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Need Medication For Stiffness & Swelling On Knees

both my knee s hurt.one feels stiff the one that is stiff appears to be swollen.i ve used hot water,ice,vicks,compression,and elevation how long does it take for watery knee s to go a way and when is am i soppost to feel relief.it happen two weeks ago,and i started resting this week thursday.
Mon, 18 Mar 2019
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Hello,

As you have a knee stiffness and swelling, we need to figure out if you have had any injury to the knee. What is your age? And what other conditions you facing with like - hypertension, OA, ligament injury, diabetes etc. As you haven't mentioned about all this I would like to say that taking an analgesic should help relieve the pain.

For reducing swelling I understand what you did was right - compression, elevation, contrast bath etc. But for stiffness to come down you need to mobilize the knee. Stiffness can occur due to muscle tightness if there are any injuries within the joint - could be a ligament or bony.

We need to assess this and work behind it. For now, on conservative management, you can start doing static hamstring and static quadriceps so this will elevate the pressure over the knee joint internal structures and thereby the neurophysiological system will release the stiffness of the knee.

I will advise doing the above-mentioned exercise. Also, an x-ray will be good to see if any bony injuries are there and led to swelling and stiffness. If x-ray turns nil then an MRI will be good to understand the ligament injuries. Left untreated any ligament injuries will damage the bones of the joint and lead to early degenerative changes.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Jay Indravadan Patel, Physical Therapist or Physiotherapist
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Need Medication For Stiffness & Swelling On Knees

Hello, As you have a knee stiffness and swelling, we need to figure out if you have had any injury to the knee. What is your age? And what other conditions you facing with like - hypertension, OA, ligament injury, diabetes etc. As you haven t mentioned about all this I would like to say that taking an analgesic should help relieve the pain. For reducing swelling I understand what you did was right - compression, elevation, contrast bath etc. But for stiffness to come down you need to mobilize the knee. Stiffness can occur due to muscle tightness if there are any injuries within the joint - could be a ligament or bony. We need to assess this and work behind it. For now, on conservative management, you can start doing static hamstring and static quadriceps so this will elevate the pressure over the knee joint internal structures and thereby the neurophysiological system will release the stiffness of the knee. I will advise doing the above-mentioned exercise. Also, an x-ray will be good to see if any bony injuries are there and led to swelling and stiffness. If x-ray turns nil then an MRI will be good to understand the ligament injuries. Left untreated any ligament injuries will damage the bones of the joint and lead to early degenerative changes. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Jay Indravadan Patel, Physical Therapist or Physiotherapist