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GigglesMcYummy wobbledewopple wob woppl from Ohio Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Reincarnated romance
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#1: Mar 22nd 2012 at 10:42:16 PM

Hey, do any of you know about anything about knee injuries? I don't think I did anything to injure my right knee, but a few days ago I woke up and it was very sore, and it still is even if I'm just sitting down for an extended periods of time, and if I touch certain spots it hurts even more. I realize it may just be a pulled muscle, especially since I woke up with it, but I guess I'm just a bit paranoid it might be something more because i've had pulled tendons in my leg before and I do walk a lot but.. Yeah. Any expertise?

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DrunkGirlfriend from Castle Geekhaven Since: Jan, 2011
#2: Mar 22nd 2012 at 10:43:59 PM

Yeah, you probably just slept on it funny. If it doesn't go away in a day or so, get a doctor's appointment.

edited 22nd Mar '12 10:44:37 PM by DrunkGirlfriend

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#3: Mar 22nd 2012 at 10:46:09 PM

Knee injuries suck. I had to quit my dream job when a wild projectile hit my knee. Now the closest I can get to it is only by watching people who are living the dream. At least this guard job is nice. Fucking arrows.

See a doctor.

Please.
GigglesMcYummy wobbledewopple wob woppl from Ohio Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Reincarnated romance
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#4: Mar 22nd 2012 at 10:47:51 PM

Crap, I hate the doctors. The last time I went to a doctors for tendonidis I was waiting for what felt like hours at urgent care. Plus, I can't really go right now, I won't be home until Monday.

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LoniJay from Australia Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
#5: Mar 22nd 2012 at 10:49:57 PM

It might get better on its own. Do you have any ice or anything on it?

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GigglesMcYummy wobbledewopple wob woppl from Ohio Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Reincarnated romance
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#6: Mar 22nd 2012 at 10:52:39 PM

No, I will try that on the car ride tomorrow. I don't think I have anything cold to put on it in the motel room I'm in now, except maybe this unopened energy drink..

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Carciofus Is that cake frosting? from Alpha Tucanae I Since: May, 2010
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#7: Mar 22nd 2012 at 11:19:07 PM

How painful are we talking here? Can you walk on it?

Yeah, I agree that if it keeps hurting you might want to see a doctor. But for now, why not just go to a pharmacy and get an ice pack and, perhaps, some over-the-counter topical anti-inflammatory?

edited 22nd Mar '12 11:19:57 PM by Carciofus

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GigglesMcYummy wobbledewopple wob woppl from Ohio Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Reincarnated romance
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#8: Mar 22nd 2012 at 11:26:40 PM

Walking doesn't hurt, it's just a rather annoying sharp pain everytime I sit or kneel down.

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Pyrite Until further notice from Right. Beneath. You. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#9: Mar 23rd 2012 at 12:53:29 AM

Any swelling, redness, stiffness / grinding / "locking" sensations, or instability? When does it start hurting - does it hurt when you're not moving the joint? And which part of the knee is it in - front, sides, under the kneecap, all over?

Also, are any other joints involved?

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GigglesMcYummy wobbledewopple wob woppl from Ohio Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Reincarnated romance
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#10: Mar 23rd 2012 at 6:42:50 AM

No swelling, redness, or grinding, only a bit of when I sit or do anything that involves bending my knee, yes it hurts when I'm not doing anything, the pain is mainly at the top of my kneecap, and no, I dont think any other joints are involved.

Also, nice Toneberry avatar.

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Pyrite Until further notice from Right. Beneath. You. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#11: Mar 23rd 2012 at 9:15:29 AM

Disclaimer: Don't take this as proper medical advice - go see your nearest family practitioner if you're looking for that. I'm just a voice on the internet.

At the risk of encouraging self-diagnosis, it sounds pretty mechanical. *

Rest, ice and physio, along with judicious use of painkillers, should help; if they don't, then get yourself checked. (Or if you start getting bone pain, persistent pain even while you're sleeping, or if the joint becomes red / hot / swollen / impossible to move, but that's another story entirely.) Do you do a lot of sports or activities that put stress on the knee?

Oh, and thanks. Found it on the 'net somewhere and couldn't attribute it to a particular artist, so I hope he / she doesn't mind.tongue *DOINK*

edited 23rd Mar '12 9:19:06 AM by Pyrite

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GigglesMcYummy wobbledewopple wob woppl from Ohio Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Reincarnated romance
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#12: Mar 25th 2012 at 9:46:11 PM

Well, it's been another two days, I took some Ibuprofen yesterday and today, and it's only helped a little. Is it possible it could be tendonitis? I've had it in my leg before, but I can't remember if it was the same leg.

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#13: Mar 25th 2012 at 9:57:37 PM

Yeah, you should go already and get it checked. I hope you are not american.

Pyrite Until further notice from Right. Beneath. You. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hiding
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#14: Mar 25th 2012 at 11:07:49 PM

It's better to get it checked, just to be on the safe side.

edited 25th Mar '12 11:09:19 PM by Pyrite

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InverurieJones '80s TV Action Hero from North of the Wall. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#15: Mar 26th 2012 at 1:51:59 AM

Best to get it checked. A knee injury can end a career before it even starts. Skyrim jokes aside, I nearly had to give up my adventuriness after taking an injury to the knee. It got better eventually.

edited 26th Mar '12 1:52:24 AM by InverurieJones

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GigglesMcYummy wobbledewopple wob woppl from Ohio Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Reincarnated romance
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#16: Mar 26th 2012 at 8:04:38 AM

I know, strangely enough I watched a recent episode of Degrassi where a character starts taking a bunch of Codine for her torn asl so she can be on some elite soccer team, about a week before this started happening.

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MajorTom Since: Dec, 2009
#17: Mar 26th 2012 at 2:49:03 PM

@OP: See a doctor pretty darn soon if it persists. This sounds like a classic pulled tendon, sprained ligament type deal but it could be worse. (Alternatively it's gas bubbles in the joint. Those get painful!)

GigglesMcYummy wobbledewopple wob woppl from Ohio Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Reincarnated romance
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#18: Mar 26th 2012 at 3:51:40 PM

I think it might be the ladder, unless I somehow managed to get it sprained in my sleep.

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MajorTom Since: Dec, 2009
#19: Mar 26th 2012 at 5:34:02 PM

If it's gas bubbles it requires either you pop the joint and stretch it out or wait about a week. Either way that passes without permanent effect.

If it is a sprain or pull (on occasion those don't manifest themselves until later, rare but happens), if it doesn't start feeling better by tomorrow's end go see a doctor.

TamH70 Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#20: Mar 26th 2012 at 9:23:18 PM

Both of my knees are shot to hell. So much so I am on a ticking clock to when they fail completely. And every day I live the pain gets worse as I get fatter and older. To say precisely why they are knackered would take to long, but I blame Arnie for it somehow.

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#21: Mar 27th 2012 at 12:47:53 PM

I'm so waiting for someone to invoke arrows.

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GigglesMcYummy wobbledewopple wob woppl from Ohio Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Reincarnated romance
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#22: Mar 27th 2012 at 12:53:11 PM

Well there's still some pain, but the Ibuprofen seems to be doing it's job very slowly.

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MajorTom Since: Dec, 2009
#23: Mar 27th 2012 at 2:59:42 PM

Then it's probably minor gas bubbles or a minor hyperextension. Nothing permanent either way.

edited 27th Mar '12 3:00:04 PM by MajorTom

Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
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#24: Mar 27th 2012 at 3:53:29 PM

I'm so waiting for someone to invoke arrows.

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