A Little Lateral Dislocation of the Patella Anyone?
It has been just over a week since I dislocated my knee cap and basically tore it out of where it’s supposed to stay. This type of injury is medically referred to as a patella dislocation, and regardless of what it’s called it hurt like a sonuvabitch! I have never experienced pain like that, it was excruciating. When it happened I was playing Dodge Ball (yes I am 33 and I was playing Dodge Ball) and when I was dodging a ball I had turned my body to the right but my right leg decided to stay put. Needless to say my knee lost to my upper body’s movement and ended up turning all the way to the right. It literally felt like my knee did a 360, but what it really managed to do was come all the way around to the back of my leg and then I guess I instinctively turned back around thus putting it back to the front. Man, it hurts just thinking about it again. OUCH!!! (When I looked at my x-rays I can see the top of my right knee and my knee cap floating over to the left side. Fun stuff eh?)
July 1, 2007 by Jonesy in Health and Fitness | 72 Comments »
