Hi, I have a little knee problem, and im not sure if its good idea to squat.
So, on Wednesday 21.2. I was doing front squats for my light squats day (5x5x80kg) and during first set, I screwed up and hurt my knee. It was fine on next rep, and I finished all 5 sets.
Next day, I was unable to squat in front of my fridge (im squating ass to grass while looking in to the fridge), knee was stiff as hell, internal rotation was unpossible and I was forced to move my entire bodyweight on another leg. Looking for socks was also kinda difficult.
On Friday 23.2, It was the same, but, I was able to do low bar squats without any problem as Im forcing my knees out. I went for 5x5x110kg.
Next two days was fine, still stiff but nothing worst. I decide to do deload week.
On Monday, 26.2. I wanted to do singles with 130kg. Knee was still a bit stiff but I was feeling fine and ended up squating 165kg for a single as a +15kg PR (im terrible at doing deload weeks). After that I had a feeling that knee was getting better.
Next morning, as I woke up, my knee was stiff AF, and even swollen AF. I started to paying attention.
On Wednesday 28.2 as the lump on knee reduce a little bit, I went for 5x5 with 60kg, low bar sqats. No pain just a bit stiff and uncofortable.
On Friday 2.3. I went to the doctor, he send me to the RTG, found nothing, diagnosed it as S83.6 according to ICD and told me, that I need a MRI. I got my MRI appointment set for 19.4. And that quite some time.
During this weekend, my knee went little better, almost no lump and I was even able to squat in front of the fridge.
On Monday 3.6. (basically yesterday) I decide to do some “light” squats, 3x5 with 110kg. No pain, just little discomfort and my screwed knee went a little bit out. It might be because of my awareness or subconsciously, I dont know. As the sets goes on, knee started to get stiffer and stiffer. Oh, and knee is popping every single time after getting to certain depth, regardless of technique, weight, or angle of the knee. One pop on the way down, and one on the way up. I decided to switch to conventional deadlift, just to make it easier on the knee (I’ve been pulling sumo for 6 months now, it simply feels more natural to me, pls dont judge).
Today, I woke up with knee completely stiff, swollen as balloon ect. It went better during the day, swelling reduce a bit. But I can still feel is stiff even as I lie in the bed.
My question is basically simple, should I squat while weighting for MRI, or do you think its a good idea? I dont really want to damage it any further but 6 weeks without squats doesn’t sound very good ether. And im not feeling any pain while I do lowbar squats.
Im 26, 175cm and 75kg. I have been in some sport (mostly track and field) since I was like 6 (expect 4 years break when I was looking for motivation). I have never done novice progression, and I started focused on strength one year ago. At this point im at 165kg squat, 180kg dl and 120kg bench. Only thing im using is belt on dl and squat but only for two mounts and only at heavy working sets. No knee sleeves. (not sure if this info can help).
I would appreciate any kind of advice, thanks. (also sorry for bad English)
