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What Causes Swelling On Knee?

I went to the gym on Saturday and did some exercises on the elliptical machine and leg raises on a machine and today my knee is swollen i dont understand why it took two days for my knee to swell. I have iced and elevated it and can hardly walk. Would codeine help with swelling and pain or what else should I do. Bernice
Mon, 20 Apr 2015
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unaccustomed activity can cause tears in the internal structures of knee, which bleed and swell as a result of healing mechanism, and cause delayed swelling, now see this is the natures, way to tell you let me heal, do not move me.
take rest, and help nature heal you, then start physical activity slowly and gradually, in a few days this will heal.
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What Causes Swelling On Knee?

unaccustomed activity can cause tears in the internal structures of knee, which bleed and swell as a result of healing mechanism, and cause delayed swelling, now see this is the natures, way to tell you let me heal, do not move me. take rest, and help nature heal you, then start physical activity slowly and gradually, in a few days this will heal.