2007-03-12 16:48:14 · 7 answers · asked by try a 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
It's called "chondromalacia patella".
It's pretty common among athletes.
It could be caused by overuse (sports), or misalignment of your feet/hips, or being overweight.
Your knee cap (patella) is rubbing against one side of your cartilage. This is what causes the pain.
There are things you can do to help. See an orthopedic or sports injury doctor.
They will likely prescribe orthotics for your shoes.
In the mean time... get a bag of frozen peas!
Check this out :
http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/patelladisorders/a/chondromalacia.htm
2007-03-12 17:06:45 · answer #1 · answered by s2pified 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
could be a few things, go to webmd and see what they have to say. My knee pops and cracks and I get pains too. Doc says to lose weight and do some exercises to strengthen the muscles in the legs
2007-03-12 23:51:22 · answer #2 · answered by astudsboy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, you don't give us a lot of details. . . .so it could be darn near anything!
If if is getting in the way of doing the things you like to do (or have to do LOL) you need to have it looked at, hopefully by a physical therapist.
Good luck.
2007-03-13 02:27:28 · answer #3 · answered by Jason W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you could have banged against something
and it is bruised or cracked or you could
have loose calcium under the cap
get an x-ray to be sure
2007-03-12 23:51:34 · answer #4 · answered by caffsans 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
id need more info as far as i know you have a large knife wticking out of it and of thats the case go to a doctor to get it removed.
2007-03-12 23:58:21 · answer #5 · answered by D-Ray 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
maybe cus u fell?
2007-03-12 23:50:47 · answer #6 · answered by andrew 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to drain the fluid from it.
2007-03-12 23:49:52 · answer #7 · answered by Nitz Frugent 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋