Hello everyone,

My injury happened almost 3 weeks ago. I overdone it on the rowing machine (without warming up, yes stupid idea!) and the day after i noticed both knees were a little stiff so i had a few days off from the rower. In the meantime i was doing oblique twists for a few days and i woke up one morning and my left knee was quite painful (by this time my right knee had gone back to normal). I did knock my left knee on the door frame around 6 months ago so i expected it to take a little longer to get over the stress from the rower. I think the twisting action may have worsened the injury to my left knee. Anyway i rested a few days and kept my weight off my left leg as much as i could but the more i rested the stiffer my knee became. Also at this time i noticed soreness in my thigh and calf muscles and they kept pulling all the time. I could put weight on the leg no problem but it always felt unstable.

After a week of no improvement i went to my local injury clinic to get it checked out. The Nurse there examined my knee and leg and she concluded that i had not broken any bones or torn any ligaments. She said she thinks the problem is more to do with my overused muscles rather than the knee itself. She gave me a sheet of exercises to do and told me that it may take another 4 weeks until my knee/leg is back to normal.

Ok so now it has been over a week since my visit to the clinic and almost 3 weeks from when i first noticed the problem with my knee/leg. I have been doing the exercises daily and have been using a single crutch to help me get along. My leg does feel a bit stronger but it is still giving me problems and i was expecting recovery to be a bit faster than what it has been. The main issue i am still having is the stiffness of my leg especially behind my knee as i struggle to straighten my leg fully and also my calf muscle and thigh muscle keep pulling. They will be ok for a few days but sometimes all of a sudden when i am walking or doing the exercises i was given the muscles will pull and i have to stop. I have noticed that after walking around for a bit the leg loosens up but after sitting down for a while it goes stiff again.

Along with the muscles pulling i have experienced a strange sharp pain over and around the knee cap. It feels like the pain is on the surface of the skin, almost like there is something sharp caught in my trousers and it rubs on the knee. This pain only lasts for a second. I also get the odd shooting pain going from the back of my thigh down the inside of my leg and down towards my foot, this is only felt sometimes when i fully stretch my leg. I am finding it quite uncomfortable to sleep as well. If i lay on my back with my leg straight i can feel the muscles pulling from the back of my thigh past the back of my knee. Sometimes when i sit down for a while my leg below my knee gets quite cold and there is a numbness felt in my foot

Can anyone give me any advice in addition to what my nurse has told me? Is it just a case of keeping my leg active and just wait it out and hopefully it will get better soon? Are there any other exercises i should be doing? Or do you think there is something else wrong other than overused muscles?

thanks in advance

oh and incase it helps i am 30 years of age

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