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What Causes Pain In Knee When Applying Pressure On It?

I was playing softball and I was the pitcher. The ball was hit back at me very hard and hit me on the side of my right knee I was able to walk on it and continued playing but its swollen and nub and hurt badly when applying pressure could it be fractured
Wed, 1 Jun 2016
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hi,

thank-you for providing the brief history of you.

As per the history and mechanism of injury it appears to be more of a ligament instability. Fracture cases are pretty less. Still taking an MRI and a clinical assessment will be on a safer side so future damage to the joint can be avoided.

Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
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What Causes Pain In Knee When Applying Pressure On It?

hi, thank-you for providing the brief history of you. As per the history and mechanism of injury it appears to be more of a ligament instability. Fracture cases are pretty less. Still taking an MRI and a clinical assessment will be on a safer side so future damage to the joint can be avoided. Regards Jay Indravadan Patel