Hey guys a week ago I landed on my left knee with my full body weight, I havent been to the doctor yet as I can still walk on it. But the pain point is when I put pressure on it it hurts but not much but like a light twinge? Should I get a sports pressure bandage for it for my recovery? I have full motion in my leg it only twinges within a range but not as bad as when I hurt it lask week?

If it is getting better and hurts a little less every day, it's probably just a normal bruise in the process of healing. Bruises are tender for awhile. But it's probably a good idea not to put a lot of weight on it (sitspins, jumps, etc.) because you might have a bone bruise inside your knee. If that's the case, you can expect it to hurt for awhile.

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Like the Knee Cap itself does not hurt its just when I like do 3 turns anything that does a twisting motion it hurts a little

It's also possible you may be on your way to a torn ligament or meniscus if you feel pain during small twisting motions. Make sure you go see a doctor if it persists for more than a week.

I would advise No jumping at all until the pain goes away. Any additional torquing from jump landinds could contribute to making the injury worse.

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Anyways today, went to see a Physio after a referal from the Doctor, he checked out my knee. I explained to the Physio that it hurts to walk up and down stairs [Pain scale = 1 being Min - 10 Being Xtreme] so the pain was a 3.

He moved my knee in a wide range of motion, and he thinks I did some soft tissue damage, but nothing Major, told me not to skate until Sunday, but will be going Sat as I have a competition coming up. But said I should just rest it for just a while. I have another appointment with him next Thursday. Hopefully it will be better. Has anyone here had this much pain from a soft tissue damage in the knee?

Yup. Once I hit my toepick while not wearing knee pads, and I had knee pain for about 4 weeks, then it hurt for a good while longer than that to kneel on that knee. In the long run, I was fine.

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I twisted my knee doing a poorly done 3-turn setting up the salchow (on my take-off leg). I wrap it when I skate and ice it at night. It is getting better, but it is generally slow healing in that area. I'd say it's been about 3-4 weeks now.

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I kept injuring my right knee. i had padding so it didn't bruise, but was injured behind the knee, the joint. After a few months its much better, but if i fell on it again like I did last time..

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I fell onto my left knee while skating on a public session many years ago when I first started (got run into by some teens). My knee area was bruised badly and very sore. I couldn't easily bend it for about a week (very nasty when one has a stick shift car). I couldn't comfortably kneel on it for about 2 months. I went to the doctor right after the fall and the nasty looking bruising and there was nothing but a really bad bruise.

Last winter I slipped and fell on stone tile and bruised one of my knees. It was still tender to the touch for about 2 weeks.

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After falling for so long, can imagine the twisting to still be painful ( let's say there's no major ligament or bone injury involvement).

Internal bleeding which causes bumps & bruises will in time, be defused back into the body ... at times it takes too long, at times it becomes blood clogs. The will "restrict" movement & also cause pain when the movement you are doing put pressure onto it too.

The helps soften / desperse blood clog, simple and easily rub & massage with little pressure on the bumps or knots you can feel under the skin at where you fell ... sometimes it will feel alittle numb, sometimes slightly pain/sore or irritation. Do it daily ... whenever you are free (at least 2-3 times ... 5-10mins?) untill the little knot /lump disappear in time.

It will also help relax the pressure off the knees having skating with all the stress & impact on it.

I dont want to even think about this one!

I had Medial/Lateral Miniscus tears along with SEVERE Arthritis discovered back in June! I hope for your sake it is nothing serious! It STINKS!

But on the bright side....I am able to jump a few jumps 2-4 at the end of a session and it has not bothered me yet!

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I had 2 knee operations on the same knee & another one next early year for my ankle (same leg). Broke my ACL for the 1st. Broke my MCL for the 2nd. But it's all good now ... make sure the doctor is good ...and be sure the sports physio is better!

Be frank with them what you want to do & find the best way to recover from the injuries stronger then before.

Scar tissues are issues stopping people from skating after the operations coz it cause pain. Same as blood clogs ... need to get ride of it.

Well its coming up to week 4 of my knee I havent jumped. It hurts for 2 hours after skating. I am wearing a knee brace. Geez so long to recover its annoying

I feel your pain! If I go over 2 hours, my knee starts to scream when I get home....ice is my friend!!

My heels have started hurting now, because my boots are too big so they slam up and down inside....get new ones next week, so I will have a new kind of pain...

Are you icing your knee after every session???

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Week 4 .... hmmm ....

Have you checked with your doctor or physio or do you know if it's a bone pain, muscle pain, tendon or ligament pain?

It is important. If you experiene the similar pain for about 2months, probably there was / is a ligament injury ... that why it took at least about 2-3 months to feel lesser pain & a few more to recover. that about 6months.

Physio said it was soft tissue damage

Do you know what tissues, what happened & what can be done to help strength it & prevent it from happening? How long more did they suggest before the pain will fade off?

Nah he didnt say, the physio did a full check on the knee moving it in all different and extreme positions, the moving of it doesn it hurt, its only when I do running or off ice jumping exercises it gets aggravated and after 2 - 3 hours of resting I can walk on it and do some slight running before it starts to hurt

I feel your pain. Although I can't skate for even 2 hours without my knee hurting. For me, it's as soon as I skate on a bent knee. So stroking or crossovers. Have you had an MRI done on your knee? It will show what's been damaged. Sometimes if you have strong quads or whatnot, you might not always feel pain while it's being moved because you can stabilize your knee with the leg muscels.

Nah havent done a MRI on the knee, with the Quads at off ice training we have to do 15 Teapots or Shoot the ducks in 20 secs before I hurt my knee, After 4 weeks I managed to do a really low sit spin like this http://rf3ray.sk8rland.com/axels/SitSpin.mp4 when I wake up everymorning I can walk on it without very much pain? Is your leg better from your Injury and how long ago was it

My knee for sure is better than when I first injured it. When I first hurt it, I couldn't put any weight on it, and couldn't bend it. Now, it's better, although it still gets sore easily. At least I can move it. This happened in June or July I think. My orthopedist wants me to have surgery, but I can't afford it now, I need to wait until I get insurance again.

Hi Sue been reading most of your Knee problems you had..... Ok, My knee that I fell on I can skate after exactly 4 weeks and 2 days. I did a sit spin 2 days ago and manage to get up, and do some Back Inside 3 turns and other various exercises that need a slight knee bend and twisting. I also manage to do off ice exercises yesterday... and managed to do the 600m warm up run. When I was running it wasnt feeling that my knee was feeling quite loose, but I was running (limping trying to not to give to much impact on the affected knee). At the end of the 2 hours of off-ice training it had the usual discomfort of pain, but I could still walk ok, with a very slight limp. When I fell on my knee I was still skating 30 mins after, but when I got off the ice my knee felt like it was sorta loose when I tried to straighten it. But after 4 weeks its feeling better, but now only with discomfrot after from skating. When waking up in the morning it feels like its not there until I do physical exercises from skating.

Do you think this is a Mensicus tear? or what should I do and just go slowly with the recovery. I have also seen a Physio 3 times and he ruled out that I havent done any serious damage to it, he said to do some exercises and is giving me the ultrasound therapy on the knee.

My physio used to tell me it takes 6weeks at least to get better without hurting it much again ... So if you're still skating on, it depends on how much pressure or usage there is.

Mensicus tear --> Prob not... the activity you are having doesn't seems t indicate that.

While injury is trying to recover, a few hours is alot. I only skate about an hour if i have problem like those

Thanks for the feedback.. When I did it it hurt like hell after skating. I am just beginning to resume doing just spins on my knee and more 3 turn footwork twisting and turning to get it back into shape, when I tried these exercises in the 1st week, I could barely do them. The most I try to skate in a session these days is just over 1 hour when I use to do more

If you are able to do a sit spin, it's probably not a meniscus tear. Also, a lot of times with meniscus tears, you can hear a click when you bend your knee. That's just one test the docs did on me. The other thing is to do a full squat. I can't do one without a lot of pain, but then again, I have a meniscus tear and some degeneration of my meniscus, accompanied by a PCL tear that I obtained about a year and a half ago. Also, I don't know if the pain from meniscus tears ever really goes away without surgery because there is very little blood supply to the meniscus, so unless you happen to tear it where there is a blood supply, it won't heal on it's own.

If it's just some tissue damage, you need to give some more time for it to completely heal. But it sounds like you're doing better, so just don't push it so much and take it slow. Also, take everything I say with a grain of salt because I am not (yet) a doctor and I'm just speaking strictly from my own lovely experiences with knee injuries.