OMG MY KNEE!!!!!!! :( help!

I just recently did the same thing to my knee while dancing.
I hate to be the one to tell you this, but it was about a month and a half before my knee was almost back to normal and I'm still not 100% back! I had to take a week off work to rest and ice my knee (doctor's orders) and then once I started back to work I had a brace that I wore almost constantly. I was just starting my TurboFire program so I had to modify almost every exercise so my knee wouldn't hurt and iced my knee after every workout and sometimes while I was sitting at work. I've slowly (VERY SLOWLY) gotten my strength back but just this week started really adding jumping back into my workouts. It has now been about 2 months since I injured it. Be careful! Take it slow!

RICE
Rest
Ice
Compress
Elevate

Please don't keep doing things on your knee until you see a doctor there are many things in your knee and the surrounding areas you could have torn. Putting off a doctor visit could make this worse.

I am currently sat here in a knee brace having bust mine two weeks ago doing C25K - prognosis is at least a month before I can do anything other than basic walking and swimming and they bloody hurt if I push it.

Rest it, take anti-inflamatory painkillers and get it checked out - chances are it is just muscular but you need to get it checked and then follow doctors orders before building back slowly to where you were :flowerforyou:

Thanks for advice guys! Unfortunately I don't have an income ATM so no doctors for me!
I'll see if I can exercise tomorrow, won't push myself too hard though!

do they have free clinics or something nearby? people go to the doctor/hospital all the time without having an income. no one can refuse you care.

Thanks for advice guys! Unfortunately I don't have an income ATM so no doctors for me!
I'll see if I can exercise tomorrow, won't push myself too hard though!

It's your body but PLEASE really think about this.

I tore my knee playing rugby 8 years ago and because I didn't rest it properly I have SERIOUS DAMAGE that will never be repaired now. I have to wear knee supports most days and doing something like shopping for a few hours leaves me on crutches for days. As for exercises that include jumping....forget it!!! I appreciate that I'm from the UK and therefore have an NHS service which means medial care is free but if you truely cannot see a doctor then as a minimum do not use it for any kind of exercise for a while.

As I said its your body but be warned that you are gambling with your future and your ability for it to be able to repair itself...... good luck.

Just be careful. Use heat and ice- i think you're supposed to heat it before and ice it later (but that may be backwards). Anything that hurts in the slightest you shouldn't do. Knee injuries are no fun- I've dealt with one for over 10 years now. One surgery down, and I don't want another so I deal with it because the pain is nothing like it used to be. Just don't push yourself. Use a brace, and rest, ice, compress, and elevate..with a little heat, too

Like someone said before RICE.
Rest, Ice Compression, Elevation.

Where EXACTLY does it hurt? on the outside side? inside side? behind your knee? knee cap area?

From the little bit of info it does sound like it could be a meniscus tear. You need to rest it, don't do anything that hurts. I know it's hard, but you will end up messing up your other knee, or your ankles / hips by trying to exercise and compensating for that knee, and you'll be worse off then you are now.

note: i'm not a doctor or anything, just done pretty much every possible injury you can to my knees.

Thanks for advice guys! Unfortunately I don't have an income ATM so no doctors for me!
I'll see if I can exercise tomorrow, won't push myself too hard though!

Do some upper body exercises til it feels better. You don't want to injure it further so you'll be forced to go to the drs! I try to avoid it myself due to an out of control co-pay! Ice, Icy Hot and Motrin!

It's hard to describe where it EXACTLY hurts, but it's sometimes below my knee cap (and behind it)
Sometimes it hurts above the knee cap to but that could be because the same day something 'torn' and smashed it on the coffee table!!
I'll take your advice and rest until Monday (feel like a major fatty and a big let down)
Hopefully it'll be heaps better by then with lots of icing of the knee!

It will heal and then you can continue. I had to face facts when I hurt myself that part of it was coming to terms with my age, the weight I had gained and that I hadn't done any form of exercise in a while so naturally I was not going to jump back into an exercise program like I was 20! Take these things into consideration especially when it comes to your knees. They support alot and you need them! Be nice to them and in time the weight will come off.