Hi, I've been looking at various threads in this forum for some time now and picked up quite a bit of useful information. Since this place seems to be the best when it comes to weight/cardio training, I'm hoping that I can get some light shed on a particular injury that I'm facing.
Basically, I started having a tightness in my knee about a week and a half ago. At first I didn't think much of it, since I just assumed that it was my muscles being tired or something. After it persisted for several days and I realized that I couldn't bend my knee properly(i.e. cannot bend my knee and place my foot over my other leg without feeling it become tight and somewhat painful), I decided to figure out every symptom that I have right now and figure out what's up.
The following is what I can tell given a self check-up of sorts-
-knee hurts slightly when bending, cannot bend completely without the pain becoming excessive enough for me to stop.
-light swelling on the left side of the knee joint(the part of your knee that goes in). It's not obvious to the eye though, and I know it's swelling only through touch.
-muscle tension/tightness and slight pain to the left of the knee, slightly below the knee, and above the knee, going into the thighs. Also slight, sharp(?) pain behind the knee.
-It's apparent only when i'm sitting or walking. Generally it's a tight feeling around the knees with a small, dull sort of pain. It doesn't get worse when I go up or down on stairs. I can run or squat just fine without any increase in pain.
Recently though, like today, the pain isn't a tightness but rather sharp, poking(again small) pains in my knee. Also feeling some tingling in and around my lower leg.
I "had" a couple possible injuries in mind, but this recent development more or less threw them all out of the window.
So, can anyone help me out by figuring out what's wrong? I don't think it's bad enough to warrant a visit to a doctor, but it's annoying and i'm not sure whether I should continue working out or not. I've stopped 3-4 days after the pain started and haven't done much for the past 3 days.
Thanks for your help!
Basically, I started having a tightness in my knee about a week and a half ago. At first I didn't think much of it, since I just assumed that it was my muscles being tired or something. After it persisted for several days and I realized that I couldn't bend my knee properly(i.e. cannot bend my knee and place my foot over my other leg without feeling it become tight and somewhat painful), I decided to figure out every symptom that I have right now and figure out what's up.
The following is what I can tell given a self check-up of sorts-
-knee hurts slightly when bending, cannot bend completely without the pain becoming excessive enough for me to stop.
-light swelling on the left side of the knee joint(the part of your knee that goes in). It's not obvious to the eye though, and I know it's swelling only through touch.
-muscle tension/tightness and slight pain to the left of the knee, slightly below the knee, and above the knee, going into the thighs. Also slight, sharp(?) pain behind the knee.
-It's apparent only when i'm sitting or walking. Generally it's a tight feeling around the knees with a small, dull sort of pain. It doesn't get worse when I go up or down on stairs. I can run or squat just fine without any increase in pain.
Recently though, like today, the pain isn't a tightness but rather sharp, poking(again small) pains in my knee. Also feeling some tingling in and around my lower leg.
I "had" a couple possible injuries in mind, but this recent development more or less threw them all out of the window.
So, can anyone help me out by figuring out what's wrong? I don't think it's bad enough to warrant a visit to a doctor, but it's annoying and i'm not sure whether I should continue working out or not. I've stopped 3-4 days after the pain started and haven't done much for the past 3 days.
Thanks for your help!