Yesterday I had one of my famous “fall up the stairs” moments and – you guessed it – landed on my already damaged knee. Luckily (?) I already had my x-ray appointment booked so, instead of spending 5 hours waiting at emergency today, I grabbed a taxi to the clinic and was there and home again in less than 45 minutes. According to Dr A, there’s nothing broken, so that’s something. But I had to cancel my meetings and other activities for the rest of the day and have been sitting here with my leg up. Very frustrating because I had lots to do today, but I also have to work tomorrow, so I’d better give my knee a rest and hope it’s better in the morning. How’s your day been?
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Actually trying to find out what is wrong with my knee! I didn’t fall or anything. I have no idea what happened. Hope you get well soon.
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Ah, so sorry to hear the news.
Falling up the stairs – I do that all the time! 🙂 My knees are to the point that occasionally the knee ‘collapses’ and I almost fall over, not sure what that’s all about. It’s a race as to which knee will require replacement first!
Are you also putting ice on the knee to reduce swelling? Or taking an anti-inflammatory like ibuprofen?
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Buckling knee syndrome. Common problem, caused primarily by muscle dysfunction in the vastus medialis, inner (medial) head of the quadriceps thigh muscle. Dig around with your thumb in a region about an inch above the inner border of your kneecap (it’s the are where “quadriceps” overlaps “hamstrings” in the picture at the top of Az’s post). That is not so much hamstring there, really, it’s overlaid by the adductor group that pulls your legs together. Those muscles get in a fight with the quad that straightens the knee; hence the buckling. You will likely find a very, very sore bit, and you want to stroke that sore bit deeply from top to bottom several times to release it.
I found this once on an elite runner who had been in physical therapy for weeks following an attack of Guillain-Barre paralysis and kept falling down, and his PTs totally no-brained on it. Instant fix in that case. Give it a try.
Good arch support in shoes (I prefer rigid inserts) will reduce the stress on the inner side of the knee and help keep this from creeping back.
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FOUND IT! Anne you have to try this.
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