My knee popped out today, ever happen to you?

[djheater]

I was holding my 18 month old while sitting on the first stair off the floor. I went to stand up and it slipped out of place. My tibia was at a slight angle to my knee joint... very painful. After a while I was able to straighten it, put a little weight on it and it "thunked" back into place.

This has happend to me once or twice a year for the last ten years, just wanted to know if anyone else has a similar condition and what your prognosis was.

 

[fatbaby]

bones just pop out of place like that? i nevar had that happen to me! But boners have popped out at random times

 

[SoylentGreen]

His patella moved.
Stop worrying fatbaby.

 

[MichaelD]

Dude, it's never a good thing when any joint in the body "thunks back into place." :Q

If it's happened on a regular basis, there's obviously something very wrong! Has the concept of "a Doctor?" factored in here anywhere?

 

[Evadman]

I disloacted my knee skiing, and now whenever I go skiing I wear a brace on that knee. if I don't, I can almost pop it at will. if I am not careful and I do something wrong I can pop it out again. I hit the side of my leg with a trailer hitch and poped it out last fall.

fvcking hurts like no tommorow whenever that happens. Putting it back in (if it does not snap back) hurts even more.

 

[anonymouschris]

yup, happened to me when my 6'4", 240lbs, friend lost his balance when rebounding and landed on my knee. for awhile my knee popped out every so often, but now its pretty strong (knock on wood).

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: Evadman
I disloacted my knee skiing, and now whenever I go skiing I wear a brace on that knee. if I don't, I can almost pop it at will. if I am not careful and I do something wrong I can pop it out again. I hit the side of my leg with a trailer hitch and poped it out last fall.

fvcking hurts like no tommorow whenever that happens. Putting it back in (if it does not snap back) hurts even more.

Yes, I agree. definately stings.

I've been to a doctor michaeld. My lateral meniscii are slightly discoid and I have VERY mild Osgood-Schlatter's. There's not much a doctor can do, esentially strengthening excercises would help somewhat but not a whole lot.

 

[KingNothing]

Originally posted by: djheater

Originally posted by: Evadman
I disloacted my knee skiing, and now whenever I go skiing I wear a brace on that knee. if I don't, I can almost pop it at will. if I am not careful and I do something wrong I can pop it out again. I hit the side of my leg with a trailer hitch and poped it out last fall.

fvcking hurts like no tommorow whenever that happens. Putting it back in (if it does not snap back) hurts even more.

Yes, I agree. definately stings.

I've been to a doctor michaeld. My lateral meniscii are slightly discoid and I have VERY mild Osgood-Schlatter's. There's not much a doctor can do, esentially strengthening excercises would help somewhat but not a whole lot.

That so sounds made up.

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: fatbaby
bones just pop out of place like that? i nevar had that happen to me! But boners have popped out at random times

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAH!

 

[djheater]

It's not i swear!

The lateral discoid meniscus, first described by Young and colleagues[1] in a cadaver specimen in 1889, is a congenitally abnormal meniscus and the most common anatomic variant of the meniscus.[2] Although the etiology of the lateral discoid meniscus has been debated in the past, it is now generally believed that the lateral discoid meniscus is a result of abnormal development secondary to the deficiency of normal attachments. The discoid meniscus may be unstable and therefore more susceptible to injury. Knee pain, snapping, locking, and swelling in the child or adolescent should raise the suspicion of a lateral discoid meniscus. In a child younger than 10 years, the snapping-knee syndrome is pathognomonic for an unstable discoid meniscus. In the adolescent, the clinical presentation is more variable and often includes typical symptoms found in meniscal tears. The vague and intermittent nature of symptoms can make diagnosis of the pathologic meniscus quite difficult.

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[SoylentGreen]

Originally posted by: djheater
It's not i swear!

The lateral discoid meniscus, first described by Young and colleagues[1] in a cadaver specimen in 1889, is a congenitally abnormal meniscus and the most common anatomic variant of the meniscus.[2] Although the etiology of the lateral discoid meniscus has been debated in the past, it is now generally believed that the lateral discoid meniscus is a result of abnormal development secondary to the deficiency of normal attachments. The discoid meniscus may be unstable and therefore more susceptible to injury. Knee pain, snapping, locking, and swelling in the child or adolescent should raise the suspicion of a lateral discoid meniscus. In a child younger than 10 years, the snapping-knee syndrome is pathognomonic for an unstable discoid meniscus. In the adolescent, the clinical presentation is more variable and often includes typical symptoms found in meniscal tears. The vague and intermittent nature of symptoms can make diagnosis of the pathologic meniscus quite difficult.

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No need to justify what you say to kingnothing. His name really fits him.
Jackass.

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: Kiyup
No need to justify what you say to kingnothing. His name really fits him.
Jackass.

Pot, meet kettle.

 

[pillage2001]

A friend of mine can dislocate his shoulder at will and put it back with no pain.

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: pillage2001
A friend of mine can dislocate his shoulder at will and put it back with no pain.

::: SHUDDERS :::

sometimes, when i chew, my jaw makes this big thump sound and i get lock jaw for a split second and i move it back into position ....after that, i can hear like grinding noises coming from the area...u knw, my hear's next to the jaw, well, relatively close..so i can hear it "internally"...

it scares the hell outa me each time it happens..doc can't find anything wrong w/ it..

 

[Angrymarshmello]

Never happened to me. Get that checked out by a doc

 

[AndyHui]

Yeah. It's happened to me.

For the left leg, the tibia popped out sideways....that hurts. There doesn't seem to be any damage to the meniscus according to the arthroscopy, but there is some minor wear to the femur.

For the right leg, the patella shifted out of its socket and went all the way to the side of the leg. One of the ligaments is torn...I have no idea which, since I wasn't really listening to the doctor.

Anyway, even after all the physiotherapy, the legs are still weak and can go any time when you least expect it.

 

[C'DaleRider]

Originally posted by: AndyHui
Yeah. It's happened to me.

For the left leg, the tibia popped out sideways....that hurts. There doesn't seem to be any damage to the meniscus according to the arthroscopy, but there is some minor wear to the femur.

For the right leg, the patella shifted out of its socket and went all the way to the side of the leg. One of the ligaments is torn...I have no idea which, since I wasn't really listening to the doctor.

Anyway, even after all the physiotherapy, the legs are still weak and can go any time when you least expect it.

Psssst.......Andy.............there is no socket anywhere in the knee. The patella "floats" across the hinge joint formed by the tibia, fibula, and femur. The patella is just held in place with ligaments and tendons. It's no wonder the knee gets screwed up so easily on people, it's just three bones meeting without any ball-and-socket joint like that in the hip and shoulder....just held in place with musche, ligaments, tendons.