THE PROBLEM WITH KNEELING!
It is our custom to kneel for prayer in our Sunday Morning service. Pastor always says "If you are able" before kneeling. Several weeks ago I went to early service as my dearest was having a "slow day". I sat up near the front with a friend and as my custom when it's time to kneel in prayer I do! However when I knelt down my shoe caught on the back of the pew behind me and I went down HARD on my knees, and because of pride, I stayed in the uncomforable position until prayers were finished. I didn't hear any thing pop or crack, only pain. Since then I've experienced pain in both knees, but especially my right knee. Fast forward I had Xrays of both knees and I have an appointment with an Orthopedic doctor for Osteoarthritis of the patella with knee effusion. (that's a mouth full) In the meantime I have been taking meds and icing my right knee. Getting old isn't for sissies, as I've said before, but now really feeling it....