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dont know if its ever been braught up or not but here goes.

(this is mainly for people who have the problem and dont know what it is)

sometimes (not always) when im out biking putting pressure of my (right) knee it clicks every time i use that leg to push down on the pedals.i started to worry alot because sometimes i get a little pain from it as its constant clicking.

so about 6 months of worrying i eventualy went to the GP who couldnt realy do much about it other than to put me on the orthaepics list (which has a long wait) luckily being young i was top of the list if someone couldnt make their appointment which luckily for me happened.

The out come was that its a tiny little grizley bit on the cartilage and its just where a tendon rubs on it and 'clicks' off. now he told me that if i wanted i could have the 'key hole' surgery, but it would eventualy grow back, so there realy wasnt much point. he then also told me that its common for some cyclists and runners to get it so there isnt anything to worry about. just means your somewhat healthier than the average person ;D.

just thought i would share this just incase anyone has the same problem and worries about it. but dont just read this and think every thing will be all fine, because it might be something completely different to what i had. so best to get it checked out for your own benefit anyway, just to be on the safe side.

cheers for having the time to read this.

Sam

ive had pretty mighty clicks happen when crouching down on and off for years but ive never had any problems with my knees like pain, stiffness etc, if your pain gets worse seek more advice

my right knee does this, although only when i twist it :P i *think* its from when i wrenched it sometime in my dim and distant past, but it doesnt hurt at all and is a cool way to gross out girls ;D

I get it in my shoulder, does that count? ;D

But my knee does it too so thats good to know

yea i use the clicking to gross girls out....sooo fun ;D soo childish :D

i think thats how i got it, i landed on it badly a couple of years ago, but yea its all good other than the clicking sometimes.

My doctor was able to tell me that in a couple of minutes about 6 years ago. I got on with things and it's come and gone several times since, doesn't cause any trouble really.

i get this on and off normally after a days riding though

I get this too , get like cramp in my knee , then i have to like straighten my leg to make it click .

though i think mine was off a old football injury a few years  back .

Ever had a hard impact on your knee at all?

thats exactly where i think mines comes from.....when i was playing footy id got past this guy and he lifted his leg up towards my chest. so as i jumped out the way he caught me and i smashed my knee into the sunbaked ground.

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yea you can have keyhole surgery....and apparantly yo can walk a day after and then a couple more days and some steady biking will be possible

The funny thing about it is, playing football, and running etc, all that realy hurts

but riding, nooo problem

pretty sweet, i cant complain  :D

Yeah I get clicks every time I crouch down, not so much painful, just doesn't feel quite right! But if it doesn't cause too much hassle then I wouldn't worry about it.

My ankles are pretty bad too, but yet again, no pain, just clicks...

yea same as me, i dont so much get pain, its just the clicking that feels somewhat 'painfull' if you get me.


you lucky sod :P mine tends to play up on biking more than anything. but its only the odd occasion

i had this took about a month to heal properly but it did sort it out and i was suffering with it as well was on ibruprofens all the time with it

sorry to correct whoever said that the cartilage controls the knee, but it doesn't. The cartilage only provides an articulating surface between the two heads of the tibia and femur within the synovial fluid capsule in the knee. If the knee is injured and some of this cartilage breaks off it then can become trapped within the fluid capsule that surround the joint. It is therefore free to move and can become trapped between tendons and bone or the two bone heads causing a crackling sound as it pings off. Also as more and more of this cartilage breaks off, the friction in the joint increases leading to the opportunity for more cartilage to break off as well as increasing wear on the bones themselves leading to the eventual development of pain and discomfort in the joint.

just thought i'd use soem of that uni work!  :)

I get this occasionally, I've found that keeping my knees warm helps to lessen the problem loads.
I usually run knee warmers when XC gaying it up, that keeps my joints nice and warm.
I wear pads for everything else, they keep my knees toasty
I'm also going to use it as a valid excuse to move to a warmer country  ;D

this happens to me in both knee's when i retract them back full.

Im Liking Your Thinking  ;)

And Ill Give The 'Keeping The Knees Warm Idea' A Go.

if the clicking/pain can be traced to the lump on the outside of your knee it could be your ITB, google ITB stretching to cure it (and folow the advice lol)

That and pester the NHS if you feel your getting nowhere get a second oppinion, or a third.  Im on;

2 doctors
3 month wait
1 physio (useless)
1 doctor (referal to other physio)
4 weeks wait
1 extended scope physio
1 week
1 physio
about 6 sessions to miss diagnose the problem and set me up with some very effective treatments.  In their defense they nearly got it right and it dod help by relieveing th estrss on the bad bit of cartilage.
1 more doctor (after several months tooing and froing and waiting)
1 consultant (surgeon) after a few months
getting the opperation in exactly a month  to hopefully fix it properly :)

Should really rest up if it starts to hurt, never try and push past the pain, as you're only going to damage it... impact seems to be a big cause, the majority of people in for knee and hip replacements that I met when in hospital were there through running lots, in the army etc. worst was a guy getting a double hip and a single knee replacement, he was a paratrooper for his whole career, put it down to landing from jumps with full kit and that...

I take Glucosamie Chonroitin everyday, meant to help maintain the cartilidge, not proven to totally work but it's not been found to be harmful in any way....

Main one is to keep the saddle up higher if you're doing a lot of pedalling, i don't mean DH as you will be standing up 99% of the time, but put the seat up otherwise, takes a lot of stress off the knee.

I can sit here now and click my knee everytime I bend it its weird :S i can lso click my forearm lol

I dont know if youre describing something serious but mine click too at times. I found that codliver oil tablets pretty much solved it.

If youre not worried enough to go the doctors about it maybe try some? It takes about a week of taking them before you notice a difference but they worked for me really well. At only about £3 for a months worth in Asda or whatever local shops, its worth a try.

Get this clicking all the time, along with numerous other aches and pains ! Comes from 25 years of floor laying I expect, and being the wrong side of 40  :'(

when i used to ride almost every day i had this in both my kees but as i didnt ride as much it has stopped  :-\ im confused lol

I was diagnosed as having altered patello femoral tracking (or something along those lines anyway :p) a while back.

Basically, as a result of lots of cycling, the muscles on the outer side of my leg developed more than those on the inside, causing my kneecaps to be pulled slightly out of position. This was more prominent on my left knee - presumably because my right leg is slightly stronger due to being my favoured foot in football.

Apparently, this is very common among cyclists.

Anyway, I've sorted out the muscle imbalance now, by doing exercises that target the weaker parts of my legs. The clicking still remains though (it's more like crunching, actually :/). My physio said that it should go away with time, as long as the muscles don't becoming imbalanced again, but I'm not convinced. I'm reluctant to say they're getting worse, but they really aren't getting any better. :'(