Knee Problems Again

Spin Teacher · 12-05-2007, 06:05 AM

Some of you may know that I've had 3 knee surgeries due to a basketball injury some years back now. Well I got together with some friends to play flag football this past Sunday at a local park. It was about 40 degrees, muddy, a little rain, and I didn't have cleats on. After about 1 hour of playing my knee gave out when I slipped trying to avoid running into someone. I knew I pulled my hamstring before I even hit the ground, and I thought that's all it was. However when the screaming pain in my hammy finally started to go away late that night I noticed most of the pain was just behind the knee, and some just under the knee cap. Felt just like the last time I torn my ACL and torn my miniscus. If the if the pain doesn't get better in a couple more days I'll have to go get an MRI, and a possible 4th surgery could be very possible. It would be the 4th in 5 years.

All my free time is spent online or playing sports.... Sports is really my way of releasing stress. I don't know how much more my knee can take, so this could be really bad for me.

**Ophelia** · 12-05-2007, 08:19 AM

^ Oh cr@p - sorry Spin, that really sucks. I hope its just a sprain or something, I know you love sports. But...if you do need to get operated on again, maybe after you can find a sport with less contact. sounds lame I know...

Spin Teacher · 12-05-2007, 08:46 AM

I bowl & started playing golf this summer. However another surgery could mean I have to give up basketball & football. Maybe more, depending on how bad it is.

It sucks because I set a goal of winning every YMCA basketball league in the area, and I only had 1 more to win. I won at East Bulter County, Fairfield & Labonan. Springboro starts in 2 weeks, and is the only 1 I haven't won. I also already paid for it, and got a team together.

**Jocasta** · 12-05-2007, 08:50 AM

Sorry to hear that, spin, sounds horribly painful and lets hope you recovery fully if not how about taking up acting, I hear it's a great way to meet the chicks!

Take it easy, ok?

**Ophelia** · 12-05-2007, 08:53 AM

Don't worry too much yet -could just be a sprain. *crosses fingers*

You could just do what all athletes do when they can't play anymore and still need to stay in the game. Coach.

Coach Spin. I like it.

Spin Teacher · 12-05-2007, 09:03 AM

I hate being the center of attention in large groups, so acting wouldn't work. It's odd that I don't mind classroom situations though?

Coaching would be fun I guess, but I like the contact in sports. I like battling in the paint for boards, or trying to knock a blitzing LB on his butt. That's how I get rid of stress, and golf just adds stress. It's fun, but that darn ball is evil I tell you. :D

It could just be a bad sprain or mild tear, so it's a waiting game for a few days at least.

Ox · 12-05-2007, 10:31 AM

I have a bad knee too, so bad i dislocated it once when i was teeing off in golf. I swung and my knee cap popped out, the stress the swing put on my knee did it, and the entire knee came apart

I feel for you Spin. Those knee injuries hurt like nothing else, truly searing pain.

My Doctor advised against surgery and told me I had to tighten down the ligaments and the best way was by riding an exercise bike. It has done the job so far and you might want to look into it Spin.

Does this mean we won't have your basketball challenge in the sports forum this year?

**Bill5461** · 12-05-2007, 11:15 AM

Are there some type of braces you could wear to help you heal, and in the future?

**Ophelia** · 12-05-2007, 12:09 PM

Ox - that hurt me just reading that....your knee cap popped off. ouch.

Ox · 12-05-2007, 02:37 PM

Ophelia...it made a sound like a bowling ball does when it's rolling towards the pins. The toes on my foot ended up facing nearly the wrong way, cause without the kneecap in place and the way it stretched the ligaments when it dislocated, there was only skin and some muscle left to hold the two parts of my leg together.

I slid my kneecap back into place with the help of a girl who twisted and held my lower leg in place....I can still hear that bowling ball sound...

**Plastic Flute** · 12-05-2007, 02:48 PM

Sry Spin I hope you feel better. OX Ouch !!

Hey can I copy the name of this thread over to Joshtopia ?

Blackmask · 12-05-2007, 03:13 PM

Good luck with that Spin. Basketball and football are two of the worst sports for ACL injuries, but I'm guessing you know that already. 4 lots of surgery, you are persistent at trying, that's likely to catch up with you when you get older you know?

**Ophelia** · 12-05-2007, 03:54 PM

I passed out for a few minutes after reading Ox's post.

**Plastic Flute** · 12-05-2007, 03:56 PM

Me to.. Poor Ox.

Ox · 12-05-2007, 05:23 PM

It happened a few years ago and it doesn't hurt anymore...thanks for the sympathy and the same tho..

I feel for Spin right now.

**Val** · 12-05-2007, 07:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spin Teacher

Some of you may know that I've had 3 knee surgeries.

Piece of cake!
I broke mine once ... in 2002 I think ... and it was screwed in a region called tibial plateau.

Damn crap huh?

Of course, my knee today is new again.
The screw was removed in 2004 successfully.

Spin Teacher · 12-05-2007, 09:28 PM

Quote:

Does this mean we won't have your basketball challenge in the sports forum this year?

I didn't do one the last time I was in league. Maybe I should for this up coming one if I'm able to play.

When I get older I'll be using a walking or worse. Probably by the age of 40 :D .

Ox, you must have a powerful tee off. How far do you drive?

Ox · 12-06-2007, 01:15 AM

Ox, you must have a powerful tee off. How far do you drive?

It wasn't the tee off that did it, tho I did do it while teeing off. I've had problems with that knee since high school, then the day of the accident and the day before, I weight lifted with friends, both days doing sets of leg presses where I would balance the weight bar on my shoulders and bend my knees, nearly touching my rear to the floor....not smart, esp two days in a row....doc said I wore out the muscles and strained the ligaments causing my knee to give out when i teed off....it happened on the 15th hole. The closest road with access to me was at the top of a hill with a steep drop off and the paramedics had a difficult time getting me out of there.

Blackmask · 12-06-2007, 06:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Val

Piece of cake!
I broke mine once ... in 2002 I think ... and it was screwed in a region called tibial plateau.

The first time I did my ACL their was relief that it wasn't a break. Then the doctor explained ligament damage is actually worse than a break. The bone will grow back and heal good as new. The ligament doesn't grow back, it's always a substitute, artificial or from another part of the body, so it doesn't heal like new.

**Jocasta** · 12-06-2007, 09:50 AM

Poor Ox, that sounds truly unbearable, I feel sick thinking about it, like whenever I heard about IRA kneecappings... sick.

12-05-2007, 06:05 AM	#1 (permalink)
Spin Teacher Jr. F'ing Member My Ars Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 568 My Profile	Knee Problems Again Some of you may know that I've had 3 knee surgeries due to a basketball injury some years back now. Well I got together with some friends to play flag football this past Sunday at a local park. It was about 40 degrees, muddy, a little rain, and I didn't have cleats on. After about 1 hour of playing my knee gave out when I slipped trying to avoid running into someone. I knew I pulled my hamstring before I even hit the ground, and I thought that's all it was. However when the screaming pain in my hammy finally started to go away late that night I noticed most of the pain was just behind the knee, and some just under the knee cap. Felt just like the last time I torn my ACL and torn my miniscus. If the if the pain doesn't get better in a couple more days I'll have to go get an MRI, and a possible 4th surgery could be very possible. It would be the 4th in 5 years. All my free time is spent online or playing sports.... Sports is really my way of releasing stress. I don't know how much more my knee can take, so this could be really bad for me.

12-05-2007, 09:03 AM	#6 (permalink)
Spin Teacher Jr. F'ing Member My Ars Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 568 My Profile	I hate being the center of attention in large groups, so acting wouldn't work. It's odd that I don't mind classroom situations though? Coaching would be fun I guess, but I like the contact in sports. I like battling in the paint for boards, or trying to knock a blitzing LB on his butt. That's how I get rid of stress, and golf just adds stress. It's fun, but that darn ball is evil I tell you. :D It could just be a bad sprain or mild tear, so it's a waiting game for a few days at least. Last edited by Spin Teacher : 12-05-2007 at 09:03 AM.

12-05-2007, 10:31 AM	#7 (permalink)
Ox Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Metro/Detroit USA Posts: 2,116 My Profile	I have a bad knee too, so bad i dislocated it once when i was teeing off in golf. I swung and my knee cap popped out, the stress the swing put on my knee did it, and the entire knee came apart I feel for you Spin. Those knee injuries hurt like nothing else, truly searing pain. My Doctor advised against surgery and told me I had to tighten down the ligaments and the best way was by riding an exercise bike. It has done the job so far and you might want to look into it Spin. Does this mean we won't have your basketball challenge in the sports forum this year? Last edited by Ox : 12-05-2007 at 10:32 AM.

12-05-2007, 02:37 PM	#10 (permalink)
Ox Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Metro/Detroit USA Posts: 2,116 My Profile	Ophelia...it made a sound like a bowling ball does when it's rolling towards the pins. The toes on my foot ended up facing nearly the wrong way, cause without the kneecap in place and the way it stretched the ligaments when it dislocated, there was only skin and some muscle left to hold the two parts of my leg together. I slid my kneecap back into place with the help of a girl who twisted and held my lower leg in place....I can still hear that bowling ball sound... Last edited by Ox : 12-05-2007 at 02:38 PM.

12-05-2007, 08:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
Ophelia JOHO Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Joshtopia Posts: 7,244 My Profile	^ Oh cr@p - sorry Spin, that really sucks. I hope its just a sprain or something, I know you love sports. But...if you do need to get operated on again, maybe after you can find a sport with less contact. sounds lame I know...

12-05-2007, 08:46 AM	#3 (permalink)
Spin Teacher Jr. F'ing Member My Ars Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 568 My Profile	I bowl & started playing golf this summer. However another surgery could mean I have to give up basketball & football. Maybe more, depending on how bad it is. It sucks because I set a goal of winning every YMCA basketball league in the area, and I only had 1 more to win. I won at East Bulter County, Fairfield & Labonan. Springboro starts in 2 weeks, and is the only 1 I haven't won. I also already paid for it, and got a team together.

12-05-2007, 08:50 AM	#4 (permalink)
Jocasta Love Charlie Babbitt Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Shaftesbury Avenue Posts: 18,602 My Profile	Sorry to hear that, spin, sounds horribly painful and lets hope you recovery fully if not how about taking up acting, I hear it's a great way to meet the chicks! Take it easy, ok?

12-05-2007, 08:53 AM	#5 (permalink)
Ophelia JOHO Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Joshtopia Posts: 7,244 My Profile	Don't worry too much yet -could just be a sprain. crosses fingers You could just do what all athletes do when they can't play anymore and still need to stay in the game. Coach. Coach Spin. I like it.

12-05-2007, 11:15 AM	#8 (permalink)
Bill5461 Scarlett Mod Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 12,711 My Profile	Are there some type of braces you could wear to help you heal, and in the future?

12-05-2007, 12:09 PM	#9 (permalink)
Ophelia JOHO Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Joshtopia Posts: 7,244 My Profile	Ox - that hurt me just reading that....your knee cap popped off. ouch.

12-05-2007, 02:48 PM	#11 (permalink)
Plastic Flute ICHiBAN HoOT Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 13,821 My Profile	Sry Spin I hope you feel better. OX Ouch !! Hey can I copy the name of this thread over to Joshtopia ?

12-05-2007, 03:13 PM	#12 (permalink)
Blackmask Protector of Inanity Join Date: May 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 6,158 My Profile	Good luck with that Spin. Basketball and football are two of the worst sports for ACL injuries, but I'm guessing you know that already. 4 lots of surgery, you are persistent at trying, that's likely to catch up with you when you get older you know?

12-05-2007, 03:54 PM	#13 (permalink)
Ophelia JOHO Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Joshtopia Posts: 7,244 My Profile	I passed out for a few minutes after reading Ox's post.

12-05-2007, 03:56 PM	#14 (permalink)
Plastic Flute ICHiBAN HoOT Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 13,821 My Profile	Me to.. Poor Ox.

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12-05-2007, 05:23 PM	#15 (permalink)
Ox Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Metro/Detroit USA Posts: 2,116 My Profile	It happened a few years ago and it doesn't hurt anymore...thanks for the sympathy and the same tho.. I feel for Spin right now.

12-06-2007, 01:15 AM	#18 (permalink)
Ox Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Metro/Detroit USA Posts: 2,116 My Profile	Ox, you must have a powerful tee off. How far do you drive? It wasn't the tee off that did it, tho I did do it while teeing off. I've had problems with that knee since high school, then the day of the accident and the day before, I weight lifted with friends, both days doing sets of leg presses where I would balance the weight bar on my shoulders and bend my knees, nearly touching my rear to the floor....not smart, esp two days in a row....doc said I wore out the muscles and strained the ligaments causing my knee to give out when i teed off....it happened on the 15th hole. The closest road with access to me was at the top of a hill with a steep drop off and the paramedics had a difficult time getting me out of there.

12-06-2007, 09:50 AM	#20 (permalink)
Jocasta Love Charlie Babbitt Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Shaftesbury Avenue Posts: 18,602 My Profile	Poor Ox, that sounds truly unbearable, I feel sick thinking about it, like whenever I heard about IRA kneecappings... sick.