Any ideas, knee injury 5 weeks down the line

Thanks. I'm just hoping it's not something requiring surgery.

I would ask for an MRI scan to be done and see what your specialist says, you probably need loads of rest and real rest, ice packs and pain relief .... jan

Thanks Laura. I'm getting my hopes up that the pain is disappearing and it's healing itself. Just a horrible underlying feeling left the now. Feels dead weak and pain certain way I move it

Thanks for that response. I am much better than what I was but something just doesn't feel right. Is there any way to post pictures on here? * thanks again, James

Hi I am not sure if pics can be posted as I am fairly new to this ... hope everything goes well ... jan

You click on reply, when the window opens, click on the right hand box of the four. Top right side, then you can upload pic from your computer. :-)

No problem thanks

I don't really think that any external pictures of the leg or any of our qualifications are going to be able to help diagnose you ... whatever is going on is internal and MRI will be the diagnostic tool you need. See what your MD says.  He/she may even have a suspicion once they manually manipulate your leg - this helps them detect a torn ligament (i.e. ACL, PCL, MCL) but would still do an MRI to visualize entire area and obtain extent of damage. I would encourage you to rest your leg well prior to your appointment, because an MRI won't be able to accurately capture the extent of damage if there is still a bunch of swelling in there. That is why they usually have patients stay off it, rest, elevate etc. prior to doing MRIs in order to bring the swelling down to make the test worth while. If you are 5 weeks out from the injury and the leg is adequately rested and swelling diminished this test will guide your MD. Hang in there.