Bad Knee from stick-shift! Hope you can help me! To make a long story short; I rented a car for a week with a stick shift (i drive an automatic usually), nd found that my left knee wass getting more and more agitated by the use of the clutch!? Over the course of that week, 3 or 4 times i crouched down to pick something up or whatever, felt a huge amount of pain, and then stood up and felt something slip, or move in my nee, until I was fully erect, and then the pain stopped. The real issue i have, is that at the end of the week, I went surfing for the first time, crouched on the board, felt the pain, went to stsnd-up, never actually made it to full ercet position; and i have been on crutches ever since. it seems that that slip, or movement of the cartlidge never happened. My knee blew up, swollen, i went to the hospital because i couldnt straighten my leg anymore! They did x-rays, said that evrything was fine, no torn cartlidge; perscribed ant-infalammatories and crutches, and told me to stay off it for a week; that it will fix itself. well, it has been a week, my knee feels better; but i still cant straigten it! i want to get on with my life!! please help me! Thanks! From: Scott V Story Categories UPDATED STORIES CATEGORIES   Apr. 15 441 ACL injury/reconstruction Mar. 23 19 Anterior knee pain syndrome Jan. 18 78 Arthroscopy Jul. 17 24 Autologous Chondrocyte ... Apr. 26 8 Bursitis May. 23 84 Cartilage problems Oct. 20 99 Chondromalacia Patellae Mar. 15 30 Chronic Swelling Dec. 10 22 Depression due to inactivity Apr. 12 63 Dislocation Feb. 11 20 Iliotibial Band Syndrome Sep. 03 162 Knee Injury Jan. 04 270 Knee pain Oct. 25 203 Knee Replacement ... Mar. 27 142 Knee surgery Jan. 05 28 Ligament damage Aug. 27 159 Meniscus injury/repair Apr. 03 29 Microfracture Mar. 09 65 Osgood Schlatter Disease Mar. 31 23 Osteoarthritis Nov. 28 59 Osteochondritis Dessicans Apr. 08 107 Other May. 11 106 Patella-Femoral Syndrome Jan. 12 33 Rehabilitation/Treatment May. 24 11 Rheumatoid Arthritis