I hurt my knee. i stepped on it, and was pulling myself up about the height of 3 steps, and it bent backwards.

Question

it was aobut 2 days ago, and my knee still hurts. i was walking home, and i was pulling myself up with my leg, because through the woods on the way home from my friends house, there is a place like that and, iwent forward to much, and my leg instead of bending back, it bent forward, and it went forward pretty hard. what can i do to make it feel better? i've been taking ibuprofen, and putting ice on it for aobut 1 hour a day. would ace bandage around my knee help? or maybe a knee brace

Answer 1

I am a bit confused with your description of the injury-first you said the knee bent backwards then later on you say forward. Anyway, probably you hyperextended your knee and suffered ligament injury at the worst, maybe the posterior cruciate. You may need an MRI to find out what went wrong to get the proper treatment. I wouldn't self medicate.