When I was 15, I busted my knee at a ballet gala. The injury effectively ended my dancing career – all 11 years worth of hard work and hopes and dreams – and has been a pesky thorn in my side ever since.
For the first year or two after the injury, I’d get odd flares of pain in my knee area. Sometimes my knee would lock and I couldn’t unlock it because of the pain. Other times I couldn’t bend it because it felt like the tendons behind my kneecap would snap clean in half if I did. No matter what happened, I’d end up having to massage my knee with my fingertips in the hopes of easing whatever was tensing in the area so that I could use my knee properly and go about my daily life without hobbling around.
Just yesterday morning, I was thinking to myself that I hadn’t had any problems with my knee for roughly the last two years. That was nothing more than a passing thought until after dinner last night, when I hopped off my dinner chair and almost keeled over from the pain in my knee. I guess I had been sitting oddly in my chair or something, because my knee just wasn’t having it. I made it over to my couch and felt like all the muscles around my knee had become incredibly tense and stiff, which was unusual because I hadn’t done anything out of the ordinary. Still, I managed somehow loosen the feeling of tightness in my knee so that I could get around the house for the remainder of my day.
When I woke up this morning and tried to move my knee, I ended up screaming in pain. The last time I screamed in pain over my knee was when I injured the damn thing! I couldn’t sit up because that hurt my knee. I couldn’t bend my legs because that hurt my knee. I couldn’t reach down to touch my knee in an attempt to massage it because that hurt my knee. Basically, I couldn’t do anything because it would hurt my freakin’ knee. I ended up laying in bed for an hour, staring at my ceiling, contemplating what on earth I could do since I basically couldn’t move at all without screaming in pain.
Somehow I managed to maneuver my body around so that I could do what I could for my knee, as I was not going to put up with being immobile all day. Now, my knee is unlocked, but there’s something still not quite right with it because it still feels very tender and sore. Guess I’m bedridden for the rest of the day until I can figure out what, exactly, is causing all of this…
Krissy ♥
Eep! That’s not good! Hang in there, Manda’s knee! Don’t fail on her yet! Can you ice it and see if that helps? It might at least help relieve some of the pain. Otherwise, hope the pain subsides and you can wander about at your will asap!
It always makes me so sad hearing about this injury and no more ballet for you. :( I can just imagine if one of my hands got cut off or something *knocks on wood* and never being able to play piano again. Absolute horror.
*hug*
Manda
I don’t ever ice things, usually. Just because I’m skeptical about how well it works when I have a huge array of Chinese herbal medicines at my disposal :P I think it’s a nerve thing too this time, and not a muscle thing. If that’s true, that explains why I’m so much more immobilized than usual because it’s not like you can massage a nerve the way you can a muscle.
And I miss dancing. A lot. A lot a lot :(
Krissy ♥
Awww! *hugs*
I suppose I’ve never ventured into Chinese herbal medicines, so I swear by icing. My back’s been acting up since I starting doing lots of drafting for school, and ice saves the day when it starts hurting. :)
Manda
If things get really bad, I guess I’ll try icing. I’ve always associated icing with keeping the swelling down, which I guess is why I’m so skeptical as my knee isn’t swollen :P My knee has gotten a little better as the day has gone by though, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed that the pain will go as quickly as it came.
Deanna
That really sucks! I’ve had my knee seize up like that before but it’s only for a minute. Maybe you should go see a doctor while you can still move around. I hope your knee stops acting weird for you.
Clem
Oh, that sucks. I have PFS in my right knee. A lot of the time, it’s fine for months and months – right now, I’m going through a bad period and it’s been giving me a tonne of trouble. It makes it really difficult to go up and down stairs.
I hope your knee feels better soon. :( Knee pain is the worst!
Manda
Isn’t it?! I mean, if I had like, finger pain, I could still get around just fine. But knee pain sucks because you can’t move anywhere D:
Charlie
Depending on how you left your chair you’ve possibly pulled the muscle and your problems before would have made it worse. Rest is definitely the best idea, give it a few days.
Marie
Ah, poor you! That really sucks. I’d definitely rest if I were you, and hopefully it’s nothing permanent and it will go away after a couple of days.
Dayna
That sounds really bad! :( Rest is the key issue here. Maybe you should try reducing the pressure on your knees, move around lesser etc. Hopefully the pain goes away soon! Take care! :)
Damita
Aww that sounds really bad :( poor you
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