Sore for a few weeks following low stress exercise bike riding. She kind of wrenched it getting into the swimming pool last week, which left her barely able to walk. The next day it was low pain, good range of motion and walking with little pain or limp.

What do these signs indicate? She'll go to the doctor about when she has to. That hasn't happened yet. Her doctor is in another town.

I'm not a doctor, but I do have bad knees. Is there any inflammation of the joint? Sounds like maybe a strained ligament. In my experience the best thing to do is keep her off of it as much as possible until it stops hurting. Ice and Ibuprofin are her friends, especially if there is inflammation. If it keeps bothering her and she really doesn't want to go see a doctor, consider getting her a cane to help get around while minimizing the amount of weight put on the joint. A good neoprene and velcro wrap-around or slip-on brace might relieve some of the discomfort too.

I occasionally twist my leg wrong and get knee pain. Eventually goes away after a few days, but putting a velcro knee brace on during those days helps.

I agree about getting a good knee brace in the meantime waiting to see a doctor. The doctor will more than likely just send her for an mri. She could always go to a walk in clinic and get a script to get one done if it gets really bad.

I did something wrong, couldn't even tell you what, getting down off the ladder while working on the Garage Remediation Project a couple weeks ago. Wrenched my right knee, somehow.

What I was doing needed to be completed, so I massaged-in some Prossage, took a couple ibuprofen, and carried on--carefully and slowly.

Took a couple weeks with treating that leg gently and wearing a knee brace. Threw one of those rice bag heating pads on it while sitting in the easy chair, watching TV, for a couple nights. Wore the knee brace nearly full time, except when sleeping, for a couple days, then only when I was going to exert myself. The knee now seems fully recovered.

This knee brace worked really well for me: Bracoo Knee Support, Open-Patella Brace for Arthritis, Joint Pain Relief, Injury Recovery with Adjustable Strapping & Breathable Neoprene, KS10. Not too bulky or range-limiting. Gave my knee just enough support to help it recover. Easy to get on and off. Easy to adjust for as much or as little support as I desired.

I am not a doctor however, I did play one when I was a kid with a neighbors daughter. I would say she strained it and it has some kind of inflammation. I would ice it up every few hours about 20 minutes at a time and take Naproxen or ibuprofen, and just take it easy on it. If it does not get better in a week, then see a doctor. God Bless !!!

All good advise, get a medical grade brace from a local home care store NOT Walmart/walgreens crap.
Try moist heat/ cold pack ibuprofen for relief.

Meniscus tear ? Doesn't take much.

MDS

Im not a Dr but have had 7 fractures in my lower knee joint (the pain doesnt go away LOL) and 3 meniscus tears repaired if you massage it on the inside of the knee and if feels like you cant get deep to do any good it is probably a tear. Some people have swelling on tears I did not.

If her knee is acting weird, tell it to straighten up and fly right.

Not a Dr but former distance runner. Knee issues that were recent were treated with RICE
REST
ICE
COMPRESSION
ELEVATION

After several days heat would be applied. An orthopedic doctor is the way to go if problem remains.

She should see an orthopedic doctor. Preferably a good one that specializes in the knee.

I had on and off knee pain. It got really bad and made an appointment with a good orthopedic surgeon. He looked at it did some mobility tests and all. Told me he thought it was a Meniscus tear but wanted an MRI to be sure. Sure enough, he was right.

My on/off issue was caused when the tear/flap would fold over and cause inflammation.

I asked about a brace and was told with my issue it would help. I had been wearing one to play sports just because I figured it couldn't hurt which the doc agreed with but said it wasn't needed.

My point is there is alot that can happen with a knee. Everyone can speculate but you really need someone that knows about the knee to examine her.

Good luck.

My knee got tweaked three months ago. It is no fun. X-Rays don't really tell the full story. I'm in PT now and finding my legs muscles and balance to be so weak that the knee movement is compromised, causing pain. Strengthening the leg and improving balance is helping to heal the knee.

I remember being impatient with my mother when she was taking such a long time to go up a few short steps. I thought what’s so hard about putting one foot up a step, straighten your leg, then repeat. Now, I know what’s hard. Genetics is a bitch.

I'm guessing torn meniscus. I've got it in both knees.

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I am not a doctor however, I did play one when I was a kid with a neighbors daughter.

Is it bad that I laughed out loud when I read this?

Anyway, my first thought is that it may be a meniscus tear, like others have said. Reason being is that both my wife & myself have been diagnosed with this in the last couple of years. While my wife was a pretty good basketball player, I was just high school good.
A couple of years ago, my wife was asked to play in an over 55 tournament. Well, second day, she hurt her knee. Finished the third day (limping), and I finally made her go to an orthopedic surgeon. Diagnosed with a meniscus tear.
Last September 2018, I hurt my knee cutting grass with my commercial walk behind that has a single wheel velke. I wrenched my knee, but waited till January to see an orthopedic surgeon (six kids will eventually make you do pretty much anything...). I was diagnosed with a torn meniscus. Both my wife & I have been through PT, my wife still has more issues than me, but it took a solid year before my knee felt better.

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The next day it was low pain, good range of motion and walking with little pain or limp.

That’s a good sign. See how it does for the next couple of days. How much swelling? Good range of motion is often -not always- something that a meniscus tear will interfere with.
Sounds like just a tweak to me. Depending on your wifes age, rushing to an orthopod wouldn’t be my first course of action. Rest, ice, light compression, elevation and see how it goes after a couple of days of ibuprofen or naproxen.
If it doesn’t get better by this time next week, that orthopedic doc *is* called for.

What Comet 24 said.

But the orthopedic surgeon I saw only took an X-Ray. Did a lot of twisting and bending for him.
Gave me a cortisone shot and said if I needed I could come back in three months for another.

That was three years ago. I over extended it in a pot hole in the yard. It has been getting better and better. I am 63.

PS the side view X-ray showed it was not bone on bone. When I went to him I felt like the two bones were pounding against each other as I took a step.

a little humor:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey4WSb-BVDQ

I hope you find a resolution

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