08-17-2016, 04:25 AM
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Originally posted by airportparking
Auwe Birdmove, couple questions if you don't mind. Was the pop just before or after you landed ? I know its gross to re-live it but can you describe the motion of your fall and how your knee bent or twisted ? How much range do you have when sitting / laying down ? Knee pain can move around but can you isolate where its coming from yet ? Front . back . left . right ? Yeah, stay off it for sure. Enough ice though. At this point you will find a warm compress very comforting while you sit with a pillow under it. Naproxen ( Aleve ) is great here if you can take it.
Not sure about how I fell. My right foot slipped, and I kind of started doing the splits. My right foot may have gone toe pointed out as I went down. I think most of the pain is on the outside and a little forward of my right leg. Range of movement isn't so good. If I try to get up off the couch, I have to keep the right leg straight, bend the left, and pull myself up with the cane. Walking with the cane, again, left leg must be straight. If it bends, the pain hits me, and there's a real good chance I'm going down again. I still don't think I could try to shoehorn myself i to a car.
The knee itself still has a lot of swelling, and a little bit of bruising. This is no fun, but, at least I can get up and do a few things, unlike a back in jury I had in my middle ages.
We have Ibuprofene, and I'm taking that. Just sitting though, I'm not in pain.
Jon in Keaau/HPP
Jon in Keaau/HPP