knee pain. not warm, no swelling. foot is not straight?
I am seeing the doctor tomorrow, but just in case he does not know and sends me for a few weeks of tests, i was wondering if anyone might have a guess, that i could suggest to the doc.
been going on for two weeks. i have Psoriatic arthritis, a type of arthritis that does not stay in one joint, but moves to other joints, and i can be pain free for months, or the pain can be no worse then when you strain a muscle. i do not believe it is Psoriatic arthritis.
knee hurts all the time, can not put weight on it, bend it, straighten it, lay down or elevate it. extreme pain when knee is at its bending limits, fully straight or fully bent.
no swelling, not warm, not painful to touch. no loss of feeling or discoloration to rest of leg.
pain is in the knee, under knee cap, not in a muscle.
pain can not be pinpointed to a part of the knee.
foot is turned about 1/4 turn out. meaning, when standing straight, both feet should be side by side and pointing straight ahead. mine, points about a 1/4 turn outward. it is the right knee, so the foot points away from my body. normally, both feet would be at “12 o’clock”.. one of mine is at “12 o’clock” the other is at 2 o’clock”.
i can turn it straight, with no more pain than anything else, but it does not feel normal. like when you turn your foot a 1/4 turn, you have to hold it there. if you take a step, it returns to straight, unless you hold it out.
i did not notice the 1/4 turn until yesterday, i do not believe it has been that way for two weeks, i think the foot just turned.
i realize we will hold a foot in an unnatural stance when in pain, if that feels better, but i am not holding it turned.
any guesses?
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sounds like the same problem i have. “Chondromalacia patella” which basically means softening of the cartilidge under the knee cap that can cause it to go off track a bit.
easily treated with physio if caught early enough in my case i had operations and now it is un treatable so i am having more ops, how ever it has just started in my other knee and i am hopefull it can be treated without an op this time
usually an xray or MRI will diognose it and usual treatment is physio
failing that a camera in knee and in rare cases (like min) a tendon transfer
hope this has helped
There are two different ailments I know of that fit what you’ve said. Juvenile Arthritis, is deforming, it is here-there-everywhere. It strikes different places at different times & hurts bad, young people are the ones that usually get this form of arthritis.
I think though you have more signs of bursitis. Bursitis strikes all of a sudden in one place & stays there for quite sometime, (3-6 mon.) on the average. It is so painful while it’s there you can hardly use whatever it strikes (but you can). Ouch! After a time it goes away & may not come back for over a year, then one day you wake up with it some where else. When that happens you just have to live with the pain until it goes away. Just like arthritis, Doctors give Cortisone shots (usually), they help some people more than others, but they don’t cure it. Actually I’d had 2 shots & it helped ease the pain, when I took the third shot though I had a really bad reaction & can’t even use cortisone cream now. If you have to take any other medication be sure to tell the doctor before you take anything for arthritis or bursitis because what your taking for these 2 ailments won’t cure them but the medicine they give for bursitis & arthritis may not mix well with another medication that you have to have. (I hope you don’t have to take long term medicine) some people do though…I hope I’ve helped you…Take care & God Bless