Crunching knee

[Tripster]

every knee is different & obviously we were all just guessing, sometimes based on our own experiences. freaking insurance companies, once they see what we need, they exclude the coverage. can't imagine the business I'm in making a living doing that. "oh is that what you want? no we don't do that anymore, but you still have to pay us"

Yeah when the company I am with was GE we where well looked after, then it made the mistake of buying a failing crap hole company and now we have lost all benefits

 

[Tripster]

Presumably the OPs company chose a cheaper policy with those exclusions?

Had finally salary pensions and full healthcare Vickster but the above meant drastic cuts and reductions in everything. We lost out big time. When my boss was U.S I had a great job..... now it’s murghhh

 

[Deleted User]

I have private HC or I'd pay if needed (I've had no NHS treatment on it to date)
I am getting more knock kneed. I guess it's a discussion I'll have in the next few months. I'm functional at present (well was) so I will certainly try to wait 5 years if possible and I'm really not keen on the idea of all that metal
Ankle will need to be tip top before I have anything major done to knee to optimise rehab (would want access to gym too)

Definitely wait for your Ankle to get better, especially if the other leg as you'll be relying on it more, don't worry about having a bit of metal in your leg you'll never notice.

The scar is a reasonable size which I understand Ladies may not be too keen on but didn't bother me as that knee had already been opened up years before.

Knee cap 'clicks' a little as they remove the back and stick a bit of plastic on it to enable it to slide on the new metal bit, excuse my lack of correct terminology, but other than that it's a breeze.

Knock knee'd, most I see become 'Bow legged', as did I.

 

[rockyroller]

Presumably the OPs company chose a cheaper policy with those exclusions?

dunno, but it brings back memories of free fertility treatments, long gone now. not sure you can get that w/ any insurance plan, now. Wifey & I were very lucky in that regard ('94 & '95). altho, as many do, we gave up the treatments, looked into adoption & we scored naturally, not once but twice, in back-to-back years. lot's of theories why that happens, but giving up my night job & actually seeing Wifey didn't hurt none! ;-)

 

[Tripster]

Chap I worked with for years retired a couple of years ago. Prior to going he conveniently used the company healthcare to have a knee replacement which was battered and injured from years of football. He was 62 at the time of op. He left it years to have it operated on. 12 months after the op his opposite knee began failing. Surgeon said he had spent years with the right leg compensating for the damaged left leg that now it was wrecked too. £15,000 for op private so he is left in retirement with another knackered knee.
Killer was he had suffered heart issues some years ago so couldn’t have anaesthetic and be knocked out. He was awake throughout listening to iPod but could smell the burning flesh as they cauterise. We had a great relationship and his suffering humoured me much

 

[rockyroller]

Surgeon said he had spent years with the right leg compensating for the damaged left leg that now it was wrecked too. £15,000 for op private so he is left in retirement with another knackered knee.
Killer was he had suffered heart issues some years ago so couldn’t have anaesthetic and be knocked out. He was awake throughout listening to iPod but could smell the burning flesh as they cauterise. We had a great relationship and his suffering humoured me much

 

[Tripster]

Oh the guy tortured me as we travelled the world working. We had loads of fun. But we used dark humour to get us through some bad times. A freak storm smashed patio furniture through my hotel windows one night and sea water flooded the room. I jumped out of bed and began trying to rescue my belongings and saving them from sea water. The hotel/ B and B was not manned at night so I slept in a damp bed, cold, with no lighting working as the wind howled through the broken patio doors. Do you think he had any sympathy come breakfast ? All day at work he reminded me of looking forward to a warm shower, a dry bed and the heater on full in his UPSTAIRS room. I slept in that room for 4 nights as the town was out of season and closed and nothing within a 2 hour drive had rooms. On day 4 the owner said I should really move into the spare rooms on second floor....you have spare rooms?.....yes but your colleague said you wouldn’t pay extra for deluxe and besides you always sleep with window open. 4 days, 4 days I suffered and they got the owner in on the joke too !

 

[raleighnut]

Chap I worked with for years retired a couple of years ago. Prior to going he conveniently used the company healthcare to have a knee replacement which was battered and injured from years of football. He was 62 at the time of op. He left it years to have it operated on. 12 months after the op his opposite knee began failing. Surgeon said he had spent years with the right leg compensating for the damaged left leg that now it was wrecked too. £15,000 for op private so he is left in retirement with another knackered knee.
Killer was he had suffered heart issues some years ago so couldn’t have anaesthetic and be knocked out. He was awake throughout listening to iPod but could smell the burning flesh as they cauterise. We had a great relationship and his suffering humoured me much

When I had my Knee op (torn Cartilage) they couldn't give me a general anaesthetic as though I'd followed all the advice given as per the letter nobody had mentioned I had to avoid Alcohol for 48hrs prior to that, naturally I was a bit peeved about this but they did the op under epidural and I never felt a thing, I was chatting with the Surgeon as he did it, turns out he was a Triathlete so we were talking bikes.

 

[stephec]

I had the same thing with my right knee, I lost nearly four months of running last year with knee pain.

I had virtual appointments with Salford University's sports science department who sorted me out with some strengthening and stretching exercises, funny thing was that I didn't notice any of the crunching and grinding until I was almost right again.

One day I just heard it out of the blue when I stood up from putting my trainers on, and even though there was no pain it still didn't sound very nice. The lecturer who'd been looking after me said it was more than likely to be things out of alignment which caused the original pain, and that over time they should all settle down.

I've built the running up very slowly, from starting in October I'm still only up to 4.5 steady miles at the moment, but so far pain free, and another thing I've done is to keep up with the physio work as well.

 

[Tripster]

I had the same thing with my right knee, I lost nearly four months of running last year with knee pain.

I had virtual appointments with Salford University's sports science department who sorted me out with some strengthening and stretching exercises, funny thing was that I didn't notice any of the crunching and grinding until I was almost right again.

One day I just heard it out of the blue when I stood up from putting my trainers on, and even though there was no pain it still didn't sound very nice. The lecturer who'd been looking after me said it was more than likely to be things out of alignment which caused the original pain, and that over time they should all settle down.

I've built the running up very slowly, from starting in October I'm still only up to 4.5 steady miles at the moment, but so far pain free, and another thing I've done is to keep up with the physio work as well.

Can I ask what type of exercises you where given/follow? Sounds similar to me but as yet I have no pain

 

[stephec]

Can I ask what type of exercises you where given/follow? Sounds similar to me but as yet I have no pain

The strength ones were -

Squats
Lunges
Glute lifts/bridges

The stretches are a bit difficult to describe, but a search for runner's stretches should bring some results, if you remind me tomorrow I'll have a look for some.

 

[Notafettler]

I also had a Total Knee Replacement end of 2019 due to an injury

And how was it after. IE could you for instance go running?
They say rugby is not possible but i think they are lieing. If you can run you should be able to play.

 

[Deleted User]

And how was it after. IE could you for instance go running?
They say rugby is not possible but i think they are lieing. If you can run you should be able to play.

Running not really advised and I didn't run anyway but Cycling is fine as is walking.

All the previous pain completely gone, bend almost full range although I can't 'sit back' on my heels but that's an accepted thing apparently.

All in all I would highly recommend the procedure if you can.

Ref Rugby, some of the Ligaments are removed during the process so I would be very wary of taking a hit on the joint afterwards.

My lad had a full ACL reconstruction after a bad tackle and was never the same again so I'm aware how much hammer you lads can get.

 

[Notafettler]

Running not really advised and I didn't run anyway but Cycling is fine as is walking.

All the previous pain completely gone, bend almost full range although I can't 'sit back' on my heels but that's an accepted thing apparently.

All in all I would highly recommend the procedure if you can.

Ref Rugby, some of the Ligaments are removed during the process so I would be very wary of taking a hit on the joint afterwards.

My lad had a full ACL reconstruction after a bad tackle and was never the same again so I'm aware how much hammer you lads can get.

The original injury was a torn and ruptured ligaments. Took them 10 years to get round to it. Ten years of running in a straight line and not going very far. They keep telling me to hang on as cycling is so good for the muscles round the joint. The knee is starting to hurt when cycling. When I look down my left knee is about 6 inches from the top tube but the right is so close it occasionally brushes the top tube. Last specialist said if the pain gets to much ask to see me and I will sort it. I can still get in 3-4 miles of walking using naproxen. Pity I can't remember the specialist's name.

 

[Deleted User]

The original injury was a torn and ruptured ligaments. Took them 10 years to get round to it. Ten years of running in a straight line and not going very far. They keep telling me to hang on as cycling is so good for the muscles round the joint. The knee is starting to hurt when cycling. When I look down my left knee is about 6 inches from the top tube but the right is so close it occasionally brushes the top tube. Last specialist said if the pain gets to much ask to see me and I will sort it. I can still get in 3-4 miles of walking using naproxen. Pity I can't remember the specialist's name.

My leg bowed out a fair bit, my original injury was from a Motorcycle accident over 30yrs ago.

Pain free and pretty straight now so well worth it, how old are you if you don't mind me asking, I was 54 when I had mine.