knee pain from impact

[physiofixme]

Hi

Sounds like you've developed a patellofemoral type problem. Probably due to swelling in and around your kneecap from the injury. Try icing it (no it's not too late) and look in to taping it. Either seek help from a physio, or see if you can find a demo of patellofemoral taping on the internet.

The taping should help reduce pain.
I'd then look at doing a few squats and some itb stretching.
You can also do self massage to your itb using a tennis ball (again - should be able to find a demo of this on the net)

Hope this helps.

[chewymix]

thanks for this - i have been on the road for the last week and a half so not been able to ice really, i'll look into trying this out, would NSAID's help?

There is soreness when resting in bed and also flexing the knee to drive causes some pain. What i dont really understand is that when i actually hurt this apart from the initial impact pain it was pretty much fine, this lingering soreness seems to have crept in over tha last week and a half or so.

thanks