# Wierd knee pain

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-knee-pain/181407>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 12, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-knee-pain/181407 "2003-06-12T18:45:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-knee-pain/181407/1 "2003-06-12T18:45:30Z")

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Sometimes in the middle of the night I wake up with an excrutiating pain in my knee. I inevitably try to bend it, but the pain’s just too unbearable. I eventually drift back to sleep, and when I wake in the morning, the pain is gone. I’m not even 20 yet, so I couldn’t say this is just me getting old. Anyone have any ideas as to what it’s caused by?

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**Author:** ![daniel801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@daniel801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/daniel801)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-knee-pain/181407/2 "2003-06-12T19:22:33Z")

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Bursitis or Sports-related are leading causes for a youngster’s knee pain, per WebMD.

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**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-knee-pain/181407/3 "2003-06-12T20:00:20Z")

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Osgood-Schlatter disease is likewise common, and eventually goes away.

[http://familydoctor.org/handouts/135.html](http://familydoctor.org/handouts/135.html)

But I’ve always heard of that in relation to activity (i.e., the pain occurs during and after activity, not spontaneously in the middle of the night).

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**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-knee-pain/181407/4 "2003-06-12T20:28:39Z")

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I had bursitis in my knee about 5 years ago, but I haven’t been doing much physical activity as of late.

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**Author:** ![Harli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c0e974/32.png) [@Harli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harli)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-knee-pain/181407/5 "2003-06-12T21:18:25Z")

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OMG!!!  
**xgxlx** , I had the exact same thing happen to me for the first time ever, early this morning!  
I cried out in pain it hurt so much to bend it. And I kept trying, and kept crying out. I just kept it straight and went back to sleep. I had completely forgotten about it until I saw this thread.

I’ve never had any problems with my knees at all, but I have been doing a little more walking lately than normal, but nothing out of the usual.

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**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wierd-knee-pain/181407/6 "2003-06-12T21:39:59Z")

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I’ve had the same problem sporadically for years, only with my elbow.