What 47 is too old?? Damn that’s crazy.
Knee clicking all the time. Like when getting up from sitting down or swinging my knees into bed from sitting down. Doesn’t hurt per se, just feels horrible
Oh yeah and there’s arthritis as well, I forgot about that bit!
Yes that’s what I had. Then a bit of the cartilage sort of peeled like a broken fingernail or something and stuck under my kneecap which meant I couldn’t walk properly. That’s why I got it sorted. I didn’t have any arthritis thankfully but I was only about mid thirties then.
Hope it goes well, it was a massive surprise to me how much better I was afterwards and like I say I’ve had zero issues since, 49 this Summer.
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Apparently it is due to increased risk of arthritis. Rereading and they may do keyhole for him, he thinks it is torn acl.
I’m gonna ice my ankle now, see if I can get it down a little.
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Saw it on insta, ouch.
Looks so pathetic but that’s all it takes to break me these days!
I had ACL rebuilt from my hamstring and meniscus “tidy up” aged 50 or 51 on the NHS. They did mention that if it wasn’t successful they wouldn’t definitely try a second attempt though!
5 days until I have my follow up appointment (hopefully “sign off” appointment!) with the specialist, after had ACL reconstruction and meniscus trimming (?).
I’ve had over two years of no skating (just a few test ollies, rock n rolls and slappies) - I think I most likely tore my ACL in March 2022 and then fully snapped it at the first Dadlands Voltarol event!
Knee pain is not a problem, but it’s still really numb (kneeling on it feels like a block of wood) and doesn’t bend anywhere near what it should, which I think will limit the already feeble amount of “pop” I can muster, plus potentially scupper rock 'n rolls (and hypothetically pulling Japan airs).
But anyway, fingers crossed!
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Sending positive vibes 
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Good luck! Did your knee feel unstable before you snapped it? Could you have rehabbed it and avoided it breaking? I know it’s too late to stop it happening to you but just wondering if you have any thoughts for other people?
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No, there was nothing wrong with it as far as I was aware. I just stepped off a BS blunt awkwardly on a tiny mini ramp.
As I couldn’t get a face to face appointment with the doctor, they referred me to a physio on a phone call instead. She thought I’d probably bruised my meniscus and suggested leaving it 7 weeks, possibly because I said it wasn’t too painful. So 7 weeks later I tried my luck on the Rollersnakes mini ramp and stepped off a rock n roll slide and it went again. I think maybe this second one was the full snap?
So maybe my only advice is slightly exaggerate the pain you’re in when dealing with the doctor, so they don’t fob you off!
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Fuck yeah that’s good advice. Been there a few times haha.
Has anyone had a baker cyst before?
Wife mentioned hers bursting and it feeling like cold water running down inside your leg and I immediately remembered this sensation (followed by 2 hours of absolute agony) after I sat down and crossed my legs after boxing training about 8 years previously.
Bizarrely from not being able to walk it was 100% back to normal after 4 hours ( I was in A&E and decided not to bother) and never thought to Google the sensation of water running down inside your leg (followed by agony).
Thought I’d snapped a tendon or something but no, just a burst baker cyst in my knee. Mystery solved.
Very weird
You’re telling me 
My ankle seems to be slowly getting better. In a nutshell I got really fucked off and foam rolled the lump into submission. Ankle now looks normal when I wake up, but swells a bit by the time I’ve done school run. It’s like a small squishy lump - bursitis. Hospital was correct, doctor wrong. I guess being old meant it’s just taken forever to heal.
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I’ve got a ganglion cyst on my proximal tibiofibular joint. It got as big as a large grape when I had a decent running routine going last summer. It got in the way of my IT band working properly and the only cure was not running.
As I understand it even if they burst or are drained they come back unless you completely remove the sac that fills with the fluid. I’m gutted about mine as I was managing to run on top of my arthritis, missing cartilage and Morton’s Neuroma but the cyst proved one complaint too much.
TLDR: getting old sucks.
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Tell us something we don’t know
I try to find enjoyment in the little things about getting old like the groaning noises I notice I make when sitting down / standing up or how nice that bit of cheese is.
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I’ve probably repeated myself a lot too… it’s me age you know.
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I have to roll over and do a half press up every time I have to get up off the floor these days
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