harllee
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I am female, age 67, in very good health, not overweight and get a fair amount of exercise. I have never had any problems with this right knee before. Three times over the last couple of months my right knee has acted up. It happens during exercise, once during a long brisk walk, once while doing yoga and yesterday while dancing. I am hit by bad pain in the upper inside of the back of my knee, maybe in the area where the hamstring attaches to the knee. The pain is so bad I cannot walk (had to get help to get to the car, had to call my DH to pick me up when on the walk). No pain in the front of the knee, no pain while sitting or lying, no pain getting into or out of a chair. In all three cases I went home and did RICE (rest, ice, elevate and compression) and in all three cases the pain starts going away in an hour or so and is totally gone in a couple of days. Two years ago I had a torn meniscus in the other knee and had it repaired, the problem with my right knee seems totally different from the torn meniscus. I guess I am going to have to back to my orthopedic doctor about this but it will take a while to get an appointment and probably by the time I get the appointment the knee will be perfectly fine. Any ideas about what is going on and any ideas of things to do, stretches, etc. ( I already do hamstring stretches as part of my yoga routine, I am pretty flexible for an old lady). Thanks for any suggestions.