• Question: I dislocated my knee earlier in the year, sometimes now it will pop out when i am casually doing things, hy is this? can i prevent it?

    Asked by joshosak to Austin, Kirsty, Nicola, Nike, Sarah on 19 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Kirsty Ross

      Kirsty Ross answered on 19 Jun 2012:

      It is possible that you have stretched some or all of the ligaments when the joint dislocated. These ligaments stabilise and hold the joint in place. I have a friend with a similar problem with her shoulders. She did physio to strengthen the muscles that support the ligament and that did help for a while. In the end she needed to have some surgery. They took the ligaments that had been stretched, shortened them and reattached them to the bone. It was all done under general anaesthetic and it took her about 6 weeks to recover.

      I hope your knee feels better soon.

    • Photo: Austin Elliott

      Austin Elliott answered on 19 Jun 2012:

      Muscle strengthening exercises, like Kirsty says, would usually be the first thing to try. Your GP ought to be able to refer you to a physiotherapist, who should be able to tell you just the right sort of exercises to do to help stop this from happening.

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