Question by Tyler: Left dislocated knee, when will this heal up and how do i shower?
i think this was a minor dislocation but i dislocated my knee while turning around too fast while my feet were in the bed rails so i basically messed up.
but when the Medical doctor from the hospital popped it back in place it felt a little sore but i was relived, or Releeved idk how you spell it. he gave me a big brace splint type of thing. and crutches.
now it’s been 2 nights since this accident occur’d.
should i take off this brace to shower?
i am seeing my doctor tomorrow, so if she doesn’t do anything to me that day were going to a othapedic whenever after that.
But how do i shower?
my mom has this chair that goes in the shower for handicapped people, my grandma is handicapped
so i’m borrowing that since she is in a like a convelesint home and she won’t be using the one at my house. so i was gonna put a towel on there and tape a plastic garbedge bag on my brace and shower while sitting and i’ll leave my leg like relaxed..
is that a good idea?
so basically,
-Gonna go to a doctor most likely tomorrow, gonna see if she’ll allow me too take the brace off or the crutches or anything really.
-gonna take a sitting on a chair shower while garbedge bag taped on the brace. good idea?
-and i haven’t had any pain in my knee since i rode in the ambulance, so is this a minor injury?
-I’m stressing and not resting enough, how do i stress less?, i’m praying alot i’m trying to build more of a reletionship with god so i’m trying while i have this injury.
i think thats it if more i’ll edit this.
Best answer:
Answer by ExeneC
I’ve had this (velcro, right?), and you take the brace off to shower. Just be careful to not bear full weight on your left leg. The chair is a good idea.
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When I dislocated my left knee, my brace was velcro. I took off the brace and carefully got in the shower. I didn’t stand. I sat down. The first few times, I panicked on getting out. Had to call my mum and help since I was so afraid of moving my left leg =/
But after that, I figured out how to get out without moving my leg much.Immediately after getting out, I dried my leg and put the brace back on.
And this all really depends on your knee ligaments and knee bed. Asking if it is a minor injury is something you should be asking your doctor.
I have flat knee beds with weak ligaments. Now my knee always seems to be hurting me.
Just relax. To be stress free, I meditate. That may help.
And I hope it is just a minor injury. =)
Braces can be removed to take showers, so long as you avoid putting weight on the injured knee. Also, try to keep it in the position the brace keeps it in.
As for it being a minor dislocation, I’m honestly never heard of a “minor” dislocation in my entire life, *unless* you mean that your patella (a.k.a. the knee-cap) was what dislocated. Patella dislocations and subluxations aren’t major, in a sense, but they’re not *as* bad as, say a shoulder or elbow dislocation.
You knee can’t “minorly” dislocate, because a dislocation of the knee involves rupturing at least half of the major ligaments in the knee, and at that point, you’d probably definitely need surgery to repair. In my opinion, if you haven’t had pain, then I wouldn’t worry too much about it, but since it *was* a dislocation, I wouldn’t try rushing back to a lot of physical activity. Hope that all made sense, and good luck!