What Should You Know About Knee Pain?

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DR. SUNIL RAJAN
Head of Department Apollo Institute of
Orthopaedics, Apollo Hospitals, Indore M.S
Orthopedics, Specialization Joint Replacement
Surgery
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What Should You Know About Knee Pain?

• Knee pain is one of the most common
  musculoskeletal complaint that brings people to
  their doctor.
• With today's increasingly active society, the
  number of knee problems is increasing. Knee pain
  has a wide variety of causes and treatments.
• In treating many types of knee pain, a common
  goal is to break the inflammatory cycle. Home
  remedies that control inflammation and help to
  break the inflammatory cycle are protection,
  rest, ice, compression, and elevation. This
  regimen is summarized by the mnemonic PRICE.
• If your symptoms have not gone away after trying
  three to seven days of PRICE therapy and
  over-the-counter anti-inflammatory pain
  medications, set up an appointment with your
  doctor, or a sports medicine or orthopedic (bone
  and muscle) specialist to further evaluate the
  pain.

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 Anatomy of the Knee 
The knee joint's main function is to bend and
straighten for moving the body. The knee is more
than just a simple hinge. It also twists and
rotates. In order to perform all of these actions
and to support the entire body while doing so,
the knee relies on a number of structures,
including bones, ligaments, tendons, and
cartilage.
1. Bones

• The knee joint involves three bones.
• The thighbone or femur comprises the top portion
  of the joint.
• One of the bones in the lower leg (calf area),
  the tibia, provides the bottom portion of the
  joint.
• The kneecap or patella rides along the front of
  the femur.
• The remaining bone in the calf, the fibula is not
  directly involved in the knee joint but is close
  to the outer portion of the joint (sometimes this
  bone is included in the knee joint and therefore
  the joint will be described as involving four
  bones).

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2. Ligaments

1.  Ligaments are fibrous bands that connect bones
   to each other.
2. The knee includes four important ligaments, all
   four of which connect the femur to the tibia

• The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and
  posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) provide front
  and back (anterior and posterior) and rotational
  stability to the knee.
• The medial collateral ligament (MCL) and lateral
  collateral ligament (LCL) located along the inner
  (medial) and outer (lateral) sides of the knee
  provide medial and lateral stability to the knee.

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3. Tendons

• Tendons are fibrous bands similar to ligaments.
• Instead of connecting bones to other bones as
  ligaments do, tendons connect muscles to bones.
• The two important tendons in the knee are (1) the
  quadriceps tendon connecting the quadriceps
  muscle, which lies on the front of the thigh, to
  the patella and (2) the patellar tendon
  connecting the patella to the tibia (technically
  this is a ligament because it connects two
  bones).
• The quadriceps and patellar tendons as well as
  the patella itself are sometimes called the
  extensor mechanism, and together with the
  quadriceps muscle they facilitate leg extension
  (straightening).

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4. Cartilage
Cartilaginous structures called menisci (one is a
meniscus) line the top of the tibia and lie
between the tibia and the two knuckles at the
bottom of the femur (the femoral
condyles). Menisci provide both space and
cushion for the knee joint.
5. Bursae

1. Bursae (singular is bursa) are fluid-filled sacs
   that help to cushion the knee. The knee contains
   three important groups of bursae.

• The prepatellar bursa lies in front of the
  patella.
• The anserine bursa is located on the inner side
  of the knee about 2 inches below the joint.
• The infrapatellar bursa is located underneath the
  patella.

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Risk Factors for and Causes of Knee Pain
Any activity that could injure the knee is a risk
factor for developing knee pain. Doing strenuous
athletic activity without proper warm-up can
increase risk for knee pain. Obesity is a risk
factor for osteoarthritis of the knee. Smoking is
a risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis.
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