Kneecap redirects here. Or see NECAP or wiktionary:kneecap . The patella , also known as the knee cap or kneepan , is a thick, circular-triangular bone which articulates with the femur and covers and protects the anterior articular surface of the knee joint . It is the largest sesamoid bone in the human body.
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PLAYED TENNIS TWO WEEKS AGO, HAVN'T PLAYED IN LIKE 15 YEARS ALTHOUGH I AM ACTIVE I RUN 2-3 MILES A DAY. BUT COUPLE DAYS AFTER PLAYING TENNIS I STARTED HAVING THIS BURNING PAIN GOING DOWN THE RIGHT SIDE OF ME THING AND SOMETIMES THE...
I recently snap my patella tendon? i also have problems with heavy wrinkles in my face. Is there something I can take to improve this condition?
I have a 1/2" round free moving hard lump on the right side of my kneecap. It is not painful and can be moved around in about a 1" to 1 1/2" circle.
Hello, I'm writing for my dad. A large bump/knot suddenly appeared below his knee cap. There is signs of brusing on and around the bump. He does not remember hitting this part of leg hard enough to cause this...
Hi for the past year I have had a small lump the size of a pea inside my knee cap, it moves around back and forth. When I press it, it hurts.
What should I do?
I had a fall on the 25th December, falling directly onto a log hitting my outer thigh, the vastus lateralis, it is now the 12th XXXXXXX and it is still swollen and hard, the bruising has gone but it is still painful, should I go to a doctor or is...
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i am 37 years old male weighing 135 pounds , was diagnosed medial meniscal tear of posterior horn of right knee 4 years ago .
i was advised physiotherapy .
it did not improve much and i still had pain on...
Hi I recently had an acl repair with a Lars graft , left leg (12 th July). I am 28 years old and this is my second reconstruction. I noticed 2 lumps 4 days aftersurgery. One is only outer thigh, big enough to cup my...
I was diagnosed with a non-displaced fracture of the medial femoral condyle 4 weeks after I slipped on the ice and landed directly on my left knee cap. I also have a XXXXXXX bone bruise. I thought it would get better...
I played basketball all through my youth. I have always had my knees locking and then popping since adolescence. I'll be 33 this month. Approx. 4 years ago I was squatting down at work, and when I stood my left knee...
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Online Doctor Chat (28) - Patella
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User : my left knee keeps popping everytime i walk down stairs and bend it. do u have any ideas what this could be
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Doctor : There is a small bone there
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User : want to know about the knee fracture
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User : wat treatment can be done?
User : is there anything like rope which is used to join the bones?
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User : I have been having knee problems ever since my surgery about 5 years ago...no matter how much physical therapy I do...the tendons...
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User : Hi I have a dull aching pain in my knee I self tested for crepitus and i have a squeeking sensation in the knee cap closest to the femur, what should I do?
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User : i fell down yesterday
User : and hurt my knee
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User : and hurt my knee
Doctor : Was it a direct impact on your knee or did you twist it?
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I fell in Mach and in may i seen a knee doc. and he said i might need surgey due to my knee cap ant in line but he dont do surey, I take hydros 500mg tramidal100mg and ibprofine800mg for the pain but not all at once. It isnt helping at all and i have been to the ER due to the pain and they dont give me anything for the pain. I can t sleep cuz of...
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I fell directly on my knee cap on a hardwood floor on christmas day 2012. I had horrible pain after the fall and was unable to move much for 1-2 days. A small bubble or knot seemed to form just below my kneecap and it can move around on some days when I am active. It feels a bit better but when I put my knee on the ground and sit on my heals the...
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Last July my 8 yr old daughter broke the two bones in her left leg, just below the knee cap. This happened while on vacation in Colorado. The surgeon felt that it missed her growth plates, and that she was lucky. She had a full leg cast for 10 weeks or so. We visited a different doctor in Arizona who to ensure the break was healing , and to have...
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I have a hole on the back of my left kneecap and sometimes my left kneecap would go out when I walk, stand up or sit down .I never had it all my life it. What should I do?
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I had a extra large golfball size boil in right armpit,just below left kneecap in soft tendon area and can still feel one near bone in upper left leg bone pelvic area?Need all the info I can get...
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i am taking 1mg elleste duet however i have felt really good on and off since starting them 3 mths ago but my knee cap has been feeling strange as if its brusied or been knocked and i think it has a slight bony lump when i touch it feels really tender just wondering if this is a side affect
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I am a 24m and have what looks like a very small bruise below the right side of my kneecap on my left knee. It is flat and seems as though there is blood pooled up below my knee. It doesn t hurt, but just keeps gradually enlarging every time i play sports on it. Is this something I should worry about?
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what are the best hospitals in Bangalore treating patients who has consumed toilet acid? patient is 20 years old with kneecap replacement done and treated over 1month for this. but the condition is not so improving. he has extensive eating problebs due to execcisive vomiting .
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I m not sure if I have broken my Kneecap. It is all purple and it has some white in the middle. I also find it painful when I. When I m sitting/lying down it doesn t hurt.
hi well about two weeks ago i fell on my kneecap while iceskating and slammed into the edge of the ice rink and my kneecap slightly dislocated well it was out of place i left it alone,not going tot hospital, as i had crutches and ive been using them for a while now but it feels like a bubble between my kneecap and it grinds sometimes which feels...
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