: hello; for the past few weeks I have
been experiencing a pain in my
: knee, it is just to the outside of my
left knee cap. It is a
: very sharp pain, like hitting a raw
nerve, or like an electrical shock.
: it happens totally at random. It can
happen when I am walking,
: sitting, sleeping, etc. When the pain
is not occurring, my knee feels
: completely normal. When it happens, it
usually happens every few
: seconds or minutes, then stops for
several hours. I am not aware of
: any injury or unusual stress to that
area. Any ideas?
I have had an mri and the results showed a
little arthritis - but the information I
read on arthritis does not seem to match
what I am feeling.
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jacaranda726
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 Sep 2008 Posts: 1
me too.. Posted: 09-05-08 01:26am
I know it's a bit late to ask, but did you
ever get a reply to this or find out what
it was? I have exactly the same thing...
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tamiallen
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Jan 2007 Posts: 3 Location: Minnesota
Knee pain Posted: 09-08-08 17:03pm
I did, my pain turned out to be my
periformis muscle. It is one muscle in a
group of about 20 muscles in your butt.
This particular muscle runs down the back
of your leg and in my case felt tight all
the time. It appears that my sciatica
nerve ran through this group of muscles
and was being "choked” thus causing the
"electrical shock" feelings I was having.
I ended up having 4 injections, one in my
lower back and three directly into the
periformis muscle. The cortisone shots
worked temporarily in the beginning but
the third shot has worked for about 3
months now. The trick is to get the
periformis muscle to relax using the shots
and therapy first. If that does not work
they suggest releasing the muscle by
having surgery – luckily for me the
third shot seems to be working.
It was a very long road, about 1 yr and 3
months before I was pain free. As you
know - the pain is overwhelming both
mentally and physically. Don't give up;
see your doctor, a spine doctor and even a
chiropractor if you have too. They are
all there to help you and sometimes it
just takes time to rule things out before
you figure it out.
