In my limited knowledge there could be three things wrong with a knee. Muscular, tendons and ligaments, and friction of moving parts (like almost all football players have)
I have what I call a "skateboarder's knee". Laying on my back on the Doc's table, knee up in the air and bent 90 degrees. He/she twists my ankle slightly then moves my leg forward and back through the motion of the knee. I can really feel it grind! It is worse on the left knee, that is the one that was on the skateboard and did the up-down motion.
For me the knee gets very stiff when it is in one position for many hours. It also does not like anything range of motion that is not straight. I have to be very careful not to be twisting it while supporting weight and moving up and down.
Going down from the truck is not a problem. But after 11 driving, getting out to open doors then climbing back in immediately I must be careful.
Mikeeee
Clutch knee?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Maddog2020, Jan 12, 2008.
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I developed really bad left knee pain when I first started driving.. I eventually realized a lot of it was due to where my chair was positioned. I used to put the chair far back so I couldn't easily engage the clutch break by accident.
I started sitting closer to the steering wheel, and that helped quite a bit, although I stil had pain-- I think I had damaged my knee, from weeks and weeks of misuse..and it was slowly healing.
I have no pain now.. (mind you, I also float gears more now than then too.. I'm sure that also helped.) -
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As i told another driver, Purified fish oil will literally not only lower you blood pressure, it is also great for the joints, esp the knee's. i have bad knee's from construction and football injuries and unless i take fish oil, they will sound like rice crispie's. Trust me, it helps that much. Also, it helps learning how to drive without using the clutch. its only there for starting, stopping, and reverse. other than that, you dont need it.
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I fell out of the truck(Step broke Bad repair of damaged step) Back in August. Have had 3 surgerys and 2 months of rehab. Finally Thursday doc diagnosed me with "Truckers Knee" Took me off 3 more weeks. BTW the origional injury I tore 4 of the major ligament completly 2 partially and broke the Pattellia, also tearing the Midiscus Cartlage. Hope to be back soon this being off driving me nuts.!
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PAM has auto shifts, and i think may trucking does as well.
the sitting closer to the wheel helped me too. the only thing that bothers me in traffic now is the ball of my left foot from pushing the clutch in and out, etc. same for working it in a tight spot as well. -
PAM is going away with auto shifts. Least, that's what I was told at their orientation a while back. While I was there though, a driver for WSE was there and told me that they only run auto shifts
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