Injured Knee

[GhostLigre]

About a week ago, I hit my knee hard with the buttcap of my racket and I got a bruise on the right side of my knee. It has been hurting since everytime I bend my knees. I've been icing it and using pain relievers but it still hurts. Any info or advice on how to heal this fast?

[Dunlop300]

I did exactly that myself with a ohb drive. My knee hurt going up and down stairs for a few days afterwards. So I went to the Ortho Doc and he took xrays and did an MRI. Sadly to say I had to undergo microfracture surgery for two small pieces of cartlidge that I had chipped off the femur bone. I was on crutches for 2 months and couldnt play tennis for One year. It is now 15 months later and I still cant do a one legged squat on the injured leg.

Go check it out I hope it is not a full fibrous cartilidge defect on a weight bearing part of your leg.

[Rickson]

Originally Posted by GhostLigre

About a week ago, I hit my knee hard with the buttcap of my racket and I got a bruise on the right side of my knee. It has been hurting since everytime I bend my knees. I've been icing it and using pain relievers but it still hurts. Any info or advice on how to heal this fast?

Keep icing it and let it rest. If bending hurts then don't bend. That doctor joke is true. Doc, it hurts when I do this. Doc says, well don't do that.

[GhostLigre]

Originally Posted by Dunlop300

I did exactly that myself with a ohb drive. My knee hurt going up and down stairs for a few days afterwards. So I went to the Ortho Doc and he took xrays and did an MRI. Sadly to say I had to undergo microfracture surgery for two small pieces of cartlidge that I had chipped off the femur bone. I was on crutches for 2 months and couldnt play tennis for One year. It is now 15 months later and I still cant do a one legged squat on the injured leg.

Go check it out I hope it is not a full fibrous cartilidge defect on a weight bearing part of your leg.

Wow I'm really sorry to hear that. I think yours is more serious than mine. I believe that after a few days my knee has improved a lot. I can barely feel it now. I played three matches in the past two days and I felt no pain and I didn't even have to take ibuprohen. I was surprised actually. Icing did help a lot but also not playing for a couple days. I was just really scared that it was a lot more serious and that I needed to see the doctor. Thank God that I am better now.