Knee Pain

[mr m]

Maybe someone might have had a similar experience and know of best action to take.

Anyhow, I play squash 3-4 times a week and in the last month or two my right knee is getting very stiff following a game. It has now reached a point where it takes a week to recover. Not good.

It's a dull pain/stiffness behind the knee which is felt more acutely when climbing stairs. I can still play when it's stiff and in fact the pain goes away as I warm up only to return again, worse, after the game.

Bloody disaster.

Cheers for any replies.

 

[pudgee]

stop playing squash?

 

[handydocket]

you need to get physio, there is no other answer
it sounds like you have damaged your medial ligament.
i have some experience of this.
maybe just a slight tear but it NEEDS seeing to

 

[mr m]

stop playing squash?

That option is the one that worries me the most.

 

[pudgee]

 

[mr m]

That's actually cheered me up.

 

[mr m]

you need to get physio, there is no other answer
it sounds like you have damaged your medial ligament.
i have some experience of this.
maybe just a slight tear but it NEEDS seeing to

I suppose, but physios never fill me with confidence although I should probably just bite the bullet and get it seen to. It's possible I just need rest.

If anyone knows a decent physio pm me please. Cheers.

 

[handydocket]

try to get an appointment for one with an ultrasound facility as that`s the only sure way to find out what`s gone wrong inside the knee

 

[Poison]

Maybe someone might have had a similar experience and know of best action to take.

Anyhow, I play squash 3-4 times a week and in the last month or two my right knee is getting very stiff following a game. It has now reached a point where it takes a week to recover. Not good.

It's a dull pain/stiffness behind the knee which is felt more acutely when climbing stairs. I can still play when it's stiff and in fact the pain goes away as I warm up only to return again, worse, after the game.

Bloody disaster.

Cheers for any replies.

Put both hands over your knee caps while you sit on seat and bend your knees.Feel for cracking in knee.See if it is worse in the right one.It could easily be a touch of arthritus also.It depends on your age but if you play a lot on a hard surface over the years it could speed it up.

If it was anything else you probably would not recover until it was fixed but to say your knee recovers after a bit points to the above i feel.

 

[tim the trip]

glucosamine sulphate with msn{sulphur} and clondrotin.

under either holland and barrets home brand or/active 55 by seven seas.


squash has more knee injuries than any other sport in the world. fact.