Well, all i can say is that...Make sure that you put the leg through some "therapy" afterwords. If you just sit home for days on end becuase of the pain, it wont heal correctly, or return to the way it was Before the accident. So excersize it, try walkin on it and puttin pressure on it durin your recovery. I watched my brother go through the samething.
Originally posted by PuzzleDid you catch the soda?
Go ahead, guess. 🙂OK, It's me. I bet none of guessed that one, dumbasses
Seriously though, last night while at work I had just clocked out and decided to pick up some 12 packs of soda before I went home. I get a cart and start loading it up. One 12 pack I reached for was opened and a can fell out, so I go to catch it before it hits the ground and suddenly I feel this tremendous pain in my left knee. I swear I felt something inside there tear, probably some ligaments or something. The pain nearly brought me off my feet it was so bad, I am standing there, one leg up in the air, supported by a pallet of soda and call the only cashier on the clock over to me and she grabs a chair for me to sit in. At this point my knee is just starting to swell up. I sit for a few minutes, then I used my shopping cart to lean on and take the weight off of my leg.
Like a man I finish my shopping, get in my car and come home. Now during the car ride home everything in my leg stiffened up and hurt like a b!tch getting out of the truck. I put an ice pack on it after telling mom and dad what happened, wake up this morning with my knee cap the size of a baseball and can't walk. I have to wait until the afternoon, but I will be going to the hospital to see what happened. Hopefully there will be no need for surgery (both my sisters had torn ligaments in their knees and needed surgery). Now it's time to fill out an accident report with the company. 🙂
Originally posted by Penelope
Well, all i can say is that...Make sure that you put the leg through some "therapy" afterwords. If you just sit home for days on end becuase of the pain, it wont heal correctly, or return to the way it was Before the accident. So excersize it, try walkin on it and puttin pressure on it durin your recovery. I watched my brother go through the samething.
I know, I had to watch my sister's and dad go through it.
Originally posted by ~Pielover~
Did you catch the soda?
No. 🙁 Poor Dr. Pepper.
Re: Guess who is going to the hospital.
Originally posted by Puzzle
Go ahead, guess. 🙂OK, It's me. I bet none of guessed that one, dumbasses
Seriously though, last night while at work I had just clocked out and decided to pick up some 12 packs of soda before I went home. I get a cart and start loading it up. One 12 pack I reached for was opened and a can fell out, so I go to catch it before it hits the ground and suddenly I feel this tremendous pain in my left knee. I swear I felt something inside there tear, probably some ligaments or something. The pain nearly brought me off my feet it was so bad, I am standing there, one leg up in the air, supported by a pallet of soda and call the only cashier on the clock over to me and she grabs a chair for me to sit in. At this point my knee is just starting to swell up. I sit for a few minutes, then I used my shopping cart to lean on and take the weight off of my leg.
Like a man I finish my shopping, get in my car and come home. Now during the car ride home everything in my leg stiffened up and hurt like a b!tch getting out of the truck. I put an ice pack on it after telling mom and dad what happened, wake up this morning with my knee cap the size of a baseball and can't walk. I have to wait until the afternoon, but I will be going to the hospital to see what happened. Hopefully there will be no need for surgery (both my sisters had torn ligaments in their knees and needed surgery). Now it's time to fill out an accident report with the company. 🙂
Do you work out?
Originally posted by Puzzle
Not as often as I should.
Any heavy lifting? Do you do anything that requires a great amount of energy especially one directed to the movement of the legs? The reason I ask is that you could have the same knee problem I had. It doesn't require surgery (unless your case was worse than mine), but it'll be be about 6 months in Physical Therapy.
Originally posted by AOR
Any heavy lifting? Do you do anything that requires a great amount of energy especially one directed to the movement of the legs? The reason I ask is that you could have the same knee problem I had. It doesn't require surgery (unless your case was worse than mine), but it'll be be about 6 months in Physical Therapy.
The heaviest lifting I do on a regular basis is only like 50 pounds at work.
Originally posted by Puzzle
The heaviest lifting I do on a regular basis is only like 50 pounds at work.
Maybe. What I'm guessing you experienced was the dislocation of your Patellar Tendon either because your Vastius Medalis was weaker than your Vastius Lateralis (your inside thigh was weaker than your outside thigh) or vice versa tugged on the knee cap which might have either:
a). Pinched a nerve (which do hurt, contrary to popular belief)
or
b). Damaged the tendon (which may require surgery)
However, surgery or not, you are looking at some Physical Therapy for a while.
Originally posted by AOR
Maybe. What I'm guessing you experienced was the dislocation of your Patellar Tendon either because your Vastius Medalis was weaker than your Vastius Lateralis (your inside thigh was weaker than your outside thigh) or vice versa tugged on the knee cap which might have either:a). Pinched a nerve (which do hurt, contrary to popular belief)
or
b). Damaged the tendon (which may require surgery)However, surgery or not, you are looking at some Physical Therapy for a while.
I'm thinking it's B, my kneecap felt like it was ripped right from my leg when it happened. I was afraid to look down, thinking I was going to see my knee cap placed somewhere where it wasn't supposed to be.
Originally posted by Puzzle
I'm thinking it's B, my kneecap felt like it was ripped right from my leg when it happened. I was afraid to look down, thinking I was going to see my knee cap placed somewhere where it wasn't supposed to be.
Do you happen to remember where the knee (or how the knee looked) when it was swollen?