What does it mean when your knee hurts under the kneecap?
Pain under your kneecap is often due to a breakdown in cartilage (especially under your patella), which causes inflammation. It can also stem from tiny tears in your tendons that cause inflammation, or tendinitis.
How do you treat outside knee pain?
How are these potential causes treated?
- ice on the outside of the knee.
- anti-inflammatory medications, such as ibuprofen (Advil), naproxen (Aleve) or acetaminophen (Tylenol)
- corticosteroid injection to reduce inflammation.
How is outer knee pain diagnosed?
An LCL strain can be suspected given pain on the outside of the knee after receiving a traumatic contact force to the inside of the knee. Your physician may order diagnostic imaging (MRI or X-ray) to assess the full extent of the damage. In cases of a complete tear, surgery may be required.
What is the tendon on the outside of your knee?
The lateral collateral ligament is a thin band of tissue running along the outside of the knee. It connects the thighbone (femur) to the fibula, which is the small bone of the lower leg that runs down the side of the knee and connects to the ankle.
What is the pain below my kneecap?
Patellar tendinitis is a common overuse injury, caused by repeated stress on your patellar tendon. The stress results in tiny tears in the tendon, which your body attempts to repair. But as the tears in the tendon multiply, they cause pain from inflammation and weakening of the tendon.
What causes pain on the inside of the knee?
Pain on the inside of the knee is known as medial knee pain. It is most commonly caused by caused by a sudden trauma (acute knee injury), but can also develop gradually through overuse or poor lower limb biomechanics. Quick links:
What causes pain behind the knee cap?
Pain behind the kneecap is usually caused by a problem with the cartilage that lines the back of the kneecap. It may be Runners Knee, where a problem with how the kneecap glides causes friction and pain behind the kneecap.
What is pain below the knee cap?
Patella tendinitis, also called jumper’s knee, is an inflammation of the tendon below the knee cap, and is most often seen in athletes who do a lot of jump, such as in basketball and volleyball. Symptoms of jumper’s knee are sharp pains below the kneecap, with stiffness and local swelling.
What can cause knee pain without injury?
There are several causes of being affected by knee pain, without an injury: Bursitis: The painful condition with redness around the joint, tenderness in the knee, and sometimes a fever due to infection or irritation and inflammation of the tiny sacs of fluid that covers the bones in the knee joint.