What causes knee dislocation?

As the old saying goes, “the knee bone’s connected to the thigh bone,” or wait, maybe it was the other way around. Either way, what we do know is that knees are definitely an intricate part of our anatomy that keep us standing upright and moving forward – well, in most cases. Unfortunately injuries like knee dislocations can stop us dead in our tracks (and not in a good way). In this article we’ll explore everything you need to know about what causes knee dislocation and how to avoid becoming a victim of one.

What Causes Knee Dislocations?

Believe it or not there are actually numerous causes which can lead someone down the path towards having their kneecap play hopscotch with their femur. These usually include:

Blunt force trauma

There are some terrible ways out there for your beloved patella (that’s just fancy talk for kneecap) to get jammed straight out of position – getting whacked by another player during sports being one of them (not cool!). Even falling onto a hard surface has been known shockingly enough come with dire consequences.

Being supremely flexible

While flexibility often comes with many great perks (e.g., making all non-flexible people jealous), if taken too far it could land you on this page reading as though I’m mocking super bendy people everywhere who thought they had found an actual perk (spoiler alert: I am).

Excessive flexibility leads nowhere good where your floppy lumbars may confidently squat at various angles while your legs rotate seemingly without restriction.. until something snaps- sounds fun doesn’t it? This happens because sometimes when limbs move beyond certain normal ranges things tend to slip from their initial balancing act i.e joints might suddenly forget what keeps them together.

Improper movement patterns

While specific forms of movement may feel good in the heat of the moment, they can result in your kneecap being rudely ripped from their cozy home next to our thighbones. Things like twisting and turning while bearing weight (eg; lunging for that last slice of pizza) or jumping and landing awkwardly after a poorly thought out gymnastics move are really not as cool as we once thought (who knew?).

Previously Existing Joint Weaknesses

It’s difficult telling what random historic injury could come back knocking on your body’s door someday ready to ruin any activity involving movenment. A joint that has been weakened due to previous trauma, diseases like arthritis, or just fricking existing i.e getting older (sigh) basically becomes more susceptible to dislocation because its ability at holding strong/getting great shock absorption is now quite limited.

Symptoms You May Experience After Dislocating Your Knee

If you do end up getting stuck with this dreaded ailment then depending on how severe it is (and trust me – nobody ever wants anything severe!!) here’s few symptoms you could be experiencing:

  • Severe pain when attempting movement
  • Extreme swelling within lots of hours
  • Redness around affected area coz even our knees blush when embarrassed.
  • Unable or finding-it-hard-to-move knee especially if trying hard to straighten it or bend by automaatic responses(which never helps)
  • Abnormal feelings e.g cracking noise inside knee during certain movements

These are symptoms parents tell their children horrendous stories about! So let’s chat through treatment options so these actual nightmares become an old wive’s tale instead…

## Possible Treatment Options For a Dislocated Knee

Don’t panic yet! The good news about treating most dislocated knees is that they can usually be rehabilitated back into place nice and safely using two distinct methods such:

### Non-Invasive Methods

  1. Rehabilitation exercises: Involves manoeuvring the impacted leg into movement patterns that help to bring back flexibility and strength (oh yeah).
  2. Bracing/Support – Protecting your knee with special braces or athletic taping so it can remain as protected like a precious egg during the healing process.
  3. Close Monitoring of Improvement- Sometimes going through above methods may take some time.. but since good things come to those who wait, waiting just observing how things are improving will be cool too

### Interventional Methods:

On much rarer occasions where non-invasive methods fail to fix issues at hand, interventional measures could include:

  1. Manipulation under anaesthesia: Refers to kneecap being placed back in its original incorrect position while one enjoys some well deserved restful sedation 🙂

  2. Surgery: When none of other solutions work here comes the knife- operative intervention necessary for bloodsuckers (also known as medical doctors)… Jokes apart surgeries usually aims at retightening stretched ligaments and repositioning incorrectly positioned bones appropriately , operating nerves responsible to keep our beloved patella healthy.

So there you have it folks – everything you need to know about what causes knee dislocations and how they can be treated once lord Voldemort has had his way with our joints! Remember safety always come first, especially if sports is involved….otherwise prepare yourself for kneeific hell!

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