Popping in knee

[D+F+P=Hadouken!]

Ok, occasionally, when I'm walking, or fencing, or standing, there is a slight 'pop' sorta beneath my knee, and some pain, and then it goes away. What the heck is this? What causes it? How do I treat it so it stays away and never ever comes back?

Thank you.

[noodle]

i have a good idea: go to the doctor. nobody here's a professional. what if its something that will just get worse? if you take our bad advice, it could become something that could force you to retire from fencing. would you like that? of course not. go see the doctor.

[Welted 24/7]

It happens to me sometimes...in my experience, it's just a joint cracking, just like your knuckles or your neck.

Then again, I've got tendonitis in my knees. So, like noodle said, maybe it's better to just go to a doctor and get it checked.

[garyhayenga]

Originally Posted by noodle

i have a good idea: go to the doctor. nobody here's a professional. what if its something that will just get worse? if you take our bad advice, it could become something that could force you to retire from fencing. would you like that? of course not. go see the doctor.

I second this suggestion. Particularly as you are a 14 year old male who's grown a lot recently. It might be nothing, but it might not.

Have you ever heard of Osgood-Schlatter's disease?

http://familydoctor.org/135.xml

gary hayenga

[RebelFencer]

ah man, Osgood-Schlatter's sucks. I had that when I was his age. Although there wasn't any popping, just pain....and lots of it. I think a good question is, "is the popping in the front of the knee (more towards the joint) or in the back of the knee (more towards the tissues)." If it is Osgood-Schlatter's I believe the only thing you can do is just grow...which unfortunately takes awhile. But if that's the case then I don't think you're in any more danger of injury than before the pain. I would recommend seeing a trainer at a high school or doctor just to be certain.

[Inquartata]

The knee is very complex. It could be a lot of things, from a temporarily 'out of place' tendon that is 'twanging' once in a while to serious ligament problems. See a doctor, and not a GP either---see a specialist if you can.

[rcmatthews]

There is also something called ostiochondrital dessicans, which is where basically part of the cartilage in your knee doesn't get any blood flow, dies, and then breaks off. This happened to me, the arthroscopic surgery is not too bad, but it takes a while to recover. Although you are a bit young for the cartilage to break off (which is really painful) the whole time I was in high school I had knee pain and just thought it was your average joint pain. This surgery basically ruined my track and field carrer at Auburn University. However, it got me in to fencing. Wow, kinda got a little long there, but the point is not to take knee problems lightly.

[VELISARIOS]

Please, you must go to doctor.

[epee1]

All I can say, as someone who has just returned from a year of rehab after knee surgery, is go soon to a really good ortho. Talk to other athletes, coaches and doctors and see who they would recommend. But do it soon.

[InweCiryatan]

I agree with everyone else, definitely talk to a doctor.
My jaw used to do this and it drove me insane. It would stick in the open position (boy was that awkward ) and I'd have to force it painfully closed. Ow

[Mr Epee]

Originally Posted by D+F+P=Hadouken!

Ok, occasionally, when I'm walking, or fencing, or standing, there is a slight 'pop' sorta beneath my knee, and some pain, and then it goes away. What the heck is this? What causes it? How do I treat it so it stays away and never ever comes back?

Thank you.

I'm not a doctor, so this is just a shot in the dark.

But!!!

I'm guessing that your knee pain has something to do with that deep knee bend squat till exhaustion thing you were bragging about awhile back.

Someone (me) told you that was a bad idea at the time.

Your instructions are as follows... search for the thread... give me rep points and then go straight to the doctor!

Seriously though... get better

[D+F+P=Hadouken!]

Originally Posted by InweCiryatan

I agree with everyone else, definitely talk to a doctor.
My jaw used to do this and it drove me insane. It would stick in the open position (boy was that awkward ) and I'd have to force it painfully closed. Ow

thats from talking so much. I've found some relief in an infrapattelar strap..... It makes me think that the knee cap is tracking downward too far, therefore my quadriceps might not be doing their job too well, even though they're big. Gonna be doing some leg raises.

[Teme]

Has anybody told you to go visit a doctor, preferably a specialist?

On the other hand, you can choose not to and train a bit harder instead. And retire at the ripe age of 30.

[RebelFencer]

You should go to a doctor and if the doctor says there's nothing wrong...you should bring cards along with you and black card him. I don't know how productive it'd be, but it would be a cool way to basically say you're getting a second opinion.

[Mr Epee]

Let's see...

You have knee pain, asked for advice, got a ton of answers, almost every single one of them said go to the doctor.

BUT

Instead, you post back some nonsense about how you have come up with a self-diagnosis, and a possible cure that involves doing an exercise that is famous for causing knee injuries, if not done properly, and develops a muscle that fencers are famous for over-developing through normal fencing pratice without additional weight-training.

Don't be an idiot

[daveappr]

I must once again concur w/ Mr Epee. Please see a doctor, preferably a specialist. As we know all teenagers are invincible, sometimes the advice of someone who's- been there / done that/ now suffers with various ailments related to injuries not properly healed- should be heeded. Better to take some time and seek out a diagnosis & corrective measure than miss out in the future. (Just my two cents)

[mackillian]

Doctor. You shouldn't be having problems yet.

[Victor]

It's obviously Gawd's punishment for leading a sin-filled life. Forget the doctor; get yourself to a holy man as quickly as possible. Repent!

[D+F+P=Hadouken!]

but geez, all the doctors ever do are run their fingers over your knee's, tell you that you hurt your knee (as if I didnt already know this) , and to take it easy, and quit doing things that hurt (fencing). I've had this problem before, and it went away with time, but came back, and the stupid doctor didnt have any idea what it was.

[InweCiryatan]

Go to a different doctor.