout or sports. The reason is I get tired easily, it's tiring, I'm too lazy, I can't breathe properly when I'm tired(I have asthma). I also have a trauma of running (I had a PE exams, the exams is running 2 laps, it's supposed to be 8 laps but the teacher shorten it to 4 laps and eventually 2 laps. I was fine in the first half laps, but in the other half my legs started to hurt. And in the 2nd lap, I can't breathe because it hurts, I started getting dizzy and my visions darkens but thank god I fell to the ground and regain my consciousness, and the I stopped running and started fast-walking. I fell a few meters before I reached the end, then I stayed on the ground with a sleeping position while I can't breathe, my friends help me eventually, I almost passed out, thank god that I didn't.) Thinking about it give me chills, I hate losing my breath ever again from that day till now. Srry for my bad eng, it's 1 am in the morning and can't think clearly.
I had done my ACL reconstruction and miniscotomy 1months ago but now my pettela is loss and I am able to bend fully but somehow I am not able to fully straight my when I am walking please download advice and sometimes it's fell pain 4/10 inside the knee
Binod Hazarika hey after4.5 weeks I could straighten my knee either. Then I started hanging weights from my knee. Sit at the edge of a chair then put your ankles on another chair and pur ankle weights slowly above and below your knee, NOT on it. Do that 10 minutes off, 10 minutes on then 10 minutes on. I started with 4 lbs and worked my way up to 20 lbs. Do it 2 to 3 times daily. It fixed mine in 5 days, now I just do it once a day. Hope this helps and good luck.
My knees are extremely bad my left knee likes to twist when I fall a certain way and it hurts extremely bad it’s kind of a buckling kinda feeling and followed by a extreme pain that’s is unbarible after I have dislocated my right knee the same thing has been happening can someone please help me
Mine might be arthritis. Can an locked jount be fixed without major surgery? Both of my elbows are locked and i hate it!❤
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I tore my acl couple years ago and it has given nothing but problems after surgery. But aye that’s why I’m here to improve it !
My chiropractor was actually the only professional to know what my injury was and how to fix it. A couple wasted ER visits and useless doctor appointments set me up for frustration, and finally decided to call chiropractor. I drove to see him the following Friday and he fixed me on 5 minutes. Injury: I'm already missing my Meniscus and ACL, and had just slightly torn MCL, and when that accident happened, I had dislocated my knee bones...in a way that disallowed my knee to fully been, like my pcl is pinched or the femur is rotated weirdly. But he fixed it. It was great.
Did it come back?
@@YourMom-wi5to because of the kind of injury it was (ligament overextended), yes it has come back. The only thing I can do about it is keep all my leg muscles strong and hope to get a knee replacement when the government says I can. You only get two in your lifetime.
Chiropractor is a already proved fake science...it can only provide temporary relief. No chiropractor have ever cured any patient.
@@pankaj3601 lol well it fixed me and I didn't have to go to the doctor to get my bones put back in place so 🤷♀️ you do you booboo
@@resFA19 are you still doing good?
About 15 years ago I broke my left femur and hip and now it’s an inch and a half shorter than my right knee. I developed issues with my right knee I had surgery where they were supposed to go in and clean up the knee joint and ever since I have not been able to straighten my right knee it just won’t straighten and I could hardly bend it hurts all the time I was told I need a complete knee replacement
So I can't fully straighten my right knee...it's been like this for a looong time now, can't remember when it first happened and don't think it was an injury. However, that leg is also knock kneed as well. Can I help myself without a referral please?
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I have a patella above my kneecap and they say it's not surgery enough what should? I went to two orthopedic Drs and that's what they tell me and my knee keeps locking up and popping so loud please help me
It's not me it's my daughter
I can't do a leg raise and move side to side while lying down and I have stiffness and pain near knee cap
Ortho recommended anti inflammation
But it's not getting better.. Will have to visit doc after a week
Sir my knee was broken 2 years ago and still I feel pain I can't stand on straight leg if I band it I feel well
I need help my cousin threw this hard spay like the material is hard it hit my right knee every time I try to walk it hurt or straighten it it’s painful
Do you have and good sources you can point me to concerning the popliteus muscle hindering the straightening of the knee?
I don’t know of any. I can’t say I have seen or heard that, but I suppose it’s possible.
I have had issues with the same!
Ok so one morning I woke up and sat on my legs funny and felt a pop in my left knee and it started burning but it didn’t hurt to walk on it. The like two months later at work I noticed I couldn’t straighten it all the way when I walked. I tried to straighten it all the way but it just won’t go. It’s not painful but kinda achy. I got an mri at the hospital and they said all my ligaments and tendons look good and I have mild arthritis is my knee. (I’m 20 btw) So at this point Im going to the chiropractor to see what they have to say bc there is no way there’s “nothing wrong with my knee” if I can’t straighten it out and barley put pressure on it.
I was wondering if my knee is swollen and difficulty straightening my knee fully but i dont have anything torn , can just swelling make that happen?
I have same thing . Did yours fix ???
@@abramporras7877 Knees don't swell up for no reason, so something is wrong. However it probably isn't as bad if no pain is accppanied with not being able to bend it. In my case I injured my knee and it swelled up but felt no pain when it happened and feel no pain when I try to straighten it either. Yes swelling can cause you not to bend your knee. Try taking anti inflammatory drugs and when the swelling is down try to straighten it
@@charon_lix thanx yeah I took anti-inflammatory pills brought it down I'm cured now ... Took a week to not limp then another week to use it like normal again that was rough I need to be more careful that's for sure
@@abramporras7877 Yeah I'm in a similar situation I injured my knee playing football. I landed directly on someones cleat with no knee pads. Funny thing is I didn't feel anything wrong when it happened. Got right back up and finished the rest of the game. The next day I noticed tremendous swelling and it went down after 3-4 days. However that was a few weeks ago. I still have no pain but something is blocking my knee. I think it is just bursitis. Not a bone problem cause I got an xray. I'm just confused as with a lot of serious problems you either feel pain when it happens or after, and I felt zero pain. Maybe high pain tolerance? I'm just hoping it's something as simple as bursitis cause now I have what seems to be a knot on my knee which is still their even after the swelling is gone. I'm going to get an mri later this week to find out
Edit: I found out it was just trauma. Had a knee specialist test my knee. All my tendons were fine and I was experiencing swelling on the inside of my knee due to trauma. Knee ligaments don't tear usually from a hit to the direct front of your knee, it happens when rotating or from the side. Trauma can last up to several months and although I had a knot on my knee simple stretching exercises made the swelling go away
I can't straighten my knee as you described. I think I injured about 4 years ago in a dog attack when I was jumping around and kicking the attacking dog. My doctor told me it was arthritis and sent me to a physio who did nothing for it. she didn't even look at the scan I had done on the knee and hop. so, I stopped going there. Sometimes I can hardly walk. When I get up from sitting to a standing position the leg takes a while to straighten, it won't move. It is swollen, too.
When my bak is straight I can’t keep my legs straight. When my legs are straight my back isint. Any help?
I’m on month 2 of ACL Meniscus surgery and I can’t straighten it
Well I have both of my knees don't twist and bend 100 % ! It came from a brain stroke that I had , so what to do ?
I went to Urgent Care and the ER yesterday and they still don't really know what's wrong. Luckily they were able to do an X-Ray to rule out a bone related injury, and they think it's a crazy hamstring muscle spasm, but I can't straighten my knee and they sent me home with crutches and muscle relaxers.
Did you figure out what it was? Could you comment back on here it would help someone in a similar situation, thank you.
@@stopgeo_engineering well it wasnt a muscle spasm, it was something mechanical inside my knee. MRI and X-Ray, never figured out what it was. i was on crutches for three months and it slowly straightened itself out. i did physical therapy to strengthen my unused muscles after that time and even it out.