swollen knee after fall

There was no other injury after my initial fall whatsoever. My question is, could this be related to my fall? Should I be concerned?

I am a climber and am experiencing the same exact thing currently after a 15 foot fall onto my knee.

A deformed and swollen knee may indicate a fracture or internal ligament tear. See an orthopaedician.He will examine you and determine if X-rays are needed or not. Take some over the counter analgesic. That may help. Do write to me again with more details. Best luck and regards!

Probably your period coming. I always get things like that right before my period. You do jar yourself after a fall. However, I can't know for sure since this is the internet. Can you tell your mom? She can determine if you should see a doctor or not with you.

Has anyone experienced a slow recovery - and long-time bruise like this? This knee was more swollen and sore after the fall - so just taking longer??

anywho, the point is my legs were so swollen..huge!! I could barely bend my legs at the knee...it was very uncomfortable....after I woke up this morning is was a lot better...but wow!! I thought I had gained about 5 lbs in my legs!! Not a good feeling.....Has anyone had swelling problems??

Hi, I was hoping you could assist with the following problem, Following a fall in football, landing on the right side of my left knee, I experienced immense pain and heat across the knee. Immediately after bruising spread up and down my leg and a fluid filled sac developed on the top right side of my knee cap. I visited the doctor and initial was assessed by the two nurses who said they didn't know what it was and asked me to come back to see the doctor.

Now i am so scared to walk because i had no idea like i said of any symptoms before i fell,i have alot of cherries on both of my knees n my left knee was pretty swollen as i must have fallen right on it,ive iced it n it seems to be going down now Any ideas if it could be something else? Currently i have no medical insurance n cant go to the doc.

I fell two weeks ago, landed on the right knee, and have suffered ever since. The knee, while not swollen, is difficult for me to bend and is very stiff at times. I do walk with a limp and have problems getting up from a seated position. I have been on every NSAID and COX-2 drug. I am currently taking Tramadol. Any ideas what I might have wrong? Keep in mind, I had bad pain before the fall. Thanks for reading.

I too have Fibro and I woke up this morning with my right knee swollen and in pain. I didn't bang or fall. I am on vacation and don't know what to do.

I should differentiate between a knee INJURY, involving a blow to the knee and a RUGBURN, which is due to a scrape. Generally, if you fall on a knee or twist an ankle the drill is cold packs and wrap with circumferential ACE bandages immediately, before swelling takes place.

So I was going into the store about an hour ago and slipped in the rain and fell pretty hard. Not on my belly but hurt my knee and ankle and foot pretty good. I have fetal monitoring tomorrow morning and plan to tell them what's happened. No contractions yet. Only a few seconds of sharp pain on the left side of the lower abdomen. I'm 32weeks now. Got my feet up and relaxing now.

I was dragged by my calf at about 35-40mph in the water before I slipped my leg out. After the incident my calf was very sore but I could walk on it with some pain. This occured over a week ago and just two days ago it started to bruise. I have the most pain when my leg is straight and when going down stairs. I get a burning pain in my upper calf neer the back of my knee. Is there any reason it took so long to bruise and should Is it possible I tore a tendon?

Last week I fell directly onto my right knee on a tiled floor. It was swollen for about three days and I couldn’t walk for two of those days. The swelling has gone down, it is bruised a lot but I can walk on it again. However, if I accidentally bang it off something shooting/pulsating pains radiates down my leg and stays for about five minutes. I thought it was just the bruises but the bruises don’t hurt when I touch them.

Hi! About 9 days ago I got a MCL (medial ligament) sprain on my left knee, doing sports, i'm in my mid 30s. Minor swelling and some pain to knee. The knee started feeling around 80% better about 3 days ago. I wore knee brace every day even to sleep, 2 days ago I changed to a more comfortable brace with those metal hinges on sides, also slept with it. My current issue/question, is 2 days ago I woke up with a swollen ankle and pain when putting leg down to walk.

I can sit for about 5 or 10 min and when I get up I feel like I am going to fall. When I lay in bed it aches. Its just the back of my right knee and I can feel that it is swollen. Can anyone help me with this pain. I have tried icy hot cream and bengay hot towels.

t had any rain so the pasture has cracks big enough to fall into. And I did!! twisted my knee a little bit and jammed my back a little but I got right up and kept on going!! Back is a little sore but other than that I'm fine!! If I was still on the pills I would be dying.or think I was. LOL What a great life it is to be free of the pills, so for all the new people, hang in there. It only gets better!!

Moreover, yesterday my doctor injected depo-medrol on my infected joint. And today my knee is extremely swollen and stiff, more than ever. I can barely bend my knee to 90 degree. My question, Is this swelling and stiffness normal after being injected with depo-medrol ? Or is this a side-effect ?

the PT says its because there is still fluid, but he wants to send me back to my ortho/surgeon due to the fact that the fluid build up should not be there. My whole knee IS NOT swollen, just that lump where the fluid is. I did have a patella release 20yrs ago on that exact same spot my fluid is building up. Again,the fluid build up is not where the surgery holes were done.

My hand is killing me like right below my thumb like the palm of my hand kind of. It is kind of like a dull ache now (Throbbing after fall) but i have lost some motion in my thumb and my hand/thumb hurts a lot when i try to use it or move my thumb. Any ideas what it could be??

I had total knee replacement in April of 2007 and continue to have a nagging pain in the knee area as well as it stays slightly swollen all the time. The pain is a burning and stinging sensation and is made worse when I try to walk any length of time. Therefore, I don't get much exercise. The pain subsides with rest at night but when arisinig in the morning it's back and still swollen. Due to the swelling the knee doesn't bend as far as it should.

Does anyone know if posterior knee pain related to tight muscles? Front of knee is okay. It is causing me a great deal of discomfort.

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