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well, about five months ago I posted here about calf muscle pain after a bike ride (overdoing it by trying to keep up with my teenage son!) and got some helpful comments and pointers...
now, while the calf pain subsided, the discomfort feeling behind my knee has not, so I phoned the GP this week to see what might be done.
the upshot is a probable Baker's Cyst, so I have been looking into this.
the circs seem to fit, ie the cysts seem to be precipitated by muscle injury, but according to a lot of what I have looked at about this online Baker's Cysts apparently over time diminish and eventually disappear on their own.
I have had the same tightness behind my knee for 6 months now, so I am wondering what's next?
any experiences, folks, on this, is it something that others have suffered from but recovered, and if so how?!
I'll know more when I see the GP next week, and get a proper check over, but all the symptoms seem to fit.
cheers,
Keith
MRI a few years ago showed torn meniscus, arthritis and a Baker's Cyst. If I don't keep up my exercises, I get pain from the damaged meniscus, and possibly the arthritis, but not sure I get any symptoms from the Baker's Cyst.
Baker’s Cysts apparently over time diminish and eventually disappear on their own.
I understand this is usually the case. In a minority of cases they burst, which is what happened to me about 18 months ago. It was extraordinarily painful and left me totally disabled for about three days - but with ongoing issues for many weeks/months.
And ultrasound scan is how they are usually diagnosed. Apparently the symptoms are very similar to thrombosis in the calf, so it is important to dismiss that as it is potentially fatal.
After the Baker's cyst has ruptured the synovial fluid in your calf can sometimes cause an infection, although I don't understand why.
I've had a ganglion cyst in my wrist twice (well once but it came back). Old fashiond remedy is a bible - i.e. whack it, so I whacked my wrist on the kitchen top (no bible to hand). Popped it, but it came back a while later so repeated the 'treatment'. It's never come back.
Wouldn't suggest you do that with the back of your knee though.
thanks for the replies folks, a scan might be on the cards, I'd like to know what it is, there's no visible lump or discoloration.
that's interesting @sillyoldman about keeping up exercising, that's one thing I wasn't sure about, keeping moving or taking it easy, I'd heard about rupturing the cyst and what pain that causes, so I'm hoping to avoid that!
there’s no visible lump
I had no idea that I had a baker's cyst until it burst, I actually felt it "snap" behind my knee when it happened. Although I had had a long ongoing problem with my knee (sorted now) which presumably was the cause of the synovial fluid leaking and forming a cyst.
Having said that after it burst the osteopath informed me that she had previously felt a bit of a lump behind my knee.