How long should it take a knee contusion to heal? X-ray showd up nothing & it's mobile but hurts when touched

Question

I fell and injured my knee over two months ago and never had problems walking on it. I had it x-rayed and examined but was told nothing was physically wrong. It was a contusion. I had fluid, which has finally dissipated but I'll scratch an itch on my knee and be reminded how much it hurts to touch some areas of the knee. This makes me afraid to work out on it. Do contusions like this take this long to heal or should this have run its course by now?

Answer 1

I had severely bruised both my knees in an auto accident. It really messed up the sensation. Like you, the structures were "fine", but since it injured the nerves, it took nearly a year to improve...actually, and at about 5 years it was about 75%. Now, 15 years out, my knees feel good, but they're still not quite right and certain sensations a little strange.

I would imagine that a little brief, gentle massage along with heat/cold/heat/cold alternating (2 mins@) every day would help to stimulate the nerves to regenerate more effectively.

In the meantime, do whatever level of exercise that you can; this will speed healing. Be patient, and remind your knees that it's safe to come out to play again!

Love & Light!

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Answer 3

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When you go into the room they will give you a lead apron that will sheild the rest of your body from the x-rays. You sit down on a table, or stand in front of a plate that has x-ray film in it. There is a big machine that can move through most of the room, which they will line up with your knee (you may have to twist and turn a bit to get the position they want. ) when it's lined up, they will tell you to hold it, they'll leave the room, take the picture, and then move you into the next position. you'll probably do this several times. At no point does the machine actually touch you, and the x-ray itself does not hurt, though if your arthritis is really bad getting into the necessary position could hurt a bit (my first round of x-rays were easy, the second round my arthritis was much worse, so the positioning part was unpleasant. If you can get your leg straight without pain you should be fine.)

Answer 4

Contusion Knee

Answer 5

I have something similar. Back in May of this year (2015) someone plowed a heavy cart full of furniture directly into the front of both my knees. (Left knee taking more impact). I didn't feel much and was able to walk away. The next few days I didn't feel any pain really but something was not not right. I was getting a lot of stiffness in the legs, calves, and quads. I can stretch my left leg all the way out on the bed while sleeping but it always felt like something was pulling and it was discomfit. Not much pain but occasional soreness in the knees and achenes. I went to see an orthepedic surgeon and he did full range of tests including Mcmurray test. The assesment was bilaterial knee contusions. Then I got MRIs and it say that I had a meniscus tear in my left knee. The doctor reviewed it and said it was incorrect. There was some signal change in the left meniscus but there was no discrete tearing. He was very sure of this. I got a second opinion and they said the same thing.

Now nearly 6 months later and a full 20 or more physical therapy sessions, I don't feel better. Symptoms are stiffness in back of knees, calves, quads, and hamstrings. Soreness and very light pain in the left knee sometimes. Feeling weak, going up and down the stairs can cause me to stiff up and I can' run up and down like the way i used to. Orthepdic surgeon says there is nothing wrong with the structures of my knees and recoommned me to see a neurologist. He can't explain why I feel those symptoms mentioned. He said its not consistent with knee contusions.

No one has answers but I feel the same after nearly 6 months.

Any thoughts? anyone with the same experience?

Thanks

Answer 6

Knee Contusion

Answer 7

My brother in law used to wrestle he did his knee in and had some serious surgery. He even had to be knocked out under anaesthetic a few times so they could bend and straighted his knee while it was in the healing process. Knee's seem to take months or even years to come good. Some people have a permanent limp for life. I have a reoccurring injury which causes fluid retention which is very painful.

My solutions are rest and cold and hot compresses, taking anti-inflammatory medication or rubbing in those sorts of creams.

Heat bag for night time in the winter if painful. Elevate your leg with a soft downy pillow in bed or to rest it.

Micro-wave treatment from a clinic or your family doctor is helpful.

Light exercises like swimming, treading water, stepping up and down, lightly bend your knees and place your hands over your knee caps, gently and slowly rotate both knees in a small circular motion then reverse then repeat.

All of these do help and of course last but not least, eat a good healthy diet with loads of fresh fish and lean meat, because protein assists your healing ability. NutriVital Non-Acidic Vitamin C Complete 1125mg tablets. BIOMAX Glucosamine HCL 1000mg taken as directed. Flax-seed oil on salads is great as well.

Good luck............ l have tried all of these over a 22 year period. They all work in order to heal and stay healed this must be followed as a life style or the pain will reoccure every time you exert yourself by over doing any exercise, even walking.

Answer 8

depending on the area of the knee, I can only aasume it's on you knee cap, you might have damaged the pateller tendon insertion, There is a supra patellar tendon, the one above your knee cap, and an infra patellar tendon, below your knee cap. These move the patella up and down when you move your knee. If you irritated the tendon, it takes a while to completely heal as there is no blood flow to the tendon itself. Try ice for starters, keep it on for about 20 mins, off for aboyt 20 mins when it begins hurting. As with all tendon injuries, REST is the best therapy, but who has time? Take it easy, keep icing it when you can. Try some advil, TALK to your doctor concerning the correct dose and avoid crawling around or bending your knee to far back for a while. Good luck.

Answer 9

Guide To Chronic Knee Pain!

Answer 10

My daughter hurt her knee when she fell down a flight of stairs....it took her 6 months to fully recover...shes fine now...but once in a while her knee hurts if she bumps it...doctor said she may have done some nerve damage...