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Hi there! Exercises and conservative management is unlikely to help with knock knees at the age of 15 years. The only definite solution is a surgery, which is again best avoided if the deformity if mild. You may consider an evaluation by an orthopedician for suggestion of an appropriate management plan. Hope this is helpful. Take care!

It is best advised to get this evaluated by a primary care physician, if not an orthopedician for an accurate diagnosis and appropriate management. Meanwhile you could try using a knee brace to avoid motion that may aggravate your symptoms. However long term immobility is not advised since this could lead to stiffness. Hope this helps. Take care!

Back to exercise and eating right. The sports knee brace works great. I love it. Today I went through a long walk in the woods with my dog. It sort of more hiking than anything. I couldn't do anything cause my knee would swell if I did. Now I can. I have also been doing a lot of weight training too.

I am now 28 and know I'd need surgery to fix it. I need a knee brace and to do strengthening exercises so I can still hike, bike, and run. Any suggestions on braces that can withstand such abuse?

replaning, where they go in and smooth out the rough spots that are causing pain; custom made knee braces that keep the knee from moving laterally, which is often a big source of pain. Exercises, with the guidance of a physical therapist, can keep the muscle and tendon structures around your knee strong to support the joint.

I have a Stance control Kafo with spring action ankle joint and automatic locking and unlocking knee joints. I tried 3 different varities of knee joints. These Stance control braces allow you to walk prettynormal the knee locks and unlocks in the swing of your leg. It seems to take a lot of adjustments and trial and error to get the best system to match what strength and pattern of gait you have. I now use a becker stance control free walk stlye.

Recovery was very slow (this was 7th surgery on knee and muscles very weak). I now have 9 degree bend. Have been doing all the exercises and attending a gym (under supervision) 3 times a week to cycle, do resistance exercises and swim. I have had pain since the surgery but ths has worsened in the last month. The knee started giving way about two months after surgery and now gives way 4-5 times a day - this frequency has increased as I have exercised more which I cannot understand!

Hi Lynne05 and everyone else in the group. I am so happy I "stumbled" onto this group. I have right foot drop post total hip replacement. I had both knees replaced about eight years ago by the same surgeon. Through all these replacement surgeries never was I told foot drop may be a side effect. I was told the day after surgery and my Doctor also could not determine the cause. He told me it could get better in days, months, years or never at all.

Ok my brother dislocated his knee on mothers day of this year and we just got a mri done 6-17-10 the doctor told us he had bruising of the bone torn cartilege and torn ligment inside his knee. He is able to move around without the help of anything or a brace on his knee but he cant bend it all the way like a knee should be able to. The doc said to wait a week or so and if it doesnt get better then he would send him to a orthopedic.

Other than wearing a double upright hingened knee brace and continuing to be on it, what can I do to help this get better? I was told just wear the brace for 6 wks and it will get better. Do I bend, twist? Do I do any kind of strengthening exercises???? Please help I am not sure what will help..... It is very painful and already getting stiff!!!!!!

It has been several weeks now and his pain is back he still has a little swelling but now both his knees hurt. He wears a brace on both his knees now. He has trouble getting up if he has to get down on the ground for something. We are not sure what to do now because both doctors has told him all his test look fine. His joints look good and they did not show no arthritis in them. Who should he see now? What can I do to help him.

However with your symptoms, the presence of loose bodies and internal knee injuries may need to be ruled out. You may also require a knee brace to stabilize the patella if suggested. At this stage I would advise seeing an orthopedician and after an evaluation a management plan can be drafted accordingly. Hope this is useful. Take care!

I hurt my knee playing in the floor w/my 2-year old grandson 6 weeks ago. I was crawling & my leg went to the side but it didn't hurt badly. My joints hyperextend somewhat. The pain & swelling is on the inside of the knee, I cannot bear my weight on my leg- it feels as if it will crumble. I self-treated for a while (brace, heat, ibuprofin, worked in a restaurant (bar tending, waitress) and the pain got worse as time passed.

He said my patella was not riding centered and put me in a brace and gave me exercises to do. I was able to walk on it and even resumed playing basketball after about 3 weeks although it was unstable and occasionally gave out. I went back to the doctor and had an MRI and the doctor said I had a linear meniscus tear and sent me to an orthopedic surgeon. He said that he did not see the meniscus tear and actually thinks I partially torn my ACL.

I hurt my knee at work and they told me it was a patellar dislocation and it must of relocated it self and they gave me a knee brace and said I could go back to work . but I cant even bare to walk on it it hurts so bad oh they also gave me a shot of steroid in my arm to take the swelling down but my knee still doesn't feel right like it keeps popping out of place what should I do ?

physical or occupational therapy, an exercise program, or wearing knee braces, to name a few. You may also consider some topical pain relievers such as capsaicin topical patches (Salonpas is one such product) applied 3-4 times daily when needed. A next step if topical therapies are ineffective may be to add Tylenol on an as needed basis.

They ache most of the time and they grind, pop, and crack every time I bend them. My doctor told me to wear knee braces whenever I am going to be on my feet a lot. The knee braces help a little but they drive me crazy. My doctor told me that I need to have knee surgery on both of my knees in order to prevent it from getting worse. I have refused the surgery and now two years later they are hurting worse than ever.

i use a cheap ace brand knee brace that slips over my knee, and that seems to secure the knee a bit... any regimen suggestions until i see the doctor?

Like when I am at work (I work at a grocery store) and when I played flag tag the first week of school I wore my brace but I moved me knee wrong which caused me to limp for about five minutes it's done that to me a few times after that. And the thing is when I move my knee wrong it feels somewhat like my patela and the bone connected to it are moving opposite directions and it feels weird. And when I am at work and I stand to long and for a little bit my knee will just randomly give out.

i have had a knee pain since sept 06 when i dislocated my knee cap downward and i went to the emergency room they took two x-rays. they said it was dislocated. i was in a brace for 6 weeks to where i couldnt bend my knee and was on crutch's. i went through physical therapy for 4.5 months before i deployed for iraq. currently im in iraq and im still having the same pains on the inside of my knee and below the knee cap i have pain that is in the back of the knee and goes into my heel.

I would suggest you to wear proper foot wear and discuss with your orthopedician for use of braces, knee sleeves, arch supports and custom orthotics if these will help you. You can have arthritis at young age and when the joint cartilage is lost then you would need total knee replacement. Take care!

Tried using a good knee brace, not much help. For the past 1 month or so, I can feel my left knee(right knee is perfectly fine, God forbid) going stiff(even while driving). I do not have any other issues. I am normal weight & height and in my later 20's. I have seen people suffering with arthritis. They are unable to do anything normal. I am very concerned. Can this be ok in exercises? Is this an issue with my calcium intake? Experienced people, kindly advise.

Had RK microfracture & LK OATS. Somewhat able to do things with tolerable pain level. Started back with the floor pilaties & yoga. Too much stretching I guess. I started where you are with similiar discomforts. Then started to hurt behind the knee and on the lateral side. Now...I can't stand without both knee fatique and pain, i can't walk without pain. It has ruined me! I'm walking with braces and oh boy if i have to go up or down stairs, HELP~!

Red2008 - I tore a ligament in my right knee about 4 years ago. Major Pain!!! I had to wear a knee brace for 6 weeks which I didn't do cause it impeded my work and the darn thing wouldn't stay on. Anyways they said if it didn't get better with the brace I would have to wear a cast for 6 weeks. I lied and said it felt fine lol. I still have some pain every now and then to this day. I imagine that I will need that cast or surgery in the future.

This morning however, I am having sharp pains on the left side of my right knee, its around the knee cap and the pain starts if I bend my knee, going up stairs, and sitting with it bent. There is no pain when I am standing though. Any ideas on how to treat it?

3) Can I continue with sports such as cricket, cycling and swimming if I wear knee braces/supports? If yes then which kind of knee braces/support? (because I usually tend to injure my knee with the elastic knee supports more often than without it). 4) Would Yoga, magnet therapy or any kind of therapy help heal the knee joint? Thanks in anticipation...

In the meantime, to keep my muscles strong around my knee, I am exercising but nothing strenous. Contemplating using a regular knee brace which has an opening around the patella, hope this will help when exercising and not cause any further damage. I have to see the physio tomorrow. Still no news on my appointment with the orthoped - hope it comes through pretty soon. No visible swelling around the knee, maybe the ibrufen which I had taken for a week helped.

Riding and walking consistently have kept the other from surgery for 15 yeara and I am allergic to NSAIDs. Sometimes they can give you cortezone. The one knee does worse the less exercise I get. Every knee is different and that is why I would start with a GP an possibly PT first.

But, almost as soon as I start walking again the pain become almost unnoticeable. Yes, I use knee braces. They allow me to play basketball and other sports. But, without them I might as well take up golf. lol No surgery. No hip pain. No ankle pain due to this injury.

Avoid movements that make symptoms worse. Do specific stretches and muscle-conditioning exercises. Lose excess weight. Tape or brace the knee, in some cases. Learn the best way to perform a sport, and wear the right shoes or equipment. Intensive acupuncture can help.

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