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10 months after knee sprain, still weak + possible new injury?

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angeladinghere
angeladinghere

I sprained my right knee after landing a martial arts kick improperly 10 months ago and couldn't walk for 2-3 weeks. Since I was naive, I didn't ice it and it swelled a bit - the pain was below the kneecap. After physical therapy, my knee felt much better, but its joint still feels loose, and unstable and I can't put as much weight on it. (I'm a bit suspicious of my treatment since I got no MRIs or diagnoses and was just given the exercises to do after the therapist told me to do a few basic things.)

Yesterday, I landed a kick improperly again due to my right knee instability and heard a cracking sound. It hurt for a few seconds, then I shrugged it off and continued exercising. But this morning, I started to feel a pinch in my lower inner knee whenever I walk. It's swelling a tiny bit. When I tried to do a squat, the knee felt very unstable and kept making a cracking sound. When I straighten it abruptly, it makes that noise too. 

The internet tells me it's an MCL sprain, but I want confirmation on this and would like to know what to do next. Should I stop exercising a bit?

Thank you!

-Angela

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  • Aberzerk72
    Aberzerk72 angeladinghere

    Posted

    Your poor knee lol give it a rest!

    Goto an orthopedic who actually cares about ur well-being. He will do the proper testing to check out what’s going on and evaluate if some hardware is out of place.

  • MAT2018
    MAT2018 angeladinghere

    Posted

    Yes and go get a MRI so the doctors can figure out what is wrong before you are hurt even worse and then can't exercise!     I was you 30 years ago and now have had a total knee replacement because of working out through the pain!!!  

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