If your knee is swollen, it is almost certainly painful too. This often results in you trying to protect that leg and you start moving differently to normal which puts more strain on your good knee, which may then develop pain.
The best way to reduce swelling is to elevate, compress and ice your knee - see the related link below for more information on how to do it safely
There are several websites where an individual can find out how to tend for a swollen knee. Examples would include WikiHow, WebMD, Native Remedies, and Livestrong.
A swollen knee should be treated by putting ice on it three times a day for twenty minutes at a time, soaking it in a warm bath and wrapping it in a compression bandage.
Cellulitis
For swollen joints you need ice and maybe a lukewarm soak in a bath of epsom salt.
He may have Joint Ill.
Ice is a noun (Put ice on your swollen knee) and a verb (Ice your swollen knee).
It can make the joint unstable.
Less than a month. More or less 2 weeks. Can expect to return about six to seven months after surgical reconstruction.
If it is only in the left knee then is is most likely to be Osteoarthritis. which is a problem that happens when cartilage has become damaged or worn in the knee joints. there are other possibility's and other forms of arthritis that can affect your knees. and this should be checked out by a GP or rheumatologist with x rays and blood tests.
I am the same way i had acl and minsc. repair and 4 months later its still swollen, so I'm getting an mri... and they blame it on me tearing it even though i hardly walked for the whole time!
Healthy Body Healthy Mind - 2003 Back to Full Stride Knee Replacement Surgery 14-4 was released on: USA: 22 October 2009
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