Why does my right knee hurt or is it just a bruise on my bone?!
Question: Why does my right knee hurt or is it just a bruise on my bone?
I'm 14 and I was playing football with a couple of my friends. I got tackled and fell hard because my knee got hit, I don't think its fractured because I can still put some weight on it. But when I try to straigten it, it doesn't hurt. Though when I bend it, it hurts like a 6/10. Also in the past 2 days I've had 2 incidents where my knee made me fall, during those incidents the pain escelated to 8/10. The pain is on the bottom left side on the top. Please tell me what's wrong!!
Answers:
Pain on the outside of the knee, or lateral aspect of the knee joint, is commonly caused by lateral meniscus tears, lateral collateral ligament injuries, IT band tendonitis, and arthritis of the joint.
http://orthopedics.about.com/od/hipknee/…