What is knee pain?
Knee pain is common and can happen to anyone – particularly if you’re an active person.
Knee pain causes
While knee pain can be a symptom of many different conditions, you may experience knee pain after overstretching, overusing or twisting, often during exercise.1
Knee pain types
Knee pain falls into two categories: pain after injury, and pain where there’s no obvious injury.1
Knee pain symptoms
You may experience knee pain after overstretching, overusing or twisting your knee, often during exercise. You might feel this pain between your kneecap and shin – called tendonitis – especially if you’ve been doing repetitive running or jumping. If you have damaged the cartilage in your knee it could feel unstable, give way when you try to stand, or you might be unable to straighten it.
If there has been no obvious injury to the knee then the pain, stiffness or swelling could be due to other causes, such as osteoarthritis or gout.1
Knee pain relief
In most cases you will be able to easily treat your knee pain at home. The first thing to do is try put as little weight as possible on the knee that’s causing you pain and, if you can, avoid standing for too long. Using an ice pack (or bag of frozen peas wrapped in a tea towel) on your knee for up to 20 minutes every 2 to 3 hours, should also help to relieve your discomfort.1
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References:
1. NHS: Knee pain. Available at: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/knee-pain/ Accessed July 2021.
Find out more about other pain types
Select a type of pain to read about causes, what you can do to help relieve it, and which treatments are most appropriate.
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