I'm trying to figure out if this is an MS thing.

I woke up this morning with pretty bad knee pain. It hurts to climb up stairs, and going down the stairs, I have to keep that leg straight and not bend the knee. Sitting in a chair with my knee bent doesnt hurt as long as I'm not using the knee to move the chair around. Standing up from a sitting position hurts, just like trying to climb the stiars.

I dont remember whacking the knee into anything, or falling on it. I was kneeling on the floor on sunday, cleaning up some stuff on the floor. (carpeted floor) That's the only thing I can think of that could have triggered the knee pain, kneeling on it and putting pressure on it while I was on the floor.

I dont know if this is a weird spasticity thing, or if it's just me being out of shape and over 40 now. (turned 40 a few weeks ago) Maybe a combination of the MS/spasticity, being out of shape and over 40?

Does anyone else here go to bed with no pain, and wake up the next morning feeling like someone has yanked a joint or two out of their sockets? (I also have shoulder pain, but it's not super bad, and doesnt hurt constantly like the knee does)

Since I woke up, I can feel the knee swelling and the area around the top of the kneecap is noticebly swollen and tingly feeling (not quite an MS tingle, feels like the tendon has been pulled or stretched) Oh, and the pain is moving up the thigh now since I sat down a few minutes ago.

I didnt have any weird charley horses last night while I was sleeping. (had half a baclofen before I went to bed because The Hug was making my back hurt)


So, does anyone here wake up sometimes with what feels like sprains or tendonitis that shows up out of the blue? I've had this happen before (first time was nearly 20yrs ago) where I'd wake up with serious knee pain. First time it happened, I was working at a McD's and didnt realize how bad the pain was until I squatted down to get some straws from underneath my cash register. (knee made a popping sound that time) I was told that was Patella Tendonitis, and that took about a month to heal.

Another time, I was working at WalMart, and didnt have any pain until I squatted down to pick up some trash on the floor and my achilles tendon made a snapping sound and I had pain shoot thru it. (that was the worst, it took over a year for the ankle to heal and was more painful than a broken bone)

Other times, I'll wake up with knee pain, no warning the day before, and the pain will only last a couple of days and go away.

I just want to figure out if this is being caused by some weird MS thing, or if my joints and tendons are just weird.