Thunk / hyperextension knee tonight

[PeteSmithStoppa]

Hi Guys,

Tonight I was moving left to right and somehow my leg get either caught up, or my knee fell off the stack, but I got a lovely sort of wrenching / thunk feeling on the low outside of the knee. I would say it feels like the IT band area, well below the knee area, on the front / side. It felt awkward, then as I straightened it a sort of popping back into place and it felt better, but spongey. What is this injury? I don't think it is the knee. Is it from falling off the stacks DYT and maybe tighter strap up there would help this again?

Pete

[jambon20]

Originally Posted by PeteSmithStoppa

Hi Guys,

Tonight I was moving left to right and somehow my leg get either caught up, or my knee fell off the stack, but I got a lovely sort of wrenching / thunk feeling on the low outside of the knee. I would say it feels like the IT band area, well below the knee area, on the front / side. It felt awkward, then as I straightened it a sort of popping back into place and it felt better, but spongey. What is this injury? I don't think it is the knee. Is it from falling off the stacks DYT and maybe tighter strap up there would help this again?

Pete

Possibly you popped/dislocated/sprained the fibular head... sometimes rotates when it shouldn't... and too far at that. Especially in goaltending movements and skiing.
As always.... get it checked out.

[PeteSmithStoppa]

I have done this before, and as I went down I responded by not putting more pressure and moving anymore (and watching the guy go around to tie the game), I must say it feels pretty ok right now. In some sense it almost feels "tighter" as if it was slightly out, but now is back in. It used to do a crunch grind crunch grind when I flexed it - and now is silent. Possible?

[jambon20]

Many things are possible.
May be a few things going on. The inflammation from your newest injury may be limiting the grind from your shredded meniscus.
Also... depends on where the pain/symptoms are... this may be what you did now... torn the lateral meniscus.
Pain/symptoms right in the joint line-> likely meniscus, maybe LCL
Pain/symptoms lower near the head of the fibula-> likely dislocation or sprain of the fibular head.

either way... get it checked by a sports injury specialist.

[dukeh23]

jambon is right.

Opinion coming from my father with numerous knee surgeries and both now currently replaced, along with my own ACL reconstruction in 2004 --

Go get it checked out.

The Duke

P.S. My best diagnosis, is a tear in the meniscus.

[PeteSmithStoppa]

Just to finish up this human interest story ;-)

So it felt pretty good . . until -

4 days later I was getting into bed, and I sort of sat on the back of my leg as I got in, and WHAM. WOW. Real pain in that area again, this time NO "click" back. 30 minutes, no weight on it, then it felt stiff but better. No swelling, no discoloration, I can get around ok. A physical therapist says it sounds like a nerve pinch caused by tightness/ strain in the fibular head area.

sounds like a few weeks off and have to do better stretching. I do wonder if sliding off the stack helped this to happen, I am thinking about glueing the stacks together, to get one solid stack. I was also using mesh hockey socks , which dont have as much friction as the cotton ones. Maybe Im stretching a bit but maybe it will help someone else.

Pete