Knee's been bothering me. Any tips?

[Tom Carbone]

If you do go, make sure you get an MRI and not an X-ray. They wont show anything and its a complete waste of time that the doctors do just to make some $$$

[Daniel D.]

If you do go, make sure you get an MRI and not an X-ray. They wont show anything and its a complete waste of time that the doctors do just to make some $$$

Thanks for the heads up, man.

[CTGRXB]

Thanks for the heads up, man.

Also depends on your insurance, most insurances don't let you get an MRI w/out an X-Ray first.

[scottross]

One of my students nursed a similar set of complaints for weeks. She went to a doctor and found out she has arthritis. Not the end of the world but you should see a doctor since you do have insurance. It's your knee - you kind of need that for walking and sh*t. Good luck.

[Aaron S.]

I'd been having similar knee issues and was able to see a sports medicine Dr. at my school. I found out I tore the cartilage in my knee and it won't heal without surgery. I can't get surgery anytime soon for various reasons, so I'm just training on it hurt. Fortunately I do my RG with my left knee, and my right knee is the bad one. I can still lotus, but it hurts to the point I can't no hand lotus anymore. Definitely get it looked at if you can though, to find out if the damage is permanent or not.

[Daniel D.]

finally went to the doctor. dude was such a moron. to make a long story short, he said i've got tendonitis in my hamstring and that i should do strength training, along with working on my flexibility, to help with healing. he said it could take several weeks or several months to heal.

have any of you dealt with this before? the doctor i went to was such an ass, and didn't really provide any suggestions on what kinds of things i could do for strength training or working on flexibility. i tried going back to the gym on monday, but my knee got extremely sore the next day-even after i iced and put a heat pack on it when i got home that night-that i've sat out since.

i'm getting tattooed on sunday and was going to be out of the gym regardless, but any tips on was to speed up the healing process would be really appreciated.

[Chris Herzog]

I told you what to do! Call Dr.Tsang!

[Isaac Atley]

finally went to the doctor. dude was such a moron. to make a long story short, he said i've got tendonitis in my hamstring and that i should do strength training, along with working on my flexibility, to help with healing. he said it could take several weeks or several months to heal.

have any of you dealt with this before? the doctor i went to was such an ass, and didn't really provide any suggestions on what kinds of things i could do for strength training or working on flexibility. i tried going back to the gym on monday, but my knee got extremely sore the next day-even after i iced and put a heat pack on it when i got home that night-that i've sat out since.

i'm getting tattooed on sunday and was going to be out of the gym regardless, but any tips on was to speed up the healing process would be really appreciated.

im off at the moment because of my knee. i was given some exercises by my physiotherapist which are really good. ill try my best to explain.

first you have one legged squats, make sure you keep your knee bending forward and not diagonally inward/forward.

when thats too easy, do a one legged squat and then point your toe onthe other leg and touch lightly in front of and bring the leg back in and then go bak down and touch diagonally forward, then to the side etc until you go right around. 8 points.

another is getting a yogaball or swiss ball whatever u call them, put your feet up on itand shoulders on teh ground lifting your bum right off the ground, and then pull your knees up to your chest and down, keeping your butt up and moving stright up and down. 20 of these, 2-3 times

another one is to balance on one foot and stick the other one back and lean forward until you make a tshape. hold it and then squeezing your butt muscles stand back up straight.

when this is easy, go into the t shape and then touch the 8 points like the exercise above. but with your hand. and stand up each time you touch it.

these exercises are good for your balance and the strengthen the (Ignorance here) nerves or neuro recepters in your knees as well as the muscles around it to support it more. the muscles should tone within a week or two or doing it and some bulk comes after about 2 months if done every day.

i do them sometimes during the day and always before i go to bed. im not fully fixed yet but it definitely helps. i hope this helps u out man good luck.

[Chris Herzog]

Without a proper diagnosis none of these "suggestions" are worth any value.

[mrmyz]

As some one said advil and ice I use tiger balm or thai linament to promote blood flow. My knee is always covered so it isnt a problem when I roll but I usually rub in linament or something like that to get blood flow in there and keep it warm. Ive been avoiding rubber guard and have just been working lock down really hard because rubber guard aggrevates an injury I am letting heal up.