I saw a knee guy in Indy named Klootwyk that often worked with the professional football players. If it's him -- I agree -- outstanding!
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I saw a knee guy in Indy named Klootwyk that often worked with the professional football players. If it's him -- I agree -- outstanding!
I have no idea who he is, I have to go to who they send me to, but how many local knee specialists work with the Colts? Hopefully it is the same guy.
Good luck - glad it seems to be healing.
Unsure it is actually healing or if I am figuring out how to work around it. Still quite swollen, still very painful. I've a very high pain threshold so it is sometimes hard to tell which it is. It certainly never did all this before the fall. At least I can still most of my KB work and do light hiking. That is better than the alternative!
It IS him, they are trying to fit me in on Monday.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aromig
Awesome! You're in good hands. My repair was a simple meniscus tear, but they had to scrape some things out too. I had the best of luck with no complications, and had a much better time than friends who had similar surgeries. Maybe that was luck -- but he always made me feel comfortable, and he took the time to explain things to me (some doctors aren't so friendly or patient).Quote:
Originally Posted by Catrin
Good luck, Catrin! My knees have been exceedingly cranky lately (moving pissed them off) - so you have my sympathies.
I just wanted to add that I had had knee things resolve, but take much longer than anyone suggested. I too had a fall at work and dealt with Workers' Comp. They wanted to do exploratory surgery, and I declined. Took about 9 more months for the swelling to go down and the pain to go away, but it did (at least until the recent patellar-femoral issues and other stuff on the other knee).
They are still working to get me into the Ortho Monday. It is either then or in 4 weeks from now. I saw a different PT today who showed me where there is bone protruding from my knee where there shouldn't be - on top of everything else. Those must be the spurs noted in the MRI.. He suspects they will want to clean the knee out. We will see, I won't accept injections since that is just pallative.
Saw the Ortho today. Apparently my fall was hard enough that something probably shifted inside my bad knee, and with my severe patella arthritis there wasn't any room for something like that. Eventually I will at least need a procedure to clean out the knee and realign the patella, but neither of us is ready to do that now. I see him in another 4 weeks to see where things are, and I have seen some small signs of improvement in the last week or so. So back to my braces and listening to my body!
It sounds like a good plan.
Thanks Crankin, it is frustrating. Thankfully I CAN still play with kettlebells and hike (have to be careful with the hiking/walking). I am a bit concerned that I might pick up a little of the weight back - just need to be vigilant over what I eat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crankin
Hope you keep improving - hang in there!
I forget - with your history of foot surgery, do you wear foot orthotics and/or do a lot of foot strength and mobility work? I honestly would be very suspicious about anyone who said anything about knees without taking feet into account. Knees can't align themselves. Might be worth asking the PT.
Glad to hear you're at least having some improvement.
Oakleaf, yes, I've had foot problems my entire life. There is a congenital heel alignment problem, though not bad that foot. The OTHER foot was finally repaired in 2004. It was quite the 2 year adventure to recover! The arthritis in my right foot probably doesn't help.
I do quite a lot of work on my feet, both strength and mobility wise. I doubt that I will have knee surgery at this time, from what I've read neither lateral releases or patella realignment have a high success rate.
I think I will meet with my Chiro for some soft tissue work in the area. His ART work for my bad hand arthritis had amazing results that returned most of my function. I know I've trigger points and some very tight tissues around the knee so it can only help to have him work on it and be diligent with my PT exercises and usual joint mobility work.
Surgery will likely happen at some point, but I am not in a hurry to have them moving things around in my knee :eek: