sarah_bear001

Ok, I'm just wondering if anybody has ever experienced this before, as I'm getting a bit concerned that it could be a symptom of some underlying condition..
When I was a kid, when I would kneel down (completely, with my heels touching my butt, whether I was actually sitting or just on the balls of my feet), something would cramp behind my left knee, and I would be stuck with my leg in that position for sometimes hours. It got to the point where I avoided kneeling altogether. It didn't even hurt unless I tried to stretch my leg out. I would usually sit with my leg bent in front of me and slowly move my foot out as much as I could at a time, and after a while I would go to try to move and find that it had corrected itself and was completely fine. I 'd go on like nothing happened and had no discomfort or anything. Anyway, as I got older it happened less and less and I didn't even think about it any more until last week at work. I kneeled down to get something on a low shelf (I work at a restaurant) and when I tried to get up, I experiened the same sudden, painful pull and was stuck on the floor in the kitchen for two hours. This time it was worse than I remember, and I really freaked the staff out because I even started feeling sick and faint. The owner called an ambulance because it started to get worse, pain even when I was lying perfectly still. However, due to bigger priorities, I actually got better before the ambulance ever arrived ( 1 1/2 hours later). It sort of cleared itself up like it did when I was a kid. I went to a walk-in clinic and was told it was a tendon that had simply cramped. Could it be that it was worse this time because I'm getting older? (I'm only 19 but still) This happened several days ago yet I can still feel a discomfort there. I just want to be sure I didn't injure something and that this isn't any reason for me to worry there might be something wrong. If anybody knows what I am talking about, that would be very helpful.