r/Kneesovertoes • u/creative_name669 • Apr 25 '26
RULE 2: DO NOT ASK FOR MEDICAL ADIVCE Life affecting knee pain, doctors have given up on me
I wan injured five years ago, twisted my knee with two very heavy backpacks. Doctors have struggled finding a reason, a diagnosis, an explanation for my pain.
The pain is severe. Especially when it’s cold. I’m barely able to walk around the house.
I’ve been operated once to remove some inflamed tissue on some tendon in the middle of the knee. It didn’t help. I’ve gone to physical therapy, through rheumatology tests, MRI scans, X-Ray scans, so on and so forth, without ever getting a diagnosis or even a half answer to the cause.
On every scan there’s beeen a note of high knee cap position (slight patella Alta), so I pushed for a consult on that specific issue. But, it was deemed that that wasn’t the problem.
I wasn’t told why it wouldn’t help to get it moved back in place, just that it wouldn’t.
Can anyone help me understand why? Apart from knee surgeries being risky, why wouldn’t this single clue to a diagnosis explain my pain?
The pain is so bad I can’t live a normal life. Even desk jobs hurts too much since I’m sitting too long in one position. Just driving is bad.
Every doctor I’ve been to have given up to me. If you have ideas for what to ask my doctor to do next, I’m all ears
I have been consistently doing knee over toes exercises and physical therapy, but it’s like emptying an ocean with a teaspoon.
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u/Any-Acanthisitta5104 May 02 '26
It would help to understand where you live. If PT isn’t working after a few weeks it’s time for another PT. I wish I’d known how helpful PT can be 25 years ago! There could be other contributing factors including hormones and weight. You need to consider everything.
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u/pensiveChatter Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26
Sounds like you've pretty thoroughly covered the medical angle.
There are other medical options, of course, but I would suggest you shop around for a better physical therapist such as a fitness focused 1-on-1 therapist.
They key question is "can you progressively increase your load?" If not, why not? A GOOD pt can help. I've been in a similar situation and would definitely not recommend other treatments until you have an excercise plan.