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What Causes Pain In Knee Cap?
i have major pain just above the knee cap. it feels like knives just cutting away at the area and my knee wont support my weight to squat or take stairs or get up from a chair. i had mri and it said everything wad normal and no recallection of injury. whats wrong with my knee
Tue, 29 Apr 2014
usually this type of pain occurs in subpatellar bursitis, i.e. a soft tissue swelling under the knee cap. but this gets detected in MRI. if MRI shows nothing then you can start taking simple analgesics like acetaminophen or aceclofenac, give rest to your knee and apply ICE to the painful area when ever the pain gets worse. this shall help.
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