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What Causes Painful Feet And Knee After An Injury?

My sisters feet swell on the top and they are very painful. She can barele walk. If she sits down with them elevated, the swelling goes down. Last night she woke up at 3:00and was in severe pain. She saw a foot doctor yesterday and he took stays but said no bones were broken. Tonight her knees were hurting her. Do you have an idea of what could be wrong?
Tue, 14 Mar 2017
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Hi...

If I were your treating doctor then..

I would like to know the details of injury sustained..in detail..
as of now with details available with me..
I would suggest you to ice up the injured area...
keep it compressed with a compression bandage..
keep icing your calf muscles ...if possible slowly knead her calf muscle so that it help her in relieving spasm and associated stiffness which be a indirect cause of her knee pain...
Don't hang your foot keep it elevated...from foot to mid thigh...with a pilow...
Take it easy on your activities don't try to bear weight and keep attempting movement to check if it is painful.
once these episode gets over..and heal completely I suggest you to have a good ankle& glute rehab program... balance and proprioceptive program for 6 weeks...

Hope this is helpful for you..
Kindly revert back incase you need further clarification....
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What Causes Painful Feet And Knee After An Injury?

Hi... If I were your treating doctor then.. I would like to know the details of injury sustained..in detail.. as of now with details available with me.. I would suggest you to ice up the injured area... keep it compressed with a compression bandage.. keep icing your calf muscles ...if possible slowly knead her calf muscle so that it help her in relieving spasm and associated stiffness which be a indirect cause of her knee pain... Don t hang your foot keep it elevated...from foot to mid thigh...with a pilow... Take it easy on your activities don t try to bear weight and keep attempting movement to check if it is painful. once these episode gets over..and heal completely I suggest you to have a good ankle& glute rehab program... balance and proprioceptive program for 6 weeks... Hope this is helpful for you.. Kindly revert back incase you need further clarification....