To ask what treatment follows a dislocated knee?

[teamthirteen]

Dislocated my knee today - absolute agony. It’s been popped back in, I’ve had an X-ray and am waiting for the results in A&E.

What tends to follow? A bandage? Tubie grip thing? Nothing? I’m stressing as I know I’ll have to take some time off running

How did you do that?
Girl did it at Judo class one evening.
(Not after any contact, btw, just mistepped).
Due to being young she is at risk for rest of her life.

I think she has exercises to do.

ow ow ow

You poor thing, it hurts so much.

I think treatment has changed since I did it, they put a bandage/strapping on it and leave you to hobble about to avoid muscle wastage (this is what happened to a friend's daughter recently).

I dislocated my knee years ago, single most painful thing I've ever done and dc was induced.

I had an x ray, then a knee brace and crutches for a few weeks and some physio. It's never been the same since though tbh but mine was a pretty nasty dislocation.

I luckily didn't need surgery, just lots and lots of painkillers and rest

It depends what you’ve done to it. I dislocated my knee as a teenager. If all is fine, they may give you a bandage or a brace and send you on your way, perhaps with a follow up appointment.

I tore my meniscus so I left with a brace to stabilise it and appointment with orthopaedic surgeon. Had operation a month or two later to remove the damaged cartilage. It’s been a bit tricky since. But I’ve done loads of long distance cycling and run to half marathons, so I managed well enough.

And running on a previously dislocated knee is a seriously bad idea. Especially cross country bitter voice of experience

I’ve dislocated mine knee caps several times (1 at a time!). Lots of swelling initially, exercises to strengthen supporting muscles, monitoring any scar tissue developing with 4 physio sessions, then gentle running on flat soft ground. I found running ok- netball and dance floors were my weakness 😬

I’ve dislocated my knee 6 times. First was the worst and had a brace for 8 weeks, crutches and extensive physio. Same 2nd time round but less time in the brace. Now, I sometimes do t bother to go to A&E, just lots of supportive strapping, proper knee supports you can buy off amazon and do the exercises I was shown first time. It has never and will never be the same, it’s permanently weak now.

My daughter has done hers 5 times, the first she was put in a splint and told to not put weight on it until her follow up appointment which was 6 weeks later. She had major muscle wastage and it took a lot of physio to get back full use. This is why it has happened so many times since.
Subsequent times she has put weight on it gently at first but building up. The last time she only worn the splint for a week or two and walked on it within a day. By the time she had her physio appointment 4 weeks later they were really impressed as her leg had almost normal range of movements. She knew the exercises to do and did it religiously as she didn't want to have to put in double the work later.
Try and get some good physio advice and gentle movement from early on.
Good luck

Hi, experienced dislocated knee capper here!
My knee was dislocated when I was 16 in a very aggressive sports match. Ever since my knee dislocates about 4/5 times a year.
Because this has happened to you once, I'm afraid it is rest and crutches.

After 23 years of my knee dislocating all the time, the NHS had enough of me and I had surgery. They rebuilt the muscles holding my knee cap in place and I had a hold load of screws put in.

Try to rest, hope you get better soon

First time at 15 when ice skating. Plaster for 6 weeks, and crutches for 12 weeks, used a support bandage for around 12 months.
Second time was last year, 35 years after the first time and the other leg. I knocked it out whilst mucking out the horse. It went back in on its own, so hobbled round the yard to finish jobs, rode the horse hobbled home, strapped it up for a few weeks and carried on as normal! No way was I going to be told I couldn’t ride for 12 weeks.