Is there any way to treat knee knock without surgery if it is then how long will it take to treat knee knocking?
The answer to this is unlikely. From a pediatric perspective physiologic genu valgum should be treated expectantly. The family should be educated to avert unnecessary concerns and inappropriate treatment. Bracing and corrective shoes are ineffective, and physical therapy is of no benefit. Pathologic genu valgum warrants aggressive treatment to alleviate symptoms and prevent progression. Bracing and therapy are inadequate to meet these goals. Surgical intervention is the only successful intervention for correcting the problem. Surgical options include osteotomy or growth manipulation (hemiepiphysiodesis). In the adult, there is no non surgical approach to this issue. Bracing is ineffective due to growth plate closure. Therefore as with pediatric population surgical intervention is the method of choice for this deformity. However, as with any corrective surgery there is no guarantee of a good result. There are always potential complications such as infection, inadequate bone growth, nonunion, lingering post operative pain etc. Therefore, all these factors need to be taken into consideration. That said , if you are comptemplating this procedure I would suggest looking for an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in this area to discuss all the factors involved including how many procedures they have performed. Good luck.
How do you correct knock knees without surgery?
Go for running for about 1 to 1.5 kilometer in the morning. After running do little 30–40 squats.Then do Stretching. Stretch your legs, thighs and calf muscles. Stretch and hold for 30 seconds at every position.2.3.Sleep keeping a pillow or something between your legs and tie it up with a cloth everyday.Do each exercise and hold at each position for about 30 seconds.Do after complete warm up, and once you start sweating. Seated forward bend is the most important exercise to correct your knock knees. Go ahead, hold your toes and bend your head ahead and for about 2 minutes at least. Slowly, slowly it will show improvement with your knock knees. It will take time, about 20 days to a month.
How tight is too tight for a knee brace?
There are a few variables. are you wearing a neoprene knee sleeve or a full immobilizer, or a hinged brace? Neoprene sleeves should feel snug, and may even leave a slight impression just after being removed. immobilizers and hinged braces should be tightened with the (velcro) straps until they feel snug, but not so far as to constrict blood flow. I was taught to do the lowest strap first (by your ankle) and work my way up.
How can I wash my knee brace?
I have brace like that. Just put it in the washing machine it will be fine
Do people with pseudo-gout have to wear a knee brace?
I think i can answer your question--the simple answer is that you should wear a knee brace only if it seems to help. Unless your doctor has given you a specific reason that wearing the knee brace is "necessary"....Now for the long answer. I was diagnosed in 2006 as having pseudogout...like you i had very significant knee pain....but after a year it abated. here is how my rheumatologist treated my pseudogout....he checked my vitamin D and magnesium levels...because people with arthritis often have low D, and people with pseudogout sometimes have low magnesium levels. He found I had a VERY low D level and started me on treatment with high doses of D, which i continue to take twice monthly. My magnesium level was borderline low and so i take a mg. supplement as well. I had my knees "drained" a couple of times and a steroid simultaneously injected into each knee at different times--both times the knee had swelled and was very painful--this helped a great deal. I tried colchicine which did NOT help at all. Over a period of about a year, all of my pseudogout symptoms went away. I wore an INEXPENSIVE knee brace that i bought at walmart (my doctor said it was fine) only for brief periods when i had really bad knee pain. Since all of my symptoms went away, i have a feeling that in my case the Low vitamin D was a very big factor in my getting pseudogout....i was actually using a cane to walk before being diagnosed with the pseudogout--i had a lot of unsteadiness in walking which my docs all thought had to do with my longstanding and extensive disc disease at various levels in my back--after being given vitamin D replacement, i could throw away my cane! Turned out that my balance problem was due to the vitamin D deficiency. So that is my pseudogout story....oh--one other thing, if you are taking prednisone as a pill by mouth.....you need to be VERY cautious about taking oral prednisone for more than short periods because corticosteroids like prednisone can have some very powerful negative effects if taken for a long time. My suggestion, if you don't feel your symptoms have been helped significantly, you might consider a second opinion with a rheumatologist--or with another rheumatologist if the doc you have seen is one. I hope this is helpful.
Can I wear a knee brace in the Marine Corp?
D! We Marines don't suger coat things. You ask a question and you deserve a straight up answer. The answer to your question is no. Unless you can function 100% without the brace. They will see the scars during your exam and will require your doctor to attest to your health, as well as theirs. Lets pray you recover very well in the next couple of years. This is an incentive to work hard with you therapy. Either way, the Marines may miss out on the warriors heart I see in you, but the world will not. A person of your ambition will go far. Semper Fi.
Should I wear my knee brace to bed as I’ve have just recently dislocated my knee cap?
HELL NO !DISLOCATED KNEE CAP OH yes I have one on my left leg. A doctor took the other one on my right leg away. hasn't hurt since that day.WHAT DOES HURT is A leg with POOR muscle structure and a LOOSE KNEE JOINT. Its loose Because your muscles are SLOPPY, and you spend too much time on the couch.You will become a candidate for a KNEE replacement in far too short of a period. Its Draconian Surgery Painful for the rest of your life Ive not yet heard of one that's Not without a LONG term treatment of Opiates . Can I say anything else to Scare you off the couch. YOU ARE A VERY AT RISK person . So REMEBER WHAT I HAVE AND WILL say about your knee. OK whey didn't I keep my cap . it was damaged in a Motorcycle accident and a few years later had GROUND itself into my JOINT in a serious manner . Not because I didn't exercise it, contrary I competed and became a Cycling coach Knees for many years and knees have always been important to me.Last thing you want to do is treat that knee with IMOBILIZATION. IF it is at risk of re dislocating Either have it removed its a useless part to your body Like the appendix. OR do what any Sane person should do . Exercise the hell out of it . GEt to A GYM where you can use many Machines to Strengthen the QUADS AND HAMSTRINGS. the tendons of these Hugh Muscles Are attached to the TIBIA and FEMUR AND cross over and under the knee providing support to the joint. The QUADS RUN OVER THE Knee Cap and When healthy Compress the Cap into the joint preventing dislocation. Now yours is back in place LEG PRESSES Calf raises, hamstring Curls, Squats , While your at it work on you entire body.Cycling is then a REAL great POLISHER For all of your Leg muscles weather you have a trick knee or NO knee Cap like myself. I’ve raced for many years without a Knee Cap. and , its painless and not prone to folding over in weird ways its NORMAL.Yours dislocated because Your legs are OUT OF SHAPE and unable to keep your knee cap in its muscles that are now too long and unable to CONTRACT enough to keep it in its socket.