Re: knee swollen since accident

Having been through the knee routines - for many years, I'm going to try one more time.  As a jogger 25 and 30 years ago both of my knees would bind up and swell up with pain and I had them checked out and was told each time to just back off a bit and sure enough they would get better and I'd go back to jogging.  Could do that for about 15 years or so.  Then it finally got to the point where just normal walking became painful and had to even give that up for a few days at a time before I could walk again.  This went on for about three or four years and I visited an orthopedic doctor during that time who specialized in sports medicine and he never told me what to do, he always left the decisions up to me.  I had worn cartilage in spite of taking glucosamine and chondroitin for several years.  So, I've tried the alternative route as well.  Then it finally got so bad that I opted for replacement in my right knee and eventually had the same thing done in the left knee and am back to walking an hour day at a good pace with no discomfort whatsoever.

You wrote:

"i'm going to try megadosing serrapeptase and anything else i can think of and see if in time it can heal ...annnnny holistic recommendations are still very welcome"

Your approach is not holistic, it is site specific.  If you visit an orthopedic doctor you will get a much broader/holistic view.  They can tell through joint manipulation (how loose the joint is) along with x-rays where you stand in relation to the health of your joint, and whether or not it is damaged.  Right now, you don't have a clue.  They can then recommend alternative treatments (as I was given during my knee difficulties) including just staying off of it, and there isn't one of them out there that will force you to take any option including draining it, other than what you are doing.  At the same time they will tell by looking at you if you are placing too great a workload on your knees by being too heavy, something that is rarely done via the Internet.  When I first developed my knee problem from walking a few years ago, I was fifteen pounds overweight and my doctor was reluctant to do anything until I lost weight, which I did for other reasons.  As you can see from the article below, for each pound of weight you lose, it reduces the pressure on your knees by four pounds for every step you take.  Weight control is significant for damaged knees.

Having had most every problem with my knees imaginable, I don't like to see others go through the pain that I did before getting something done.

Best to you in whatever route you take.

http://www.healthcentral.com/osteoarthritis/education/weight-loss-study.html

Weighing the Benefits of Dropping a Few Pounds

Gaining weight puts a lot of extra stress and strain on your knees, which must bear the brunt of those excess pounds. The added pressure increases wear and tear, contributing to osteoarthritis (OA). On the flip side, losing weight can help you take a load off, literally. One study (Arthritis and Rheumatism, July 2005) found that every lost pound subtracts four pounds of pressure from the knees for each step taken. In practical terms, losing just 10 pounds means that each knee is subjected to 48,000 fewer pounds of pressure for every mile walked.