Knee supports

[Seagull27]

Did you get an operation/scan or anything after your dislocation? It could be that you've got some soft tissue injury that happened as a consequence, that has so far gone unnoticed. If that's the case then DO NOT play any sport until you get it sorted. It could be the difference between it being fixed, or just removed and leaving you with a f***ed knee for the rest of your life.

As someone who had cartilage problems in the past (which are now fixed, thankfully), I can also recommend glucosamine. Also, the doctors are right in saying you should try and keep the muscles strong around the joint, it takes pressure off the joint itself and if you do need an operation, apparently it makes it much easier both for the surgeon and for your recovery. Things like cycling and swimming are good for this, but don't do anything that will put impact on your knee. I know how tempting it is to go for a kick about, but I have friends who have done that (who subsequently warned me not to) and now have endless problems with it.

 

[Falkor]

I had a CT scan as the swelling was not going down but got told it all looked good, had physio they said about tendinitis but then it never got mentioned again

 

[00snook]

Bust my right ACL 8 years ago (when 25). Had Hamstring reconstruction but still had mega pain so had second op to clean out some floating bits of cartiledge.

Decided at that point not to play footy any more for the sake of the future. Kept cycling and occasional run in the gym.

The long and short of it is only after about 5 years of doing this did my knee feel ok when running again.

Personally I would think very hard about if playing footy is that important to you, or if you would rather protect your knee for later life Falkor.

I took up golf instead and love it. Still very competitive (tho in a different way) and you can always run the line or take a coaching position with your footy team at the same time if you wanna stay involved.

 

[Deleted member 2719]

What @greer'selbow said is dead on, to get an effect with vitamins, I've always been taught that it should normally be between 2-3 weeks to get in your system, try and pop into the Chichester Boots and speak to either a pharmacist or healthcare consultant (vitamin advisor) they should be able to find you what you want.

Okay thanks ,i will pop in there next weekend.

you may not be a medical expert but you could be. You make perfect sense.

Why thank you sir, i do try,not all will agree with you thou!

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

don't understand why anyone with an injury carrys on with their sport while wearing a support , TRYING TO KID THEMSELVES