Female 37 yrs. Fell heavily on left knee against edge of a pavement. I continued walking for 1.5 hrs, used many stairs, had to travel in bus and got off running bus twice on affected left leg. All within 3 hrs. I ignored pain for 2-3 days thinking it was small issue. Now there is a black patch under the knee but skin is not broken. I'm able to walk forward without pain but turns are painful. Now right side of knee is painful and spreading up and down leg. Is this serious like dislocation or hairline fracture. Will it show up on x-ray? Please advise.

Dr. Julie Mercy J DavidPhysiotherapist27yrs exp

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This is a general knee pain and for this you can follow these measures: one keep a pillow right under the knee while sleeping, next is you can keep ice in the painful area for about 5--10 minutes, it looks like you are is important to check that. Anaemia always leads to the symptoms of being tired and also having body pain though there may not be any pathological reasons for knee pain. With knee exercises you will definitely feel better and muscles must be strengthened. Knee pain ice therapy would definitely help to reduce the inflammation. We also advise you to use knee cap which would help to prevent the knee from damaging further and also to maintain the quadriceps muscle tone. Stiffness have developed due to weakness of the ligaments &inflammed cartilage. Specific knee exercises will also help ie. Keeping ball underneath the knee and keep pressing it. That's the simple exercise which will help.  

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