How to Tell if a Knee Injury is Serious - Yale Medicine Explains

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Serious injuries, by and large, cause a lot of swelling in the knee. Especially in younger patients. Now, someone could be arthritic and they overdo it going for a big long hike and they get some swelling the next day. But rapid onset of swelling, it's like hard to make out where your kneecap is, is a pretty big cardinal sign that there's something serious that's happened to your knee. Rapid onset swelling is usually due to blood in the joint. "A meniscus that really tears and flips in the front. You tear your quad or your patellar tendon, your kneecap dislocates, you tear a little blood vessel, your ACL tears, a piece of cartilage in bone gets knocked off and causes bleeding. So a lot of the really significant injuries, people get rapid onset swelling within three to four hours and they should seek attention There's always exceptions to rules, but if your knee looks like a grapefruit, you should go get it checked.

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When she said "you need to seek attention" my ex took it pretty seriously

gustavofring

Happened To Me Twice On Both Knees, It Freaking Hurted.

TheOnlyDannyDoggy

When she said "Not a little Patellofemoral pain from walking or running", she single hand idly gave me a sign of relief, but also made me feel like a little B**** 🤣🤣🤣

I play recreational soccer as a center back and apparently have weak hip Muscles along with a groin injury from the summer that led to this issue in my right knee.
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beyond_the_tequila_rift

I has my First Knee Surgery back in 76 Bicentennial Year, Football injury torn legiment.
Now 47 yrs later to the exact day as the 1st Surgery May 9th. Without a doubt some arthritis. Prior to the knee replacement, my knee felt out of place in the back, outside around where the tendon attachs. I would put my bad knee over my left, hold firm with my left foot, then push toward my right knee and upward in a slight motion. My knee would pop back in place everytime. Now I had the knee replacement, it wasn t corrected as I thought it would be. If I walk and the knee goes back to its furthest point. Something gives out, you become Superman flying without the cape or a Chest protector. Bruised and cracked ribs, and deep pec muscle Bruise landing on a arm of a heavy recliner. I can t have an Mri now do to the metal, regular xrays Don t show Anything. Probably going to have a ultrasound, in the near future. It pops out or something moves when sleeping or just raising a bent knee. Any ideas???
Seeing the surgeon tomorrow 4th, the more I m on it the weaker it gets. To the point it won t hold the weight, swells up as well. Use crutches when nessary. I made a Brace that won t alot the knee to extend back. Definitely not a long term fix.

georgeallen

I'm rarely in any pain but I would describe the soreness in certain areas as uncomfortable. I'm able to move freely but tend to struggle in cold temperatures. My concern if any would be the long term effects of muscle fatigue.

kqvkxzm

I searched the because I accidentally fell on the ground and now It hurts whenever I walk

aaronchen

So I took a fall on concrete when wiffing a slap shot in roller blades and I scraped my knee about top of my knee cap and whenever I make my knee straight I have so much pain down there my eyes water up but I don’t know if I should get it checked out or bot

Mclabinn

Mines been 9 weeks got diagnosed twisted knee cap aint better ?? Still swollen hurts

uhymcrr

Hi I twisted funny on my knee approaching 2 weeks ago didn't really injure me I'm 33 most of the year verry active, but I noticed the following day a lump on the outside of my knee painless not really restricted my range of motion, I'm just wondering if this a first for me ?🙏🏼looking for a peice of mind.

reecefleming

I fell on the ground

My right foot is okay but my left foot isn't whenever i try to walk on my left foot it is very painful

ComradeSoulKnight

She’s the goat my pain was from jogging/overuse of knee I was concerned but this cleared up a lot of questions

Invert

What if it is swollen but has no color change, just normal skin

jowey_

I never injured my knee but I knee down a lot from work and my knees are dark and has bumps I don’t feel any pain but I just want my knees to look normal again

andyrojas

i tore my acl years ago in highschool, i slipped on some stairs and now my knee hurts to walk on, like it feels weak to put pressure on it so idk if i re-tore my acl or what, all i know is that im getting ptsd flashbacks.

huegofarley

Playing footie, foot planted in ground and knee pushed inwards and I have a dull ache at the top of my tibia lower knee on the inside and it hurts when I push of it to go the other way. This injury happend 9 days ago and I can walk and run but a dull ache at top of tibia? What injury do I have? I think I also have some instability in the knee aswell

David_dulkan