Knee Dislocation

On November 5 2011 I crashed on my Dirt bike and Hyper extended and Dislocation my right knee. I tore all the muscle behind my knee and ruptured my ACL, PCL and MCL No damage to the artery :-).. I was sent to PT on November 27 for range of motion becuse I had to much swelling and Blood in my knee for surgery.. January 27th I had the 3 ligaments replaced with cadaver ligaments.. I am 5 months post op and and have been getting alot of swelling and pain for the last week again.. Any advise ??

Thanks

Needless to say, a knee dislocation is a major injury, and it's extremely lucky you didn't tear (or partially tear) the artery given the degree of damage you sustained. If you've got a sudden change in your symptoms, no one is going to be able to give you reliable advice over a forum beyond suggesting that you be seen by someone, ideally by the orthopedic surgeon that treated you. It may simply be that, as you're feeling better, you're using it more (and ergo the swelling). But I would play it safe...

Best of luck on your road to recovery.

+1 for What he said.

Ice? Sounds like you might want to follow up with your ortho or pt.
I felt my knee rotate out of joint when I popped my acl. Did it a few more times on the way to the car. My surgery was Jan 4. Still feels tender and swells if I work it too hard.
I think dislocations wreak more havoc than your average knee injury.

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thread by Caddah who suffered a knee dislocation on here...

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...ht=dislocation

...might want to PM him for advice on recovery as well.

good luck....I am recovering from a type VI TPF myself.