I started PT a few months ago for low back pain that has been chronic for over 14 years. My back has been doing so much better but I notice a few weeks after I do the back exercises my right knee on the back side starts giving me problems. The right knee pain has been present for at least 6 weeks.
PT has no idea why and starts treating it. Monday I start having knee pain on the other knee. Is this another lyme symptom or something else? I've been doing fairly well with lyme but as we all know, there's a possibility of relapsing if co infections are not addressed.
Posted by Jill E. (Member # 9121) on :
Bi-lateral knee pain was one of my first Lyme symptoms. However I ignored them because I thought they were old athletic injuries.
I have since heard in lectures from a top LLMD that knee pain or swollen knees is one of the most common Lyme symptoms.
Jill
Posted by Aniek (Member # 5374) on :
If you have bilateral pain then you don't have Lyme. Lyme is only one-sided pain. (I'm joking, although a doctor did tell me that once).
An inflamed knee was my first sympton. It got so inflamed I couldn't straighten it out. Knees are a notorious place for Lyme to show up. Pain was behind my knee and inside the joint.
Posted by snowboarder (Member # 6346) on :
Thank you Jill and Aniek. Of course I don't have lyme Aniek...it's all in my head right?
This makes perfect sense. It seems awully strange that pain would be bilateral. Is there supplement that can help the inflammed knee?
Posted by Aniek (Member # 5374) on :
Bromelain is a supplement that is supposed to help with inflammation. I started it a couple months ago, can't say I notice a difference. But I'm not having knee problems anymore.
As far as why knees, somebody recently posted on a thread that Lyme thrives in injured areas. And knees are often injured because they are a weak part of our body.
Posted by GiGi (Member # 259) on :
Heavy metals are moving into the knees very readily, as well as to the bottom of the feet (or jaw). Gravity. Then the microbes/anaerobes move in. I used to have very painfull knees. And very sick jaws. All need to be addressed. And then you will be fine. I am - not an ache anywhere for a long time.
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(I'm joking, although a doctor did tell me that once).