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What Causes Severe Pain In Knee After Hitting?
hi, i am 19 years old and back in may i was swimming in my pool did a cannonball and hit my knee so hard at the bottom of the pool.It hurt so bad at that moment that i was just stuck at the bottom for a minute or two.From then on i have had pain walking up and down stairs. So now here it is months later and it still hurts. I am a college student and im back on campus so i ride a skateboard around campus and i cannot do that anymore because the pain in my knee had become too much and it would feel as if it was going to give out on me. I wanted to know what could be the problem and will it require surgery?
Mon, 30 Mar 2020
Hi,
You have mentioned an injury to your affected knee joint in May. I think you must have hit your knee cap region.
Anyways since now it is around 1 year and you are still having pain off and on , we need MRI scan of the affected knee joint.
It will actually tell us any issues with the articular cartilage , ligaments etc which will give us a clue to treatment.
Till that time you can continue with your physio exercises and if pain is too much, start using a knee brace.
Kindly get your knee examined by a Orthopaedic surgeon and if possible send me the MRI images and clinical examination report.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr. Akshay Kumar Saxena
You have mentioned an injury to your affected knee joint in May. I think you must have hit your knee cap region.
Anyways since now it is around 1 year and you are still having pain off and on , we need MRI scan of the affected knee joint.
It will actually tell us any issues with the articular cartilage , ligaments etc which will give us a clue to treatment.
Till that time you can continue with your physio exercises and if pain is too much, start using a knee brace.
Kindly get your knee examined by a Orthopaedic surgeon and if possible send me the MRI images and clinical examination report.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr. Akshay Kumar Saxena
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