Left knee pain

[notarps4me]

Thought I would share this with you drivers. Too many miles down the road and drivers usually end up with clutch knee. I started having joint pain in all of my joints during my first deployment Operation Desert Shield/ Desert Storm. However; as a driver the joint that causes me the most trouble is the left knee. I was told about 12 years ago that I have no cartilage left in that knee. Plus I have arthritis. The pain has gotten unbearable. I just recently had a MRI and have been seeing a surgeon. I was told that the pain is caused by 2 things. Arthritis causes swelling and swelling causes pain. The MRI showed extensive varicosities in the knee. In my left calf I do have some varicose veins. I was told this also causes swelling which causes pain. Said I need to see a vascular surgeon. The doc prescribed me old man socks. If you go thru a doc, these are pricey, but you can buy these without a prescription in most drug stores. You just have to measure your ankle and calf.

If you are having left knee pain you might want to try these. They are about 20 bucks. They help hold the blood up in your leg. A driver sits way to long without circulating blood due to just sitting there, that and riding the clutch around nashville is not good on the knee. You get 2 to a box so that's a little over 10 bucks. This has helped with my knee pain tremendously. Thought I would share that with you drivers that have that burning aching knee pain.

 

[Tim]

I may be wrong on this but I seem to remember hearing something about wearing women's stockings helps with the blood flow in the legs on long air plane flights or people having to set for long periods as truck drivers do.

 

[notarps4me]

I may be wrong on this but I seem to remember hearing something about wearing women's stockings helps with the blood flow in the legs on long air plane flights or people having to set for long periods as truck drivers do.

These are somewhat of the same thing. They are tighter tho; and the material is a lot more dense. There are different degrees of compression that you can buy. After a week of wearing them I have noticed my knee pain went from a scale of 1-10 from about a 15 -2. Got to the point where I could not hardly sleep at night. One thing I would say to do is get up about a half hour earlier to give yourself time to put this stupid sock on tho....

 

[Duck]

Do ya' think high heels would help too?

 

[Southern Fried]

Hip waders work better and yer dog won't look so embarrassed.

Seriously tho, I had both kneecaps busted when I was 21, was told I'd have serious issues by 40. I'm 66, have driven standard shift for 40 years with no problems..... until this past year since they bought those F'ing "automatics".

 

[turbotony34]

Thanks..think i've found the solution to my pain..i'm in the uk and i don't know if it makes a difference, but its my right knee that is giving me pain...accelerator pedal..guess i best get myself to the docs or drive slower!

 

[notarps4me]

Thanks..think i've found the solution to my pain..i'm in the uk and i don't know if it makes a difference, but its my right knee that is giving me pain...accelerator pedal..guess i best get myself to the docs or drive slower!

If you have a governed truck and are standing on the pedal that can cause as much pain as the clutch knee. Mostly cramps in the calf.

 

[Rigjockey]

If you have a governed truck and are standing on the pedal that can cause as much pain as the clutch knee. Mostly cramps in the calf.

I get that. I was rudely awaked with cramps in my calf this morning. The only way to stop it is to put that leg on the floor and put weight on it.

 

[Rigjockey]

Thanks..think i've found the solution to my pain..i'm in the uk and i don't know if it makes a difference, but its my right knee that is giving me pain...accelerator pedal..guess i best get myself to the docs or drive slower!

It's the opposite side because you all drive on the wrong side of the road. LOL. Just kidding.