Can Feel Knee Crackling

You may want to get it checked. My knee was cracking when I was younger and had to have surgery and now at the age of 29 I need a knee replacement.

Did the doctors say anything what excatly was wrong ?

Also did u have a previous injury that lead to the crackling feel or u just have it.

Could be bone spurs.

Whats bones spurs ? Is it a big problem ?

I have heard doing exercises around your knee really helps, but I don't have access to a gym so is there any exercises I can do at home ?

Also do u know to my pervious question. Does the acl help move your leg up while in a sitting position ?

And is the acl the bit thats just above your knee cap ?

I don't know what acl is, so can't tell you.

Excercises.... Well i'm no expert, I know doing lunges are a quick/hard workout. Yoga is a good way to strengthen supporting muscles safely, you might want to try that.

It could be buristis or arthritis, some Dr.'s can do cortisone injections, you should talk to a Dr. And get some x-rays done. I have the poping in my shoulder but I think I am older than you but I do know that it does get irritating.
Sincerely,
sandy

Iam in the early 20s. From what I have read I got a feeling its arthritis because my knee was weakened with the ligament iinjury I had(twisted knee was what the docs told me)

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acl is the anterior cruciate ligament , does that ligament help you left your leg up while in a sitting position ?


How would u do lunges and yoga mike?

Both my knees crackle especially when im walking up stairs or doing excercises that consist of bending my legs. I went to a specialist and he told me that the cartilege behind my knee cap has been worn down grinding it out from all the years of hard playing as a child and the activities that I pursued as a grown-up.(i never told him that I was grown up!) but, he said to swim for a less "impact excercise".

Does your knee hurt with te cracking sound and is there any treatment ?

My knees crackle when I bend them or do a squate and I asked my physical therapist if that was something to be worried about and she told me that most people's knees crackle, but if they hurt when they do that then that is womething that I should get checked out. So, I am guessing that as long as they don't hurt when they crackle then it's ok.

driver48,

The crackling (or "cellophane feeling") is called benign crepitus. And as your PT stated, almost everyone has some. The exact cause is still unknown, just as we still do not know what causes the sound when we crack our knuckles.

And, as long as you do not have significant discomfort in the knees, you do not need to have them checked. There actually is no correlation between the crepitus and internal knee problems. Some patients have audibly loud crepitus and have no problems at all. While other, have very minimal crepitus, but have significant knee pain. Again, we do not know the exact etiology of the crepitus.

Good luck.