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When I was 10 I started having issues with my ankle joint "locking" into place. I wouldn't be able to bend it forward or back (like you need for a walking motion), and would have to roll it around gently sideways and slowly get a wider and wider ROM in my roll until it popped and I could do a straight back and forth motion and walk normally again. As a young athlete, it was a bitch, because I'd be sprinting down the soccer field and mid stride my ankle would lock and I'd be fucking hobbling. Finally at 13 my parents decided maybe it was an issue worth seeing a doctor for. The orthopedic specialist told me he had no idea what was going on, that puberty does weird things to kids heads and it was all in my imagination. Told me by the time my hormones stabilized it would go away, said just wait til 15 or so, I promise you'll be fine. I'm in my 30s and the fucking thing locked up as recently as last week, so he's clearly a genius.
You never went to another doctor?
Nah, my parents wouldn't take me and when I was an adult I didn't have money/care enough to go find another doctor who I figure also won't care. I'm also no longer an athlete (because of said ankle, but now I'm just old and lazy) so it's not a big deal. If it hurts, it hurts.
I am still fairly active. Can't really run much. But I do wear a neoprene pressure sleeve on it most days. That seems to alleviate it somewhat. I can force it to pop but when I do it's very sharp pain and throbbing for an hour or more afterward. Shit happens I guess.
I have crushed cartilage in one knee. That knee locks by itself sometimes until I force it to pop. I've been to several sports medicine docs and regular docs. They can see there is fluid on my knee and inflammation. They don't think the crushed cartilage is related and don't have an option for fixing that anyway that's covered under insurance (I have two different insurances). They have no idea why it locks up. Still.
A knee locking up sounds far more painful than an ankle! I hope you somehow find a resolution!