About 3 weeks ago, i dislocated my patellar(Kneecap) playing basketball. my patellar went back in place by itself almost right away after i got up and eventually my knee started swelling up and bruised up a little bit. i cannot fully bend or straighten my knee and i feel tenderness under my kneecap. when i try bending my knee, i feel pain under my patellar, but when i try to straighten my knee i feel very little or no pain at all but i still cant strighten it out fully. Little by little, the pain is decreasing. but its been 3 weeks now and i feel a slight improvement on bending my knee but very little and the bruising is gone. Im currently using crutches and im able to put enough presure on my knee so i can walk a little without pain. Now i only feel pain when i try to bend my knee or try to walk for long periods of time. My question is that does this injury typically take this long to heal, and what can i do to treat this? Also, what else can this injury potentially be?
2006-07-01
11:17:52
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Alkie
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