Hello, my name is Connie. Last Saturday I was standing on the tailgate of my husbands truck and my left leg fell between the tailgate and a bean planter that we were filling. It caught on both sides of my knee and felt like it was on fire immediately. By the time I got down and into the house I had a softball size knot on the inside of my knee and a golfball size knot on the outside of my leg just above the knee. The burning continued for quite sometime afterwards. I didn t break anything but it is still swollen and is painful to the touch. Now my leg is swollen down to my ankle. I ve been walking on it but if I sit very long it is hard to get up and straighten it out and if I stand to long it is hard to bend. It s not discolored, other than the bruising. What can I do about the swelling? and should I have it examined? Thanks