The proximate cause is arthritis coupled with normal cartilage wear. Knees are apparently not designed for the ages. I suspect the arthritis was helped along by the fact that I constantly fell on my right (now rechristened my "bad") knee when I was a kid -- courtesy of being switched from a left-hander to a sorta right-hander. I have knots of scar tissue on that knee.
I should probably lose 20 pounds and take some of the strain off; both of my jobs being sedentary, I don't see that happening any time soon, unfortunately.
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Date: 2009-09-23 07:41 pm (UTC)The proximate cause is arthritis coupled with normal cartilage wear. Knees are apparently not designed for the ages. I suspect the arthritis was helped along by the fact that I constantly fell on my right (now rechristened my "bad") knee when I was a kid -- courtesy of being switched from a left-hander to a sorta right-hander. I have knots of scar tissue on that knee.
I should probably lose 20 pounds and take some of the strain off; both of my jobs being sedentary, I don't see that happening any time soon, unfortunately.