messed up my knee...help!!

[97CivicBoy]

yeh so i was playing basketball tonite...went in jump stopped and my knee gave out on me and like popped out and then back in...i screamed and fell to the ground...i thought i was one...i was able to get up with soem help...and was walking around....it hurts a bit now..damn trainer and wellness center are closed already...barely have any ice took some advil..any one hurt there knee here....could this be serious..i cant put too much weight on my knee...lemme kno..u were the only guys i can turn to at this hour..thanx

[Anotherslo1]

OUCH !!! I'd go to the emergency room. Especially if it actually popped out then back in. Sounds like it got dislocated until it popped back in. Get it checked bro. How you gonna shift quick if you can't press the clutch pedal down fast enough????? :yes:

[Kyle]

Yeah...you should probably go to the ER.

[97CivicBoy]

nah i dun think i can go now..ima go to the trainer first thing after my morning class...man i really hope this aint serious...i barely have ice...oh and i drive automatic unfortantely....but yeh thanx..ne more info...could it be a torn acl??

[ebpda9]

hmm that happens to me once in a while but i do not take it as something serious

[pdiggitydogg]

probably stretched the ligaments really nicely...
it may slide out every-now-and-then for the rest of your life now

[mylittlecivic]

unfortunately? i think driving an auto would be better then driving a stick if my leg was out. Make some ice, and keep taking pain killer. and just rest keep your leg comfy.

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Originally posted by 97CivicBoy
nah i dun think i can go now..ima go to the trainer first thing after my morning class...man i really hope this aint serious...i barely have ice...oh and i drive automatic unfortantely....but yeh thanx..ne more info...could it be a torn acl??

My friend tore his ACL doing the same thing. I'd go to the emergency room if its that bad. He had to have surgery, etc. for it later on.

[B16DoHcCrx033003]

i dont think its ur ACL, a teacher at my school ripped both of his about 1 year a part and hes a huge huge guy, he was cryin glike a lil school girl, i broke my knee cap into 4 pices 2 times, once when i was ike 6, i got hit by a car on my bike and spent about 6 months in a cast and had a surgery, second time like 3 months after i got the cast off i got a brick thrown at me and broke it again in the same exact place, and then a nother 6 months with that damn cast, it sucks i still have to get 2 more surgerys to replace some cartiliedge (i duno how to spell it) knees suck:mad:

[nonovurbizniz]

yeah my knees are shot too...

Mine have dis-located since I was a kid in certain situations (doesn't even need to be a high stress/activity situation)

It's really starting to come to surgery or else for me...

they have NO idea what it is... and if you tell an orthopedest that you're knees dis-locate he'll tell you you're full of it or are mis-understanding what is happening...

The knee cap can slide off to the side but the bones on the knee can't really dis-locate apparently... although It happened sooo often too me I was able to get a GOOD look at it several times (and offered to do it for the doc)... the lower portion of my leg DEFINATELY dislocates from the upper part... you can hear it sliding back in ending with a grusome sounding pop.

[Kyle]

dude, go to the ER not a damn trainer

[97CivicBoy]

ok guys..so yeh i visited an orthopedic doctor yday..and he took some x-rays and did some tests...he said the x-rays look fine....but he thinks it might be a torn acl...i have to go for an mri this week for him to be certain...man i really hope its not...he gave me some medicine for anti-inflammotory...ne one have an acl injury..what do i do...i cant really walk he said i'll be able to walk soon..i have finals next week....he didnt even say if i should ice it..i'm so worried....help!

[nonovurbizniz]

just rest it... ice won't do anything... I think you actually want moist heat...

Have a hot girl rub "herself" on it...

Or just a warm wet towel... I'd try for option 1 though.