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Originally Posted by pavulon
If you can discern where your knee pain is located (deep vs more superficial), that might help guide your treatment and recovery course. Having gone through a good case of patellar tendonitis this past summer and like you, worrying that it could be a surgical thing, it has (after 3 months of really gradual improvement with mindful rest and ibuprofen) mostly resolved. My symptoms were pain, popping and cracking with movement at night and being really sore when kicking or fully extending my lower leg.
It sucked and I'm still nervous about aggravating it again.
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Thanks. No popping or crunching. I've had knee injuries before and they did heal. The pain is along the joint line if that makes sense, but not near skin nor sensative whatsoever. I had the patella thing where the pain is below the knee cap. And that one swelled to the point that I thought I would have to have it drained. No fluid present with this injury.
Frankly, if I remember to put a pillow under my knee when sitting legs out, I have no problem afterwards. I think if I stop aggravating it then healing may be possible. I just don't realize I'm aggravating it until later.