What's good for knee inflamation?

Question

Once in a while, my dad who is 52 yrs old, gets pain in his knee, sometimes, he walks fine, but others he limps because of the pain, he doesn't go to the doc because he has not health insurance, he is taking natural medication, and his condition seems improving, but sometimes he gets some strong pain, is there anything good to relieve inflamation and pain that is sold over the counter? Is ibuprofen good for inflamation?

Answer 1

Ibuprofen Is good for inflammation. I find that Advil liquid capsules work very quickly on pain, they can be taken four times a day. When the pain is bad apply a moist hot towel to the knee for fifteen minutes and afterwards apply an analgesic cream . This will really help cut down the inflammation and pain.

Answer 2

Most sprains and strains can be treated at home and will heal in 2 to 3 weeks. Proper treatment focuses on alleviating the pain, controlling the swelling, and most importantly, resting the area while it is healing.

Stop and rest when you feel pain. Don't continue doing whatever caused the injury; you will only make the injury worse.

Take a pain reliever such as ibuprofen to reduce pain and swelling. Aspirin should be avoided since it interferes with the clotting process of the blood in injured vessels that may have been broken during the injury.

Use RICER (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation, Rehabilitation) to treat the injured area:
Rest the injured area for 24 to 48 hours.
Ice the injured area for 10 to 15 minutes at two-hour intervals for the first 48 to 72 hours. An ice pack will help reduce swelling and inflammation. (A bag of frozen peas or corn works well for this and can be reused as an ice pack.) Ice should not be put directly on the skin but applied while wrapped in a towel. After the first three days of ice application, you may begin applying heat and ice alternately to the injured area. Use an ice pack or ice water bath for 10 minutes; then use hot water immersion, a moist hot towel, or a heating pad for 10 minutes; and follow this with ice again for 10 minutes. Do this two to three times per day.

Compress the injured area by wrapping it tightly with an elastic bandage for 30 minutes, then unwrapping it for 15 minutes. Repeat this cycle several times. Start the wrap at the point farthest from the heart and move towards the heart. Compression will help control the swelling and will give support to the area.

If pain continues please see your doctor.

Answer 3

Ibuprofen is an anti-inflamatory and thus helps with pain. Prescription grade Motrin is ibuprofen in 600 or 800 mg capsules. An over-the -counter ibuprofen tablet is 200 mg. Tylenol treats pain, but not inflamation.

Analgesic balms (Bengay, Icy Hot, etc.) may provide some temporary relief, but don't actually treat the problem. These topicals cause a surface sensation that creates a feeling of warmth. They do not cause an actual increase in deep blood flow.

Regarding that real age.com answer, apparently whoever wrote it has not studied any of the research on modalities that has been done over the past 20 years.

Answer 4

Ibuprofen is good. But the best thing is to ice the knee after any long time standing or walking and making sure to rest it when possible.

Answer 5

My daughter just told me to try Tiger Balm for knee pain. It works for her daughter who is an athlete. I'm going to try some today. I can't take pain medications so I hope it will work. I've tried Icy Hot and Dermablast.

Answer 6

your under doctors care, keep going back till they find out what's wrong, just ask 4 a different dr. till then why not try a ace bandage wrap around your knee 2 see if that will keep the swelling down.

Answer 7

Ibuprofen.

Answer 8

Any cream containing a corticosteroid (cortisone) should help reduce inflammation. And for the pain...no insurance...just thinking alternative medication here...indica? :)

Answer 9

Ibuprophen. It's an antiinflammatory. Also alternate warm and ice packs.

Answer 10

no get bengae or the icy hot thing
then take tylenol