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What To Do For Soreness And Pain In The Knee Due To A Hit?

I hit the top of my knee very hard today. Now the top part of the bone on the knee cap is very sore to the touch. I also have a hard time lifting or bending my knee without a very sharp pain on the knee cap? I ve been icing it but there is no swelling. Any thoughts
Mon, 16 May 2016
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hi,

thank you for providing the brief history of you.

As you had a direct hit on top of the knee cap which is the patella bone, you need a thorough musculoskeletal assessment and an x-ray on a safer side.

As the pain is sharp in nature it could be either a hairline fracture or the patella tendon injury which needs a thorough clinical Musculoskeletal assessment for coming close to diagnosis.

As you are applying ice this can only act for time being. but as you are icing it kindly take an x-ray by which it can help to understand any major issues.

In any of the case with proper care and attention if examination is done then help can be initiated by medical .

in my clinical practice such cases undergo x-ray and proper line of treatment by which recovery is expected sooner.

Regards
Jay Indravadan Patel
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What To Do For Soreness And Pain In The Knee Due To A Hit?

hi, thank you for providing the brief history of you. As you had a direct hit on top of the knee cap which is the patella bone, you need a thorough musculoskeletal assessment and an x-ray on a safer side. As the pain is sharp in nature it could be either a hairline fracture or the patella tendon injury which needs a thorough clinical Musculoskeletal assessment for coming close to diagnosis. As you are applying ice this can only act for time being. but as you are icing it kindly take an x-ray by which it can help to understand any major issues. In any of the case with proper care and attention if examination is done then help can be initiated by medical . in my clinical practice such cases undergo x-ray and proper line of treatment by which recovery is expected sooner. Regards Jay Indravadan Patel