popping knees

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Hi Peggie,Kat, et. al., years ago I had knees popping out for no

reason. Landed in emergency room, the Dr.s there put knees back in. The

'thought' was that my knees were 'loose' to begin with - as being born

that way. The Dr.s recommended surgery, I thought I'd wait on that

'suggestion'...long story short, the last knee to pop out was about 1988

or 89. Haven't had any popping since and no knee surgery either. Again

go figure. I have regular, good calf muscles. Used to fall ALL the time

in my teens and 20's, in my 30's and now 40's, the falls are less

frequent. I think last year maybe a total of 3-4 falls, which is

amazing, since that used to be 3-4 a day when I was a teen! I have no

explanation for this, neither does a Dr. And I don't worry about it. I

am in total agreement, falling on grass is better, also carpet. A harder

surface can have more of an impact.

Gretchen

Peggie S. Weston wrote:

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> Hi Kat Peggie here. Anybody can " trip " over something and fall..... and I

> have done that. However, my knee " pops out " on me.... and down I go. I

> have had both knees go out at the same time. Unless I am standing right

> next to something that I can grap ahold of in 100th of a second - I'm down

> on the ground/floor - whatever. Grass is a lot nicer to fall on then

> gravel..... I kind of think my knees pop out because of no muscles below

> the knee and maybe 25% above the knee. As I remember, you have 'regular'

> muscles below the knee, don't you? Maybe this is why you don't have falls?

> And of course, being careful and watching the ground/floor - as I would

> guess we all do!! Anyway, thought I would give you my little input! have a

> good one

> Re: balance question

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> << It isn't always easy to find a wall to steady myself. >>

>

> I'm with you there. A wall, table, chair back, --- Something!!!! Anything!!!

>

> My balance is deteriorating regardless of what I do. Until about a year ago

> I

> used to rescue worms after a rain, but I no longer risk doing that. I have

> the feeling I will tip all the way over if I lean over, so I don't. I have

> simple balance exercises, but they are getting harder to do and they are NOT

> improving my balance anyway. I bought my nice German walking stick to use at

> the zoo to cut down my risk of falling there. I haven't fallen yet,

> anywhere,

> and I dread the thought of doing it! I know falling is a frequent event for

> some CMTers, sad to say. I'm glad some of you can do it with grace and

> humor.

> I guess I need to train my hubby to do the Ta dah!!! routine, just in case.

> He would enjoy receiving the attention instead of me.

>

> There may be some CMTers who are helped by various exercises or whatever,

> but

> I'm not one of them. What age a person is may make some difference, but most

> CMTers, even 20-30 year-olds, are way ahead of me with symptoms so I wonder.

> My mom didn't fall until she was in her 70s.

>

> Kat in Seattle

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