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Suggest Treatment For Knee Injury
I am 17 years old and have had a reoccurring knee injury every year throughout my softball season. Normally it takes all summer to heal which isn t a big deal, however I am leaving for the Airforce in August so therefore don t have time to stop exercising and let it heal. It retains water under the kneecap. Also it is terrible pain trying to stand out of a crouched position and walking upstairs. I was told it was jumpers knee however symptoms of this seem to be the opposite of what I have. Normally it hurts going downstairs with jumpers not up like it does me. Also it hurts to run. Which is a necessity to be able to train! So is it jumpers knee or not? Also what should I do treatment wise if I don t have time to stop and rest?
Mon, 25 Apr 2016
hi,
thank-you for providing the brief history of you
A thorough musculoskeletal assessment is advised.
Also the pain is limiting your functional ability of climbing stairs and also from crouched position to stand up. If your physician mentioned a jumpers knee, I will advice to take an MRI scan of the knee as for me it appears to be a more of a ligament sprain in the knee joint. But only with thorough musculoskeletal assessment and MRI scan the diagnosis can be made.
With proper exercises and Rehabilitation program you can have a better knee and you can join airforce as well.
Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
thank-you for providing the brief history of you
A thorough musculoskeletal assessment is advised.
Also the pain is limiting your functional ability of climbing stairs and also from crouched position to stand up. If your physician mentioned a jumpers knee, I will advice to take an MRI scan of the knee as for me it appears to be a more of a ligament sprain in the knee joint. But only with thorough musculoskeletal assessment and MRI scan the diagnosis can be made.
With proper exercises and Rehabilitation program you can have a better knee and you can join airforce as well.
Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
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