Anterior knee pain that disappeared temporarily while pregnant
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Hi, just wondering if anyone has any ideas. I've suffered from anterior knee pain for the past 6 years. It came on slowly after moving house and at first I noticed it only the odd time as I was climbing stairs. It has now progressed to the point where I suffer from it constantly and dread climbing the stairs in my house, or crouching down to get something out of a kitchen cupboard. Kneeling down is painful and my knees click and hurt even when doing the simplest exercises. I went to my GP about it years ago who told me to take painkillers, when that didn't work I was sent to a specialist where I had an MRI scan. They diagnosed I had knee pain, which, like, I could've told them before! I went to a private physio who gave me exercises to strengthen certain muscles, did infrared treatment and even a bit of acupuncture, none of which made much difference, but I eventually stopped going back to her as it was costing me a fortune. I tried to ignore the pain and put it to the back of my mind, but it has got progressively worse since then. My MIL told me it was probably because I was too fat (Lovely of her, I wasn't even overweight!) Weirdly though, when I was pregnant a year ago the pain totally disappeared, and I mean totally! I couldn't even make it come by walking at funny angles and using my knees badly. I just wasn't in pain any more. And I put on lots of weight when I was pregnant, obviously, maybe 15kg. No knee pain even when I was 9 months pregnant and could hardly lift myself out of a chair! Then I had the baby and within a month the knee pain was back. Since then I have lost more than 20kg and the knee pain is as bad as ever. It doesn't get better as I lose weight. I can't believe it's just because I'm getting old, as the temporary relief during pregnancy makes me think it's caused by something that can be reversed. I feel unwilling to go back to my GP again and go through the whole specialist/MRI thing again if I'm going to be told again at the end that I have knee pain! Does anyone ave any ideas how I could approach this? Thanks!
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Camper salsalsal
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Debbes salsalsal
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I know this question is from three years ago but I too had pain disappear when I was pregnant. I had knee pain in my left knee that came on suddenly at a time when I worked as a waitress and had to run up and down stairs to deliver orders. Then I got pregnant and about three weeks or so into the pregnancy I noticed my knee pain disappeared. It came back about one to two months after I had my son. It's been 25 years that I have had to deal with the pain. Doctors never knew why it hurt but when I was in Physical Therapy for leg strenth, I did do better. I read the Barbara Mandrell story about her car accident and how much pain she was in.....her Doctor advised her to get pregnant because it would take her pain away. It worked she said. Maybe Doctors should study what this incredible hormone is that takes our pain away because I would take that! I didn't even have headaches while pregnant.
shari42714 salsalsal
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hey! i just want to add to this discussion. I've had consistent knee pain after exercise and sometimes for months at a time regardless of exercise for over a decade. I've now been pregnant 3 times, making it to 34 weeks, 11 weeks, and now 20 weeks and counting. Each time, at ~3 weeks past my LMP, my knee pain goes away, and it stays away for the rest of the pregnancy. Pregnancy is the only thing that makes this happen. Wondering if there is some kind of hormonal treatment, like oral contraceptive, that can mimic that in the future. I'm currently making the most of this lack of pain, getting hiking and into the mountains way more and loving it.