I think I dislocated my knee earlier today.. Whats My Plan?

tercet · #1 10-25-2007, 03:23 PM

I was lieing down on my bed in an awkard position with my leg overhaning a part of my bed. I was about to get up then I realized my right leg was pretty much limp from my knee down. After a few minutes of oww this hurts and moving several positions I heard a little snap. I could finally move right leg and bend my right knee.

Should I worry about this at all? This has never happened to me and it hurt a bit for few minutes I couldnt move my bottom part of right leg below my knee for a few minutes.

Northern · #2 10-25-2007, 03:31 PM

Be thankful for OHIP and go to the doctor, after all its free.

kevin017 · #3 10-25-2007, 04:23 PM

amputation is the only answer. but then when your phantom knee starts acting up you're really screwed.

scotty-win · #4 10-25-2007, 04:57 PM

That's weird. If you had dislocated it, I would think you would've felt pain when it was hanging. I don't even think it's possible to dislocate a knee without tearing ligaments.
I've torn both my ACLs and it doesn't sound like that.

Maybe it just fell asleep because of pressure from hanging so weird?

Wolfram · #5 10-25-2007, 08:19 PM

Dislocation doesn't involve any tearing of ligaments.

Sounds like you'll be fine, go to bed and if it hurts in the morning see a doctor.

Efourdee · #6 10-25-2007, 08:20 PM

I wish they made better fake ones.

Bond18 · #7 10-25-2007, 09:09 PM

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Dislocation doesn't involve any tearing of ligaments.

Sounds like you'll be fine, go to bed and if it hurts in the morning see a doctor.

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Jeff W · #8 10-26-2007, 02:50 AM

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A knee dislocation almost always has severe tears of the ligaments and sometimes has breaks in the bones of the knee.

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I doubt op dislocated his knee, though. If he did, he should go to the hospital. Now.

POKEROMGLOL · #9 10-26-2007, 03:56 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-tRHqo1TnI

did it look like this?

scotty-win · #10 10-26-2007, 12:15 PM

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A knee dislocation almost always has severe tears of the ligaments and sometimes has breaks in the bones of the knee.

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I doubt op dislocated his knee, though. If he did, he should go to the hospital. Now.

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Exactly. The ligaments are there to keep the knee from dislocating. When I had a torn ACL, my knee dislocated once when I was running around with my dog. It kills. I think the OP would've been in more pain if it had been dislocated.