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Severe Pain In Knee When Bent With Loud Pop While Straighting. Advice
My knee gets stuck when I sit Indian style and I have to straighten it out and when I do I hear a loud pop its extremely painful my knee feels like its caught on my ligaments and it won't go straight on its own I have to force it straight then pop ouch ...now I'm limping around and feel like I tore something because now any position I put my leg in it feels like its going to happen again
Sat, 22 Jun 2013
Hello.
Thanks for writing to us.
From your symptoms it seems that your knee joint has undergone a degenerative change related to age- osteoarthritis. Do get it examined from an orthopedician to confirm.
I hope this information has been both informative and helpful for you.
Regards,
Dr. Praveen Tayal ,
drtayal72@gmail.com
Thanks for writing to us.
From your symptoms it seems that your knee joint has undergone a degenerative change related to age- osteoarthritis. Do get it examined from an orthopedician to confirm.
I hope this information has been both informative and helpful for you.
Regards,
Dr. Praveen Tayal ,
drtayal72@gmail.com
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