Hi i am in the uk forces and i have been having alot of problems with my left knee for about 2-3 months now. It wont fully straighten, is swollen and it hurts when running. Also it hurts to prod the back of the knee. I have been to specialists within the armed forces and they agree there is a problem. I have has an mri scan but all that showed was a stretched PCL, i am sure there is something more wrong than this and i am waiting to see a surgeon to see if he can perform an arthoscopy to see what the problem is, has anyone else got any ideas? The reason why i need this sorting asap is that i am training to be a physical training instructor so i need to be running eveyday.
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Scan can never show you the extent of the problem, usually when a doctor goes in and look surgically they find the problem worse than what they see in scan. Its probably torn and the scan is not showing this. You lucky its not your ACL or you would probably need a full knew reconstruction.
Ask the doctor if he can clean out the scar tissue and have a look at the damage, an Australian 400 hurdler had this surgery and was back in action in a couple weeks. This is if your willing to have surgery, other wise try the RICE principle
Rest
Ice 20 min on 20 min off
Compress, strap the knee
Elevate.
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