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Can Kneecap Pain Caused After An Injury Be A Sign Of A Fractured Kneecap?
I fell and broke my nose 12 days ago. I also hurt my knees during the fall. My left kneecap is very tender with a burning pain at the slightest touch. I am able to walk just fine But when I bend my knee there is a sensation that I can only describe as if you had a cut and you feel it open up. Could I have a fracture in my kneecap?
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Tue, 14 Apr 2015
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Hello,
As you had a fall over the knee and there is a cut of the skinny area also, I don't think it will be a fracture, because if it was then there would have been no fracture because the knee cap bone is too strong to with stand such falls. But it's always good on a safer side to take up an x-ray.
If x-ray reveals fracture than the limb will be made immobilized using knee brace in hairline fracture but if it's a displaced fracture then treated accordingly.
Most of the times it is a bony hurt and needs only a knee cap and hot water fermentation. Post a few days only exercise to strengthen the weaker muscle groups.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Jay Indravadan Patel, Physical Therapist or Physiotherapist
As you had a fall over the knee and there is a cut of the skinny area also, I don't think it will be a fracture, because if it was then there would have been no fracture because the knee cap bone is too strong to with stand such falls. But it's always good on a safer side to take up an x-ray.
If x-ray reveals fracture than the limb will be made immobilized using knee brace in hairline fracture but if it's a displaced fracture then treated accordingly.
Most of the times it is a bony hurt and needs only a knee cap and hot water fermentation. Post a few days only exercise to strengthen the weaker muscle groups.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Jay Indravadan Patel, Physical Therapist or Physiotherapist
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