Painful Knees

  I have been having very bad knee pain. Most of the time The pain shows up when I run(almost every day), bend my knees, and when I figure skate. I have been skating for only a few months but it started happening before any lessons. It started almost a year ago when I took dance lessons and danced hard every single day. Then, it was mild but after time it got worse and worse. When I continuously bend my knees, the pain starts and it can be excruciating. It even starts to hurt to walk. Sometimes when I just lay down, my knee has a spasm when it jerks to the side and twists. I fall to the ground and there is very much pain. This has happened about 5 times lately, and my leg is just normally relaxed. I haven't hit my knee on anything, so I have no idea what the problem is. Someone please help!


This discussion is related to knee pain.

[Dr Vinod]

Hello!

I suspect past ligament injuries in your knee to be the cause of the present knee pain and instability.

I would suggest you to check your menisci, cruciate ligaments and collaterals by some scans and orthopedic examination to rule out ligament injuries.

The other causes are arthritis, bursitis or tendon involvement at your knee joint.

Take care!