Gripe of the day - What is yours?

[garynortheast]

GotD is my blydi knee. Still swollen, mostly fluid. Can't run, hurts to ride the bike any more than a few miles. Not ligaments and x-ray hasn't shown anything. Got someone from the muscular/skeletal dept phoning me tomorrow to sort an appointment. Hope they can get to the source of the problem. Fed up.

[Chris_SVS]

Guarantee it's a foot or hip/lower back issue

[garynortheast]

Originally Posted by Chris_SVS

Guarantee it's a foot or hip/lower back issue

I suspect it's cartilage in the knee actually. I should find out soon I hope.

[Adam Ef]

I know that frustration Gary. I've had bursitis on my knee twice and it's not fun. Hurts a lot and very boring to be stuck with it too. Made worse as it stops you getting out and lifting your mood / taking your mind off it with a bit of exercise. Hope you get it sorted soon.

[Bibio]

i've had housemaid's knee for a week now. its bloody annoying. its not that swollen but i stuck a pin in it last night and some fluid came out so squeezed more out till it was blood. seems to be a bit better today but still annoying. cant kneel down but i can walk about. hope it gets better soon as i have 18 boxes of laminate to fit in a few weeks.

[Sir Trev]

GWS Bibs and Gary. I suffer with sore knees frequently as I'm double jointed, according to the quacks when I was a nipper, so know it is not much fun. If I know I'll be on my feet a lot these days, or riding the bike more than an hour or so, I wear stretchy tube bandages on both knees which helps a lot but feels very restrictive.

[svenrico]

Originally Posted by Chris_SVS

Guarantee it's a foot or hip/lower back issue

Why do you think that ? My left knee in particular started hurting and aching. My main exercise is walking, about an hour a day in the countryside, and it was starting to be a concern if it got worse. I wondered about arthritis or cartilage
A doctor would of course say lose weight.

[DJ123]

Because most pressure you put on other joints is due to compensating from an injury elsewhere. So bad posture, or a sore foot would cause you to limp or not walk with the correct stride would put more pressure on other joints to compensate.

[Sir Trev]

Originally Posted by DJ123

Because most pressure you put on other joints is due to compensating from an injury elsewhere. So bad posture, or a sore foot would cause you to limp or not walk with the correct stride would put more pressure on other joints to compensate.

Very often true. My mother's knackered hip (now replaced) was down to a botched bunion op on her opposite side foot. Caused her to walk a little lopsided and, in her case, hip damage.

[garynortheast]

Rest of me is fine, no aches, pains, or twinges. It's just the knee.