How do you cope with a tru locked knee

Jadelady73
Jadelady73 Member Posts: 61
in Living with arthritis

Hi how do you cope with a tru locked knee do you call 999 or do you try and gently move and use heat ice and test Ian new to this and I have read that a tru locked knee needs to be looked at in AE please can i have some advice thanks

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  • Lilymary
    Lilymary Member Posts: 1,745

    I’m sorry no one has come back to you sooner Jadelady. It’s really hard to advise on this, it’s not something that is happened to me. You may already have sorted this out by now, but I think your suggestion to try ice packs first is a good one. Possibly also take some anti inflammatories, if you have some. This will take the swelling down a bit, and may get your knee moving again. I’m not sure what they could do at A&E, other than anti-inflammatories and manipulation, but then I’m no expert. I do think you should speak with your GP about this though, to see if they can do anything to avoid this happening again, it must be very scary and painful for you.

  • stickywicket
    stickywicket Member Posts: 27,764

    I hope this has sorted itself out by now. My knees used to lock before I had them replaced. Very annoying and inconvenient when I couldn't bend them to get them out of the way of passing feet! I fond that, in time, they just 'thawed out' as I called it. Maybe ten or fifteen minu tes. Then I could very gradually bend them again. Sometimes I could speed the process up a bit by grasping the knee firmly in both hands.

    Prevention is better than cure. If you do these knee exercises daily it's less likely to happen https://www.versusarthritis.org/about-arthritis/exercising-with-arthritis/exercises-for-healthy-joints/exercises-for-the-knees/ And try to do them when you've been on your feet for too long. You won't feel like it but they really do help. Go gently and slowly, though.

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  • Jadelady73
    Jadelady73 Member Posts: 61

    Thankyou

  • remmingtonwildhunter
    remmingtonwildhunter Member Posts: 73

    If you mean its like you haven't got a joint won't bend mine did that all the time once i was doing Aikido and 2 hrs on the mat my right leg locked i had to drive bk from wales saw the a&e Dr.my cartilage was trapped under my knee cap its hurts like a mother i used to have to wigvle my leg to release

    New knee sorted it..

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