The first time I went to the doctors about my knee pain was when I was 14 (I am now 30). I was a normal active teenager. The doctor told me it was growing pains and I would grow out of it. Since then I have been back to the doctors about three times about my knee pain. The last time, about 4 years ago, I was sent to get x-rays done and go the physiotherapist. The x-rays came back normal and the physio told me I had slightly short hamstrings and gave me some exercises to do. The pain I have is continual dull ache, seizing up so that I have to keep straigheting my leg until my knee joint clicks and the pain subsides, and excrutiating pain if I don't have room to move my legs so my knees can click. For about the last year I have felt my knees getting weaker as I find it harder to get out of low cars, stand up from a squat position even whilst supporting myself. My lifestyle has become more sedantry as I have an office job but I do walk a lot, especially with my dog. I am 10 stone and 5'2". My left knee is worse than my right but both are painful.
I am worried that the doctors might have missed something. I will go back to the doctors but am interested to hear if anyone recognises these symtoms as anything else.
