knee cap hurts bad

[johnc]

Hi everybody, well IM 4 WEEKS POST OP ON MY KNEE REPLACEMENT, I WAS DOING JUST GREAT UNTIL LAST NIGHT, I WENT TO MY GRANDSONS BASEBALL GAME AND WAS SITTING ON THE TAIL GATE OF MY TRUCK WATCHING THE GAME AND STRECHING MY LEG AT THE SAME TIME, ALL OF A SUDDEN I HAVE A SHARP PAIN IN MY KNEE CAP, THAT WAS 8 PM LAST NIGHT, WELL ITS 5 IN THE MORNING AND IT STILL HURTS WHEN i TRY TO DO A LEG LIFT AND WHEN I WALK ON IT. ANY IDEAS JOHN C

 

[Josephine]

Yes, I expect you've bruised the ligament where it joins the knee cap. Did you have a patellar button? Is it swollen at all?

I doubt it had much to do with what you were doing, just something that happened. I recommend rest and ice anyway and painkillers if you're not using them at the moment.