[Baz]

The past couple weeks my right knee has been a bit painful to the extent I have been limping and supporting myself as much as possible to keep the weight off that leg.

As far as I know there was no incident that happened to cause this issue, although I did hurt that same knee a couple years ago but it wasn't anything that I sought medical attention for - the pain went away after a few weeks on it's own.

So - I was thinking of getting an X-ray of my knee for diagnostic purposes. There's a place here that will X-ray it and provide a report and the X-ray on a disc.

There's also an orthopedic doctor in town who can X-ray it in house.

I'm hoping whatever the issue is - it will go away with just some basic rehab....but without knowing what is causing the pain - it's hard to know.

I have been taking some Ibuprofen (Advil) and Naproxen sodium (Aleve), plus ice, heat, and just trying to rest the leg - which has helped.

I realize that pain in the knee can be caused by a variety of things but wanted to throw this out in case anyone has gone through something similar and would like to post their thoughts.

I talked to a buddy of mine who went through this and after getting his X-ray it was discovered he has 2 ligament tears and a small cyst and the doctor told him he could either rehab it or have surgery - he elected to rehab it and after a month the pain went away. That's what I am hoping for.