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What To Do For Rigid And Painful Knee Joint?
I do not have enough flexibility in my knee joint. The knee doesn t hurt but is stiff. I can only bring back my heel to about 90% closer to my buttocks. Many people can touch their heel to their buttocks. How can I figure out whether I have tendon or ligament problem with the patella, or the quad muscles, or the hamstring, or the calves. If I try to force my heel closer to my buttocks, a get a cramp n my hamstring muscle. If I do a little massage in the back of the knee joint it is a little painful. I How would you analyze my problem. -thanks
Thu, 22 Sep 2016
Hi you have stiffness in your knees and are unable to bend it completely and and pain in post part of knee which is painful. To me you have swelling in the post part of knee joint - probably a cyst called popliteal cyst. I will advise you to undergo an ultrasound of knee or MRI of the knee .
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