As Tim kicked the soccer ball at tonight's game, he knew something in his leg definitely came dislocated. Barry could see him raise his arm as he fell to the ground. His knee cap was about 4 inches to the side of where it should be. The team physician, who also was his anatomy teacher last year came right over to him. It was quite obvious to anyone around him what had happened. He told her in lay terms what had happened anyway, and she was cute with him. She said something about "what part of your body got hurt?" And to which he replied the medical term patella.
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A dislocated knee cap is when the triangle-shaped bone covering the knee (patella) moves or slides out of place. The problem usually occurs toward the outside of the leg.
A knee x-ray and, sometimes, MRIs should be done to make sure that the dislocation did not cause a bone to break or cartilage to be damaged. If tests show that you have no such damage, your knee will be placed into an immobilizer or cast to prevent you from moving it for several weeks (usually about 3 weeks). After this time, physical therapy is done to help build back your muscle strength and improve the knee's range of motion.
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Tim said that it was the worst pain in his life, the pain made him want to throw up. But he didn't.. He couldn't believe the site of it. The team physician iced it up and put it into a brace, and will be calling the orthepedic doctor on Monday to set up an appt. She wanted to put the immobilizer on but Tim said the brace was fine. Thank goodness one of the refs had some tylenol that I gave him at 1/2 time. As he sat on the bench I could see his pain since his other foot was tapping away on the ground quickly. It was his right knee cap. He didn't want to leave the game, wanted to stay until the end.
He's been told that the pain will get worse and to continue to use ice and ibuprofen. Since both Barry and I were at the game, I was able to drive Tim home in his car. He's a tough kid, didn't shed a tear unlike me had it happened to me. Definitely won't be playing soccer on Monday, doubtful on the last day which is Thursday. But that's fine. Health is everything.
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I hope Tim feels better soon....He has been lucky not to have gotten hurt before now. I guess you will be driving him around now for a while. LOL I hope you and Barry are doing ok too. I get my staples out finally on Wed. Can't wait for that. Love u all
Poor Tim,you never know.
Jane - - - call from your sister sent me to read blog. Wehn she said Tim was hurt, first thought was CAR. Surprised that they were in no hurry to seek further medical help this weekend ?
Looking back Tim, for all his sports, has been fortunate. Maybe this was on time the coach shouldnt have had him play. Hang in there GANG. Routing the Tim (and the Red Sox too) ! ! !
good luck at the dr. tomorrow timster!! hope it goes well. becky
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