Knee damage

[silentrunner]

Thanks for all the replies,

race the sweeper,
its my left knee & if you place your left hand over it, the pain would be under your thumb & little finger, usually in the muscle, also there is a lot of pain if I bend my foot to my buttocks there is a great deal of pain behind the knee. Usually twice a day the joint seems to give way causing me to stumble with intense pain under the kneecap.

Zephr,
Sitting down it just aches, and its what wakes me up every morning,it seems to really swell up in the evening. it is very painfull when the joint ,locks out straight, all of this does,nt seem to be easing.

I have an appointment tomorrow with the specialist, fingers crossed he may be able to shed some light. I am just guessing surgery may be onthe cards

I allways look on the black side, that way your never dissapointed with the outcome.

Tomsdad

Pain along the joint line on the inner half with some swelling most likely due to a medial meniscal tear, pain behind the knee cap in extremes of flexion and a grinding sensation could be caused by damage to knee cap (patella) joint surface cartilage (chondromalacia patellae). Pain below the knee cap is usually patellar tendonitis.

You can look these all up.

Pain behid the knee in the muscle is usually just that, a muscle strain.

Your 'giving way' sounds like it is due to the pain and not likely to be because of an ACL tear if someone has already examined it correctly and found the ligament to be competent.

An MRI is the way to go as things are not resolving. Keep an open mind, see what it shows, may not be as bad as you think.