| painful knees
i suffer from painful knees. and they click a lot.
after about 5 mins pressure builds up so i have to click them...
they ache a lot as well.
i do block paving work but was told by the docs to change jobs and stop using my knees :S
great advice! lol
she reckons there is no fluid as the dip in the side of the knee would have swollen up?
thing that confused me is that i read about a thing called maids knee where there is a sac of fluid at the front of the knee that can swell up?
also been reading about various tendon problems etc that can cause pain.
shes given me a form to get an -ray but apparently this is just to make sure im not developing artheritis, which i doubt ive got anyways.
most of the builder i work with reckon its fluid from where i kneel down a lot.
any advice on this?
anything i can take other than ibuprofen? ive been told about glucosamine (sp?)
once i get this x-ray and if it shows nothing she will send me packing, is there anything i can ask for? or any tests that i can ask her to recomend me for?
my doc seem to like getting rid of you as soon as you walk in... thats why i hardly ever go there lol
she put the pain down to 'over use'
same as she said about my middle finger on my right hand which has a swollen joint due to 'mis use' even though i think its likely to be from using the breaker all the time... |