Baker’s or popliteal cyst

Happy Mother’s Day!

This is a great forum for so many things. I’m grateful to meet you all and learn from each other.

Hey @cookiezz, sorry it has taken so long to get back to you. I have good news on my continuing journey. Things have improved quite a bit. My physical therapist gave me new exercises this week. I hadn't see her for a while. But this week's appointment uncovered a jam up in my lower back that she was able to release. I'm confident that things will contine improving - hopefully faster.

You said you were "only given..." The exercises you were given are likely to be different than the ones I am given. The PT will tailor your exercises to your needs, related to the injury and your physical abilities.

I am happy to report that walking is not a problem any longer. I'm still cautious about jogging or high impact. Hiking will be put to the test in a couple of weeks when I go on a hiking trip. I have tempered my expectations and planned hikes only every second day to allow for recovery in between. No 2 long hikes in a row.

How are you doing?

That’s how I discovered my bakers cyst. It just appeared one day. I go to see my doctor, as usual some times he didn’t show any concern. Just that it’s a bakers cyst and no big concern.
I don’t have much pain. I do rub it every night before bed. As I do rub my both knees due to osteoarthritis. I am now rubbing with shea butter mixed with a little olive oil to soften it. Seems to help my knees at night.

Rubbing your bakers cyst might reduce the size of it and the discomfort it brings. You may be able to completely reduce it yourself by manipulating it which is easier than a doctor draining it.

Has anyone had their Bakers Cyst aspirated? And is it doing ? I’m still having trouble. It’s better and have returned to the gym for exercise on the stationary bike for like 10 minutes and 15 minutes on a treadmill. About the time I think everything‘s progressing better I get severe pain like bone pain a deep ache which is awful. I don’t know if anyone has had that deep ache from the thigh to an ankle. My ankle is rather swollen on my right side so I was wondering if anyone has had this aspirated and if it did any good, then I have to lay low for a couple of days and start over

They tell me the cause of my lower leg swelling is from a popliteal cyst combined with over exertion on treadmill. PT for 5 weeks and little improvement. No pain at all, just swelling.

I just had mine drained. I was told that the osteoarthritis in the knee causes the fluid from the knee to leak out and form a cyst. It can come back. Yes, I did have terrible pain and thought it was a clot at first. They scanned and found the baker's cysts. I now have some pain in the knee and assume its the arthritis. I don't know what doctors recommend. Some say the sac needs to be removed surgically so it doesn't come back. But, I don't know. Any doctor's out there with opinions.

I also have a bakers cyst in my right knee I was told it takes about eight weeks to get better and I could come back and that there’s an underlining reason my x-ray showed minimal arthritis in the knee and I’m waiting to hear about maybe an MRI to see if there’s a meniscus tear other than that I’ve been doing PT ice and heat when I walk no longer up on it for 15 minutes at a time which seems to help quite a bit so I get up and walk in the morning. Sit down and do my housework sit down go for another walk or to the gym and sit down so anyway it is feeling better. It’s about been eight weeks and it’s still kind of weird my other knee kind of eggs also because of they call it cause it’s compensating so let me know if you have surgery and taking the sack out thing if that works I don’t know. I’m just getting frustrated also