knee injury

[Vladimir Innit Lenin]

I played my first game of football (indoor) in ~6 months last night, having been rehabing my fractured shoulder.

I think i've fucked my knee, though. I got tripped, fell and landed on my right knee. Got up, was slightly painful (As it is going to be if you fall on your knee), but knee felt fine and I played the final ten minutes of the game no problem (I don't even mean I played through the pain, I mean it felt absolutely fine).

Got home about 30 mins later and felt tenderness and some pain just below my knee (on and around the bony lump bit below the actual kneecap) at the front when I walked, bent and straightened my knee. No bruising and I don't think it's swollen.

Have rice'd it since then and the tenderness/general pain has gone down, but it's still (fairly mildly) painful to walk anything faster than a hobble, and going up/down stairs is painful. I've not had any significant instability - I can stand on the one leg, straighten it with very mild pain etc.

Anybody got any experience of similar symptoms? I did similar this time last year but it was the outside of my knee so I knew it was a ligament injury and not just bruising; I was pretty conservative and stayed out of competition for just over 2 months.

I'm hoping that this might be just bruising, but i've also heard that ACL injuries can present with little pain but still be very serious.

Got a doc's appointment on Thursday but in the meantime...help?

[PhoenixAsh]

General warning: I am not a doctor. So my advice is taken at your own risk. In all circumstances it is always better to see a real doctor...unless you can't afford one

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Does it feel "crispy" when you bend your knee? I really don't have another word to describe what I mean... if so...good chance it is a tendon which is mildly inflamed.

Is there swelling? Or area's painful or warm to the touch?

I think it might also be ligaments which are overstretched.

For both the home treatment is more or less the same. Rest by which I mean you avoid over using. But keep stretching every once in a while.

Use ice to keep possible swellings down and cool injuries. No more than 10 minutes of cooling. Then 1 minutes of no cooling...followed by another 10 minutes of cooling.

Aspirin and ibuprofen can reduce swelling and reduce initial pain.

Also...if it persists for more than three days or gets worse: see a physiotherapist. Usually they are waaaay cheaper than an actual doctor and some sportsclubs have them for free.

[Leftsolidarity]

I'm probably not someone to take medical advice from but I'm bored and might as well throw in my thoughts.

To me, it sounds like bruising and I had a similar experience when I bruised/hairline fractured my hip bone. I fell on it hard but other than initial soreness from falling it was fine for a little under a day. Then it was very sore and hurt to walk but I didn't have swelling or marks on my skin.

After x-rays and whatnot they basically just told me to stay off it for awhile and let it get better by itself. Knees might be a bit trickier, though, idk.

[Vladimir Innit Lenin]

General warning: I am not a doctor. So my advice is taken at your own risk. In all circumstances it is always better to see a real doctor...unless you can't afford one

goign to the doc on thursday but, as i've just spent 6 months recovering from a fractured shoulder, i'm going crazy at the thought of torn knee ligaments or something equally serious.

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Does it feel "crispy" when you bend your knee? I really don't have another word to describe what I mean... if so...good chance it is a tendon which is mildly inflamed.

no.


Is there swelling? Or area's painful or warm to the touch?

I can't see/feel any noticeable swelling. Pressing on the bony lump bit below the kneecap is painful to the touch.


I think it might also be ligaments which are overstretched.

Possibly, but it was caused by landing on the knee, which i've not had before, hence my confusion.


For both the home treatment is more or less the same. Rest by which I mean you avoid over using. But keep stretching every once in a while.

Indeed.


Use ice to keep possible swellings down and cool injuries. No more than 10 minutes of cooling. Then 1 minutes of no cooling...followed by another 10 minutes of cooling.

I've just been using cold gel rubbed (but not massaged) into the area below the knee.




Also...if it persists for more than three days or gets worse: see a physiotherapist. Usually they are waaaay cheaper than an actual doctor and some sportsclubs have them for free.

It seems to definitely be getting better, which is encouraging. Luckily I was referred to a physio on the NHS for my shoulder, so I can always see them if need be. Muahaha. :)

[PhoenixAsh]

I don't think your ligament is torn. Probably a bit stretched...or whatever the medical word for it is. There are some attachments of the ligament on the bony bit. So if it is getting better and you simply just use cold/cooling packs and some rest with stretches and it will probably be healing in no time.

Good thing you are going to the doctor though. I would be very surprised if something was serious.

(btw...I asked about the "crispy" feeling because tendons are encased in sheaths with "oily fluids" (not really but for the general description it will do) and when they get inflamed they tend to press up against those sheaths which causes some cripsy feeling.)