Hi all, hope all well and ready for an amazing hip-pain-free 2017.
I'm about 20 months post op, my right hip is great, golf is great ... but there is a but ...
In mid August I injured my left knee, an innocuous twist, a click, and then problems ensued. Just cartilage damage physio said, and it hasn't affected my golf, although I am now wondering if my golf is interfering with its recovery.
Up until about a month ago it seemed to be steady, albeit slow, improvement. I was rowing and got regular then got hit with a cold/flu which knocked me out for past few weeks. The original injury site is fine and the symptoms from it seem quite settled but I seem to have pains elsewhere in the knee from time to time, and at the moment pain behind the kneecap and below the kneecap if I tighten my quads. Especially when climbing stairs I notice.
So I'm wondering if I've got something floating around in there or loose. An MRI scan might be helpful I think, but that worries me. I know it is supposed to be just fine and there are specs of the MRI power up to which it is fine. But it still worries me.
Have any of the long term hippies undergone an MRI since surgery? I think that would reassure me. I'm writing to the surgeon's office too.
Any other knee advice also welcomed.
Thanks all.
Matt