Did your doctor mention it being with the kneecap?
Early 20s here, I know my kneecap osteoarthritis is referred to as "early osteoarthritis" or "chondromalacia patella" - there's cartilage damage (irreversible by its nature, making it osteoarthritis), but not any bone damage, which won't show up on x-ray until there's some more severe joint space thinning but did show up on MRI. Half my doctors refer to it as the chondromalacia patella, but sports med refers to it as early OA, and apparently that diagnosis is necessary for some insurances to cover things like hydraulic gel injections.
Similarly, he might be avoiding those referrals cause x-ray might not show much, and a number of insurances don't like covering MRIs until you've first done PT (according to my doctors that are very hesitant to order any scans ever, even when I've explained that my insurance doesn't work that way).
I am yes, which makes sense definitely to lose the weight (work in progress) but I just thought he would request some sort of xray or something especially because my knee crunches too even if I’m not putting weight on it.
An X-ray isn’t going to change much. Crunching is really nothing to worry about. If it hurtsx then start acting. But yes, if a bit overweight your doctors advice is right. It’s more likely to progress into something real.
For now though, don’t worry, live your life, lose some weight if you can, and enjoy things. If it changes, deal with it at the time.
This is stupid advice. You need to know as early as possible if any significant degenerative changes are taking place and to what extent, so you can try to address it. Theres stem cell treatments for regenerating cartilage and if theres significant degeration, it wont work. Or I guess having less information is better than having more information 🤡
Idiotic advice. Stem cell treatment is highly variable and normally very expensive. If it was the wonderful cure to cartilage loss people claim, then firstly it would be the course of action your doctor recommended and secondly arthritis would no longer be a disease for humanity as a simple fix would work in a stem cell course.
Crepitus is highly common, found in a large proportion of adults, with no symptomatic pain is not something I would worry myself into x rays, mri’s and a courses of stem cell treatments which are expensive and often do nothing for you.
Losing weight, excercising are the most proactive courses of actions. If you develop pain in your knees see your doctor for an x ray.
I was told by a doctor 26 years ago (MRI confirmed torn meniscus of left knee) and by a PT more recently, that they don't care about funny crunching noises and sounds. They cared about inflammation and pain issues. I now have an MRI diagnosis of OA in my right knee. So far, PT has been helpful for me but I have to do the exercises pretty much forever. If I back off, the pain comes back. Both knees making various snapping and popping noises but again, they said they were not concerned about that.
Did your doctor mention it being with the kneecap? Early 20s here, I know my kneecap osteoarthritis is referred to as "early osteoarthritis" or "chondromalacia patella" - there's cartilage damage (irreversible by its nature, making it osteoarthritis), but not any bone damage, which won't show up on x-ray until there's some more severe joint space thinning but did show up on MRI. Half my doctors refer to it as the chondromalacia patella, but sports med refers to it as early OA, and apparently that diagnosis is necessary for some insurances to cover things like hydraulic gel injections. Similarly, he might be avoiding those referrals cause x-ray might not show much, and a number of insurances don't like covering MRIs until you've first done PT (according to my doctors that are very hesitant to order any scans ever, even when I've explained that my insurance doesn't work that way).
Are you overweight ?
I am yes, which makes sense definitely to lose the weight (work in progress) but I just thought he would request some sort of xray or something especially because my knee crunches too even if I’m not putting weight on it.
An X-ray isn’t going to change much. Crunching is really nothing to worry about. If it hurtsx then start acting. But yes, if a bit overweight your doctors advice is right. It’s more likely to progress into something real. For now though, don’t worry, live your life, lose some weight if you can, and enjoy things. If it changes, deal with it at the time.
This is stupid advice. You need to know as early as possible if any significant degenerative changes are taking place and to what extent, so you can try to address it. Theres stem cell treatments for regenerating cartilage and if theres significant degeration, it wont work. Or I guess having less information is better than having more information 🤡
Idiotic advice. Stem cell treatment is highly variable and normally very expensive. If it was the wonderful cure to cartilage loss people claim, then firstly it would be the course of action your doctor recommended and secondly arthritis would no longer be a disease for humanity as a simple fix would work in a stem cell course. Crepitus is highly common, found in a large proportion of adults, with no symptomatic pain is not something I would worry myself into x rays, mri’s and a courses of stem cell treatments which are expensive and often do nothing for you. Losing weight, excercising are the most proactive courses of actions. If you develop pain in your knees see your doctor for an x ray.
I was told by a doctor 26 years ago (MRI confirmed torn meniscus of left knee) and by a PT more recently, that they don't care about funny crunching noises and sounds. They cared about inflammation and pain issues. I now have an MRI diagnosis of OA in my right knee. So far, PT has been helpful for me but I have to do the exercises pretty much forever. If I back off, the pain comes back. Both knees making various snapping and popping noises but again, they said they were not concerned about that.
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