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Why Does My Knee Swell If I Am On My Legs For A Long Time?

I have recently had an arthroscopy (5 week ago) and is undertaking physio. My knee still becomes very swollen if I am on my feet for a long length of time (to the point of crying in pain). My physio keeps saying my body is out of alignment in particular a bone in my foot and also a rib.
Mon, 5 Dec 2016
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In my opinion you can check if postural alignment is the problem by simply standing on your heels (ankle dorsi flextion ) and leaning forwards for 1 min , if pain goes away then you physical therapist is correct
if not this means that you probably
have a torn meniscal horn or ACL tear
Good Luck
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Why Does My Knee Swell If I Am On My Legs For A Long Time?

In my opinion you can check if postural alignment is the problem by simply standing on your heels (ankle dorsi flextion ) and leaning forwards for 1 min , if pain goes away then you physical therapist is correct if not this means that you probably have a torn meniscal horn or ACL tear Good Luck