My knees are making noises while stressing them, a concern?
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I'm 15 and (even if I do say so myself) am very active. I noticed soft sounds coming from my knees every time I squatted, and related them to my mother's knees, which make the most disturbing, basically knee-grinding sounds. The last few weeks I've been skiing deep powder with some of my older friends, and this does put a lot of stress on the knees, I also play football competitively every day but one during regular weeks (training, etc.), and I hear football isn't great for the knees either. I looked it up myself and found having strong quads is good, so that is not a worry. Is there anything I should be concerned about for my knee health? Will the "grinding" sound grow worse as I grow older?
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johnny17592 adriaanman
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I suffered from a very early age with cartilage problems ans struggled all my life until finally getting a TKR at 58 my advice to you is to see a specialist and get some good advice on the future of your knees if you have tp slow down do so you will benefit in your later years
Good luck.
SharonBeth1975 adriaanman
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Oh dear I'm so sorry I totally agree with Johnny you must slow down on exercise try something that will benefit you like swimming and definitely see a specialist we have all been there with the noise our joints make or made I started noticing a problem when I was 24 and because I'm stubborn I didn't seek advice or slow down and I'm now 43 and had my first PKR partial knee replacement and I'm still adjusting now 8 weeks down the line please get some good advice from a specialist though and also look into foods some foods can ruin your cartilage from what I've been learning I only found out about that last year when it was far too late
kaylee39583 adriaanman
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Grinding of the knee pretty much means you knee cap isn't properly situated in the groove. I have this in both of my knees and not really a cause for concern until something happens to them (knee dislocation, ACL tear, ect.). I would suggest strengthening your gluteal muscles to take stress off your knees. Having strong quads is good, but gluteal muscles will help a lot! Down the line you could develop arthritis. You are so young and active just focus on the muscles that will take stress off your knee!