Knee Injury

In mid December 2022, I was working long hours and remember crouching down and feeling a twinge in my knee. Pain began filling my knee days after but it came on slowly. My knee is just tired I thought. December 27 I was finally free from work and could go back to a regular riding schedule. I believe I hurt my medial tendon. Pain on the inside of my right knee. I went to a local medical supply and bought a knee brace and then bought another off Amazon. Key words spoken by the salesman at the medical supply that I don't find a "quick to go in and cut" knee ortho surgeon. My knee is getting better. It would click here and there. Swollen. Clicks and seizes when unloaded- when sitting on the couch with my feet up. It's time to ride and I don't want to go see a doctor for this. I just want it to go away and get back to riding. On January 13 I kicked a box in my living room and re-injured my knee. Since then I'm icing my knee every night for 30 minutes. Yesterday while riding up Black Star I tried to ride a small wheelie and my knee couldn't take the extra load nor can it take jumps or drops on the bike. This morning my knee still hurts but I think I'm slowly improving. I know I can ride regular rides but I put my knee strength at 70- 80%.

 

All that says to me is "Go to the doctor."

 

Brutal. You should see a professional for advice.

 

Yeah... I have to say that this sounds like something you should have checked, Steve...

Be smarter than I was in March 2005 when I did a flying tackle and landed on cement with the left knee. A doctor visit or two would have saved me a few years of discomfort.

 

Put some 'tussin on it. It'll get better in no time!

No - sorry. Sounds like it's actually injured and may need some form of medical intervention beyond ice or pills.

 

Well that sounds like a fun time......

I'm someone who will grit it out and just deal with the discomort.....as a cyclist...knee issues are one of those that I don't mess around with. Bad knees keep me off the bike.

May just be a slight strain or sprain....but probably best to have it checked out.

 

I had orthoscopic surgery on my left knee after a MX issue in the early 80's.
I didn't have the surgery until the mid 80's after my knee kept putting me on the ground playing ball every other week.
The Doc told me to open it up and fix it all would have a long recovery and since I wasn't going to play professional ball, he didn't think it was worth it. He could go in and "clean up the damage" and I could still have a good working knee.
Done deal. Surgery was done, walked out of the hospital, a month later I was playing ball and riding my bike.
Fast forward to today. Knee reminds me every day, but when I'm on my bike no discomfort and the more I ride (choosing the right trails) the better it gets.
YMMV

 

6 responses so far and there is complete agreement. That doesn't happen on the internet. It's a sign you need to see the Doc.

 

# 1 or # 5 Medial Plica Syndrome, I think, applies to me. Rest, Ice and Anti inflamatory meds. Man I don't know. I'm going to give it a couple of weeks before I give in and see a doctor https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=00e9c50e0900b4e4JmltdHM9MTY3NDk1MDQwMCZpZ3VpZD0wMDczOWQ3MS01N2QzLTY0YTYtMWQxNi05NmMxNTNkMzY3NWYmaW5zaWQ9NTIwMw&ptn=3&hsh=3&fclid=00739d71-57d3-64a6-1d16-96c153d3675f&psq=medial+knee+pain&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cua25lZS1wYWluLWV4cGxhaW5lZC5jb20vbWVkaWFsLWtuZWUtcGFpbi5odG1s&ntb=1tor.

 

Or.....you give it a couple more weeks, then you go see the doctor, only to find out it is more serious than you think.....now you are a couple more weeks behind in feeling better.

Or....you give in and see the doctor now, then you know for fact what is wrong. If it is serious, then you already started the process of healing...if it is not serious, well then all you did was waste a few hours and you are on the correct track. Win/Win

 

I'm going to look for one tomorrow and get it checked out.

 

Steve I’m sorry to hear about this. My tried and true method for injury recovery involves countless Ice cold Pacifico's and then eventually giving in and going to the doctor because I get tired of hearing my wife tell me I need to go to the doctor. Once I do give in and go it almost always turns out there's something wrong and I should've listened and gone earlier. I hope for your sake it's something minor and you can get back to 100% well before Kokopelli. If not near perfect I wouldn't chance it doing Koko.

 

This is exactly what happens in my household . She keeps telling me to go to the Doc and I'm like...Naaaa I don't need to do that......Ok Steve, if you're going I'll go too. For my F-d up hip. Too Hip, gotta go!

And my opinion Hawt Dwag Steve, because random dude on the 'Nets opinion matters, you should go.

 

I went and saw an Orthopedic Doctor today. They took Xrays which looked fine. No bone on bone or anything like that. Everything looked normal. The doc said if I want more information then get an MRI. If not then go for physical therapy and tough it out. He is perfectly fine after examining my knee for me to ride my bike. He said most likely I pinched my cartilage and an MRI will reveal that for possible surgery or not. I'm giving it another week to schedule the MRI. If I make improvements next week I may check into PT and tough it out.

 

It never hurts to have MRI prescriptions ready to implement. Actually, it kinda hurts...you know what I mean.

 

Where is Mikie?

 

Exactly. I would think he would have a thing or two to say about the topic.

Paging the Godfather - @Mikie

 

I shook my Magic 8 Ball and it said an MRI is going to reveal a torn meniscus. It will be on the inside of the knee. You will have outpatient arthroscopic surgery, it will take two weeks to heal and you will be back to riding your bike…

 

I'm hoping to skip the above steps. Currently I'm whistling while limping on past the front doctors office on the way to the trails you might say- I hope it just keeps getting better and I can put this hiccup behind me. My schedule has opened up and it's time to ride!

 

Get a compression sleeve for the knee and see if that helps. It will keep it warm and tight. It works for me.

 

When you need a little help from your daughter starting your 2004 KX 500. I made it 40 miles on race day and had to stop. MRI scheduled for March 7.

 

I went in for my MRI on March 8. I never had an MRI before. 30 minutes in the machine with a lot of clunking and buzzing sounds. My knee hurts worse than ever. Just a constant dragging pain but I don't find myself reaching for ibuprofen. My knee feels just ok in the morning but hurts in the afternoon. Loose, clicky and clunky. I still feel that I can pedal a bike around. My MRI reading with my doctor is next Wednesday.

 

Much better than an MRI on your head.
My knee had similar symptoms, including biking with no problems. Ended up being a complete tear of the meniscus.
Recovery from the surgery was slow, but the pain did go away.

 

I saw my doctor today and had my MRI results reviewed. He saw no tendon tears. Aside from mild arthritis he said most likely the Plica is bothering me. The initial pain was on the inside of my knee. That's gone. Now my whole knee hurts on the front and in the middle. Options: He can go in with 2 small incisions and trim/ remove the affected Plica or give me a cortisone shot and see if that does it. I chose the cortisone shot. If it doesn't work it's a minimum of 2 months before the surgery to be scheduled. For now 3 days rest and I can get back to normal activity.

 

Fingers crossed.

 

All of you with knee, back, shoulder and elbow issues should do some research into stem cells before scheduling surgery. Many MMA fighters have had great results.

 

Not covered by insureance right?

 

Don't forget the neck!


Hopefully the shot works, @Stkx66 ... Fingers crossed.

 

Yeah, my issue was that the ice cream wasn’t going to reattach itself to the cone properly with just an injection.

 

I had my cortisone shot administered on March 21. Today, 20 days later, I feel like I am finally winning the battle. I rode up Telegraph road in Chino Hills today. My knee felt really good. I was able to stand up and peddle on the uphills and I could easily drop the saddle as needed stand / squat / crouch ( or load my knees ) to go down hill. I'm having more days of less clicking if that makes sense. If I were to describe how it feels now I would say my knee feels stiff. ( more tight? ) My retired doctor friend says you know when you are fully healed when you don't notice the injury anymore. I'm looking forward to that day. Here is the only pic I have of my MRI knee that my doctor said was the most interesting.