Possible kneecap injury? [Archive]

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deegee

14-08-2005, 09:53 PM

was playing soccer about 4 weeks ago and in attempting to slide tackle my knee cannoned into the turf gripping and pretty much rendering the slide useless as i toppled over myself. Almost immediately i got this small bump of swelling just above my kneecap. There still is a hint of swelling on top of my kneecap. However continuing to play hasnt really helped much, and continually sliding around has forced it to come into contact with the ground and causing pain. Its not "really" painful but its far from being comfortable. I cant even crawl onto my bed coz of the pain... but to walk and run is fine... pressing in onto it with my fingers is quite painful. Just wondering what kind of injury could be sustained from such an impact? Or would it just be some bruising that hasn't really healed up?

would it be worth going to get checked out?

injuryupdate

15-08-2005, 10:14 AM

Sounds like a swollen prepatellar bursa, which could be confirmed by an experienced examiner.

Unregistered

15-08-2005, 11:10 AM

is there any treatment for that... will rest suffice?
not that i'll be resting until the end of the season which is in 4 weeks
can the injury get any worse?
what would be the approach be to managing it?

deegee

15-08-2005, 11:35 AM