Hi guys! I'm new to the forum and was wondering if you could help me.

Well, my story starts back in June. While playing in goal during football, I had a bit of an accident. As I came running out to an opposing player with the ball, I stopped and brought my knees together so he could not shoot the ball between my legs. As I did this, I must have put all my weight on one leg and my knee bent inwards. I felt something pop out but immediately go back in again. I was in a lot of pain but I was able to limp off on it.

The next day I went to my local treatment centre. I had a sharp pain on the inside of my knee and could not bare much weight on it, however there was no swelling. I was told by a Nurse that it was probably just a sprain and that I just need to rest it and give it time to heal. I wasn't too convinced that it was "just a sprain", but I decided to follow her advice as I wasn't a medical professional.

After a couple of weeks, I was back to walking normally again. However the aching on the inside of my knee did not completely go away for a couple of months.

In about late August, my knee was feeling OK and I decided to try and strengthen up my knee. I went for some light runs every couple of days without any bother.

I play field hockey for a local club and I was ready to start playing again when the season started mid-September. I was able to play several games without my knee giving me any bother. "Excellent!", I thought. I wasn't expecting it to be giving me any trouble anytime soon.

However, on Tuesday at hockey training, my knee went again. This time I was practising hitting the ball on the turn. I got the turn all wrong, but too much weight on my knee and twisted it and fell to the floor. I experienced the same "dislocation" feeling as I did the first time. But this time, I was not able to weight bear on the leg at all, and slight swelling appeared on the inside of the of the knee within 5 minutes.

The following Thursday, I went to A&E. I was still not able to weight-bear and there was significant swelling on both sides of the knee (more so on the medial-side). I was told that it seemed to be a soft-tissue injury and that I will be referred to a Physio. I was given a leg brace and some crutches to get me by.

Today, my symptoms are as followed:

- Significant swelling on both sides of the knee (however has gone down slightly since Thursday).
- Inability to fully straighten leg.
- Cannot bend knee more than 90°
- Slight pain on inside of the knee when grinding and contracting quad.
- Sharp pain under knee-cap when leg locks straight when standing up.
- Knee cap is very wobbly
- Knee feels very unstable and feels as though it's about to give way when weight bearing.
- Knee cap grinds against top of the tibia.

I originally thought I had torn my MCL, but after doing some research it seems that I could have torn my Wikipedia reference-linkmeniscus cartilage. Just wondering what you guys think it is. Do you also have any suggestions that could show signs of it being one of the other?

Thanks a lot for your help!

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