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When your knee locks, should you wait for it to unlock or should you still walk around normally? when knee locks and am walking, it is really painful

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Dr. Matt Wachsman answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

It needs attention: cannot say what you mean by locking. A minor muscle spasm OUTSIDE OF THE JOINT is not generaly serious. But locking usually means something in the joint is broken and gets worse with moveing.

Answered 10/9/2015

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A member asked:

When your knee locks, should you wait for it to unlock or should you still walk around normally? when knee locks and am walking, it is really painful

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Dr. Matt Wachsman answered

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