knee pain help..

[wrighty]

help please anyone help as my gp is a complete loser and has no idea.......... right im playing football and block takle a player and feel my knee ligametns go i think... i think ive opend up the joints .... that was 6-8 weeks ago and am still hurtin.... it hurts wen i kick a ball  but i hav a vast range of motion of my knee.. the pain is on the insinde of my right knee at the lower inside base quite near the patella ... i also get pain where the knee bends in the back of my leg on the inside... please can some 1 help me as i rreally want to get playin football again xxx thnks nick xx

[maile433]

Nick,

I think you should see a specialist who has more experience with knees than a GP would have.  If you don't know one see if you can get a recommendation from your GP's office.  In the meantime, rest, ice, and evelvate your knee!

Good luck, and hope you feel better soon,
Sarah

[L. Thomas.net]

Are you in the United Kingdom?  From what I understand it is not easy to get the care you need for knees there.   I cannot  overemphasize how important it is to get knee problems evaluated early.  There are so many things that can be done if you get diagnosed early.  If you have a problem and you wait you can cause more trouble than you can imagine. 

I don’t know if you can get to a sports medicine orthopeadic surgeon  but that would be my suggestion for best help with knees.  If you know any coaches for pro teams or university teams  I would check with them to see who they use for team injuries and physical therapy.  You may have only a slight injury that would require basically nothing but ice and rest OR you could have just as easily done some big time damage

I would whine and cry   and bother that MD until he/she referred me for further evaluation and I do  mean aggravate the daylights out of them.