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knee injury
I hit the iner side of my knee on my steps and im having trouble bending it all the way. I can walk and put weight on it with no pain but if I try to bend it to walk up or down steps there is pain. I can only bend it about half the way as normal. Its been over a week like this. Is there anything I can do at home? I have no haelth insurence and cant take time off work. what are the poosible things that could be wrong with my knee? thanx
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I'm almost 60 and had both knees replaced, (TKR), in 2008.
You can put up with stuff for a while. Ice, ibuprofen and rest can help. Since, though, you only have the two knees and pretty much need them both, you really should do what you can to have them evaluated by a health care professional.
Many areas have free clinics, the hospitals in your area may have programs available to help in situations such as this...
Bad knees are no fun, I wish you all the best and hope that this is resolved for you soon.
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We are not doctors even if we were we cannot diagnose something like this over the web. To make a proper diagnoses X rays are needed or even an MRI to see exactly what has been damaged.
One would think you would not do very much damage by just hitting you knee on the steps. Sometimes all it takes is hitting it in just the right place and you cause damage.
What I recommend is after work you go to your local hospital ER, they cannot turn you away for lack of ability to pay. They must treat you first. There are social programs out their that they can refer you to to assist with payment. The hospital social worker will assist with this. First things first you must be diagnosed and treated.
Don't let your pride get in the way of getting treatment for this injury. While you probably have not done anything serious to your knee it will take diagnostic tools to confirm that. Left untreated you'll never know for sure. If you have done something to your knee the sooner it is treated the better the outcome. In injured joint left untreated will cause you got problems as you get older so swallow your pride and go to a hospital ER and ask for help.
By the way if you do not want to accept medicaid most hospitals will set up an easy payment plan.
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