Large Knee Tendons (inside and outside of knee)?

My husband has been at the same job 8 years. He works for a large cable company and does some pretty heavy lifting and twisting. 1 year ago he started having knee pain. He went to his normal doctor and he said that he has gout. He changed his diet and the pain was getting worse. He is now in BAD pain at work and went to see the workmen鈥檚 comp doctor. He stated that it has been work related and put him through 4 weeks of physical therapy and now ordered an MRI.He received the results today and the doctor said that is now NOT work related and that he has enlarged or "stretched" tendons on both sides of his knee. HE said that this is what is causing the pain and that it must have been a work related injury. My husband has been at this job for almost 10 years! How can he say that it's not due to his job? He is ordering MORE physical therapy (which hasn't helped)
Has anyone had this condition or does anyone know anything about this condition? HELP!!
Answer:
There really aren't any tendons on the side of the knee...except for the iliotibial band...perhaps you are referring to an over stretching of the ligaments...this can lead to instability of the knee. If there was not a specific injury, this may be hard to proove that it was work related...much akin to proving that arthritis or other chronic conditions are work related as they happen in many people. He may be a candidate for ligament reconstruction, but this would be best advised by a surgeon. I would definetely hire a work comp lawyer if your husband is considering surgery since this would be difficult to prove as a work comp case. If he is not a candidate for surgery, bracing is an option which should help compensate for the lax ligaments...and possibly even allow them to tighten. This should increase the stability of the joint and possibly decrease his pain. These types of injuries do take a long time to heal...I would definetely go through another 4-8 weeks of therapy before considering any surgery.

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First, if it was initially reported as a work related injury, I do not know that they can change this diagnosis.Enlarged or inflamed tendons sounds like tendinitis or tendinosis. Stretched ligaments, different from tendons, (medial collateral or lateral collateral ligamnets) on the side of the knee are usually caused by trauma. This type of injury usually comes on over time, becoming progressively worse. The best medicine for this is rest. Can your husband perform some other service for the company for two weeks or so? The therapy may take longer to work if your husband is still performing the types of activity that aggravated it in the first place.
Usually, a physician will prescribe some type of anti-inflammatory meds as well as therapy.

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