knee cap is numb

This has probably be asked about a billion times but I give it a shot. I'm a 31 year old male I'm in great shape. I have a spot on my left knee if I bend my knee and knead on it it's a sharp shooting electric like pain on the outside of the left knee almost dead even with the top outside corner of my knee cap.

Numbness and tingly hands going numb, itchy skin all over 9-6-13 Numbness and tingling on left leg and a cool numb feeling in my upper back. Right foot is also numb and tingly. Left forearm numb and tingly on topside at the arm. Hot spots move around in legs 9-6-13 Numbness and tingling on left leg and a cool numb feeling in my upper back. Right foot is also numb and tingly. Left forearm numb and tingly on topside at the arm 9-7-13 Last few days prickly feelings all over come and goes.

The pain is right below the knee cap on the r.side.The area also turns alittle numb to the touch.Is there something I can do to fix the problem or do I have to see a Orthopedic doctor.

Thanks for the comments. Have made an appointment. Hope not something serious. Bending the knee itself is okay, it is what is "behind" the knee that is causing the problem and which is preventing me from kneeling etc. Feels like there is something behind the knee that extends into the back of the calf muscle. Will see what the doctor says.

I was playing hockey and a person dove into my left knee straight on. I finished the game and haven't missed one yet. I feel pain when climbing stairs and running and sometimes walking but not really that bad when skating. It was bruised and it hurts just below my knee cap. Don't know what it is.

It felt as though my knee cap slammed downward towards my shin/ankle area. A loud POP sounded and my knee instantly went numb and within about 6 seconds looked as though it had 3 ounces of liquid piling up in it. Within about a minute, a bruise was visible. Sensations included intense burning, and a swollen/huge scab-like feeling inside my knee. Despite common sense, I did not go to the doctor because I hoped that the standard rule would apply: time heals most wounds.

with extreme stabbing pain in which I come very close to falling. No known injuries. Compared to other knee the knee cap looks to be double in size. Full extension even when sitting can Bring on the stabbing pain.

i fell and broke my left knee cap and a week after the mobilizer came off my left leg started to get numb. it progressed to numb hands numb feet , shock sensations down both arms and legs until finally i got an epideral but i cannot walk without staggering and my left leg is losing mucle and is thinner than the right. my mri said i have annular bulging at l3-l4 and l4-l5. what does this mean?

Oh love thats just crappy ay. I'm yet to be free of suboxone but i know what its like to have to put up with pain....i currently have a cracked knee cap...which i've had 2 previous operations on. One of my wisdom teeth is growing out into the side of my cheek and thats been hell for a good few years now (yeah i know i should get it removed but seeing as i cant take pain killers because of the subs i cant really do it.

have a knot on knee cap when to doc. 1974 said it was like munchhousen something and not the one for women doc.

Some people find rubbing in an anti-inflammatory gel into the knee joint helpful. As the knee cap is helping that is fine, but it is still important to exercise the knee joint so that it does not stiffen up. Good forms of exercise to strengthen the supporting muscles around the knee joints is by going to the local swimming pool and doing walking exercises in the water.

Hello sarabear and welcome to the Pain Forum: I think what you're experiencing is called Runner's Knee (Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome) The knee is a complex joint. It includes the articulation between the tibia and femur (leg and thigh) and the patella (knee cap) and femur. The most common knee problems in running relate to what is called the "patellofemoral complex". This consists of the quadriceps, knee cap and patellar tendon.

i started to get a jolting sharp pain on my left knee i think coming from the knee cap or around the sides of the knee cap. it went away the next day but came back again few days later...... it seems to come when i just walk on the knee not every step but a certain pressure of my steps. Someone please help dancing is my Job and before i dish out money to a doctor i would like to try to understand what im dealing with. PLEASE HELP!

Monday, February 8th, i woke up and my left leg, from my knee-cap all the way down to my ankle was completely numb.. i thought may have been the way i was sleeping or something.. but it is STILL just as numb to this day. (Feb 20) This is NOT the first time this has happend. In 2007 my right leg, from my hip to my knee-cap was completely numb for two weeks straight. then went away.

Last wk I was playing basketball and when I came down from jumping I had a real sharp pain in my knee and could not continue. Around the top of my knee cap is tender and hurts and when I put pressure on my knee getting out the car or anything I get sharp tack like pains under my knee cap and sometimes on the side of my knee and it aches a little, I have really slight swelling but I am able to walk. What do you think it is and what should I do?

When I was a freshman in highschool I had seen a Doctor about my knee problem, and was tolded that my knee caps were making new knee jionts by themselves. They had done surgery on my right knee. I was wondering what the medical name was for this type of knee problem.

6-7 weeks ago I developed wet feet sensations, without feet being wet, as well as numbness on the skin over knee cap, but the skin was never numb, just felt weird. That went on for a bit, went to GP, did blood work for B12 and thyroids and came back normal. Then, I started feeling twitching, all over the body, but mainly on my right hand and on the side of the face. Searched that online, and BOOM, got ASL.

The most common cause is chondromalacia which is also called Runner’s Knee. Chondromalacia occurs because of irritation of the cartilage on the undersurface of the kneecap.Prepatellar bursitis, patellar subluxation,knee cap dislocation all can lead to pain directly over the knee cap.Rest,antiinflammatory medications, application of ice to the knee all are very important for reducing the symptoms. If the symptoms persist or are severe it is best to see an orthopaedician.I hope it helps.

So i use 1 crutch to support me. Is there any possibility that i had torn my ACL? Is it normal that the knee is still swelling? i had a very sharp pain on the medial side of the knee while trying to bend it and it feels very thight. Im quite frustrated because it heals very slowly.i'll be having a big exam in 1 month time and im really worry about it.

Is the pain under your knee cap or tendon? From what you are saying it sounds like your saying under your knee cap. You could have patellofemoral syndrome; very common for cyclists (read your bio). Try this website. http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/sma/sma_patellod_sma.

I have had chronic knee problems starting in my freshman year of high school (4 years ago), when my knee cap shifted out of place almost an inch. I did 2 rounds of physical therapy which helped my knee get back into place. A few weeks later I fell on it very hard, against the side of the bath tub, and it caused me to pull my siatic nerve. My bad knee and whole leg went numb for about 2 months.

I also have knee problems that started when I was pregnant with my daughter who is almost 4. I can be walking and my knee cap moves so my knee locks up. It happens a whole lot more when I am pregnant apparently, since it was worse with her and now it's worse again and I'm pregnant. I can't wait for my son to be here.

ve been limping ever since the knee looks deformed there was a massive purple bruise which has now gone down. There is still swelling on the knee cap and the leg feels numb yet painful and tingly to the toes. It's my right leg so it's my main leg and I don't know what to do. I can move my leg but its really painful. if i touch the knee is tender and if i move my fingers on it the knee feels like it's jarring. Nothing seems like a comfortable position.

t use the knee cap if your knee is stable because it will weaknen your muscles more.

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