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Well... I was having a lovely time on VDLP when my knee snapped and I was no longer able to put any weight on it. Never loved my poles so much. After two days of rest and npt enough improvement with rest, I saw a doc in Spain who said stretched ligaments, it will take a whole to get better.
It was very disappointing to come home as for once I was planning 7 weeks and not 3, but every day still in pain during the days I was supposed to be in pain I was feeling ok since at least I had not come home for no reason. THAT would have been a real bummer.Sorry to hear this, Anemone! Keep us posted. I hope you feel better and are back to long walks soon.
Yes, I have an appointment to get exercises for strength. Sorry your trip was cut short. You'll get back out there!It was very disappointing to come home as for once I was planning 7 weeks and not 3, but every day still in pain during the days I was supposed to be in pain I was feeling ok since at least I had not come home for no reason. THAT would have been a real bummer.
What about some Physical Therapy to make sure you are 100% by October?
Have you had an MRI yet?I was just getting going upping my walking distance in preparation for my October Camino when I developed a painful knee condition. It's called Baker's Cyst, and is an accumulation of fluid in the back of the knee that causes stiffness and general leg pain.
If any of you have had this, please let me know what you did to recover, and how long it took to get back to normal. The medical help I'm getting is unclear on how long it will take to walk comfortably again. I know the forum isn't a substitute for professional care (having read that many times here!), but bring on the personal anecdotes and advice if you have them. I'm demoralized....I want to get walking!
Have you had an MRI yet?
I've just had my fourth orthopedic surgery ( shoulder, elbow & hand )
Nothing has ever showed up on an x-ray.
Every single time it was the MRI that showed the problem.
Unless a broken bone is suspected I have no idea why they bother with an x-ray.
My son in law tore his meniscus last year. Soon as the swelling went down into the MRI. Surgery a few days later & back to work the following week.
My opinion & experience is that too many doctors drag these things out with physical therapy before they even do an MRI.
That sounds like how our workmens comp medical worksWhat I think is that only when it is clear that the meniscus is effectively torn they will do an urgent MRI. All other kind of ailments most doctors believe in physical therapy and relative rest.
Maybe also because in lots of countries here in Europe a non urgent appointment for an MRI takes five to six weeks ( here in Belgium anyway). But you are correct : with an X-ray you cannot always diagnose a meniscus problem.
Sounds like the pain I had, but in my case it was now 6 weeks ago and while there has been great improvement I am still in pain and limping, MRI on the 25th. Glad things got better so quickly for you.Here's the latest: I was getting a little better and got up from a chair in a slightly awkward way, heard a "pop" at the back of the already painful knee, and then couldn't even stand on it because of pain ... probably it's a ligament that's gotten damaged on the outside of knee. They gave me a flexible knee brace to wear until pain is better.
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How are you doing now, Anemone? Hope you are walking ok again.Well... I was having a lovely time on VDLP when my knee snapped and I was no longer able to put any weight on it. Never loved my poles so much. After two days of rest and npt enough improvement with rest, I saw a doc in Spain who said stretched ligaments, it will take a whole to get better. I came home.
Still no improvement so I hauled myself to the ER. After xray ER doc said Baker's cyst. Rest, a lot. Still not good so went to my doc who is sending me for an MRI to look for cruciate ligaments or meniscus issues. He doesn't beleive in the Baker Cyst because whole the snap was in the back the pain is in the front, I have little swelling and none of the feeling of dripping liquid inside the leg which I should apparently have.
I don't know why ER doc thought Baker's cyst, oh, with some arthritis, as if that just happened feom one day to the next to such an extent) but when I get the MRI I can come back and let you know. My kneep snapped on Easter weekend, so ... two months ago, and I am still in pain, not doing stairs normally, and with pain even when not moving my knee. Not good.
I hope you heal much faster than me and that ypu can still go off to the Caminos in October.
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