Injury

I injured my knees in the June of 2007. I waited for it to get better, but after many months, it not only got worse, but my lower back and hips started to hurt too. I visited a chiropractor and a physiotherapist. The treatments that they gave me helped the pain, but it didn't solve the problem and eliminate the injury.

After 9 months of trying to ignore the pain, I finally went to an Orthopaedist who x-rayed my knees and diagnosed me with bilateral patella pain syndrome and sent me to a physical therapist. I went to the physical therapist 2 times a week for a few months and we worked on strengthening my hip muscles because he said that the root of the problem was my flexible hips. When I ran too much, the running muscles got strong but my interior hip muscles did not. Because my hips are so flexible, the stronger and tighter running muscles overppower the weaker stabalizing muscles and pull my hip all out of allignment. This is what they thought was causing me pain in the hip and referred pain in the knees. By the time I was finished with the physical theraphy, my pain levels had been significantly reduced, though not eliminated. Even though the pain was almost gone, it was still there, so I knew that I was not completely healed.

I started having pain in many other areas of my body including my hands and jaw. In July of 2008, I finally asked my general practitioner about all my pain, so she sent me to get some blood tests done because she thought I might have arthritis. The blood tests came back normal and ruled out that possibility, but I have not gone to see her about it since, so i don't know what else could be causing this pain.

When this semester started, I had occasional pain in my knees. Not enough to bother me too much, but just enough to let me know that it was still there. As the semester progressed, my pain began to get worse. My lower back and hips started hurting again. I could feel my body giving me more pain week by week.

Today, my knees hurt so much. I don't know what triggered it, but it may have been from when I ran. My knees are hurtng so much right now. The left knee pops when I bend it if there is weight on it, and it hurts even when I bend it without weight. I think it may be hurting as much as when I originally injured it.

-Oh what a stupid stupid stupid injury. I'm so sick and tired of you popping up all the time. Why can't you just go away and leave me alone? Why do you insist on hanging around all the time and giving me pain?-

I'm going to see a TMJ doctor on Wednesday morning. I hope that he will be able to figure out whats wrong with my jaw and whether it may be a system-wide problem. I can't wait. I hate being in pain without knowing what is wrong with me.