Knee issues

momofboiler1
Fri, 30 Nov 2018 15:03:47 +0000

@creekland. I get it. I hate the doctor too. Will avoid at all costs but I have a non knee related story to share. A decade ago I hurt my shoulder lifting in the gym. It wasn’t too painful but I was still struggling after a few weeks so went to my primary care MD despite people telling me to see an ortho. My doc said it seemed like I pulled a ligament and gave me some exercises to do. 6 months later I couldn’t lift a grocery bag, wasn’t able to lie down at night to sleep, and was in excruciating pain. Turns out I had torn my rotator cuff and because I hadn’t seen an ortho and gotten an MRI, the tear had increased in size and also frayed my bicep tendon. Ortho told me if I was diagnosed right away, I might have avoided the surgery because chances are it wasn’t a complete tear. Because I did the wrong exercises for 6 months, I did very serious damage and had a long, painful, recovery.