• Pain with activity under or around front of kneecap.
• Rapid swelling on front of kneecap.
• Tender and warm to the touch .
• Pain when walking up or down stairs, kneeling, squatting, and sitting with a bent knee for an extended time period.
Treatment : Rest, ice, and physical therapy are sufficient. Surgery (Arthroscopic Debridement) is required in difficult cases.
MENISCAL TEAR /TORNED KNEE CARTILAGE
• Pain in the knee associated with clicking or crepitus.
• Swelling in knee.
• Catching or locking of knee.
• Pain on squatting.
Treatment : Physical therapy and rest is needed in few cases. But the treatment of choice is Surgery (Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy/Meniscal repair) followed by rehab exercises.
ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT TEARS
• Pain with swelling within 24 hours.
• Instability and frequent giving way.
• Crepitus and occasional locking of knee.
• Loss of full range of motion and inability to run and use stairs.
• Discomfort while walking.
Treatment : Treatment of choice is Surgery (Arthroscopic ACL Reconstruction) followed by rehab exercises.
PATELLA / KNEECAP DISLOCATION / INSTAILITY
• Knee is bent and can’t straighten.
• Pain, deformity and Swelling.
• Recurrent instability or feeling of giving way and falls.
Treatment : Initially, rest, ice and splinting will be sufficient. But the treatment of choice is Surgery (Arthroscopic MPFL Reconstruction) followed by rehab exercises.
POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT TEARS
• May hear a “popping” noise and feel knee give out.
• Pain with swelling within 24 hours.
• Instability while walking.
Treatment : Treatment of choice is Surgery (Arthroscopic PCL Reconstruction) followed by rehab exercises.
CARTILAGE INJURIES
• Pain on activity especially on certain activities.
• Recurrent locking of knee.
• Recurrent swelling.
Treatment : Rest and bracing is needed but the treatment of choice is Surgery (Arthroscopic Microfracture/OATS/ACI) followed by rehab exercises.