How do I Treat Knee Soreness?

Don't rely on x-rays! I had several x-rays done two months hago on my knee. It had been double its size for about a month. The doctor didn't see anything on the x-rays. But I had a tear to my meniscus 15 years prior that I only went to PT for.

Because of my insistence, and that pre-existing condition, my doctor ordered an MRI. Yup, meniscus tear. And it got worse. And now I had a Bakers cyst behind my knee. I'm now recovering from surgery.

When he went in, he found I also had cartilage pushing on the back of my kneecap and early arthritis, both of which should have shown up on the x-rays. I'm only 32, and he didn't expect to find that he said. I'm sure glad I pushed for that MRI.

I had a sore, bruised knee for about a month after my knee was slammed into a tree when I was riding a horse. We were riding along on a wooded trail and I was enjoying the ride, but wasn't paying that much attention. There was a tight spot in the trail, large enough for the horse to get through, but my knees were sticking out too far and one of them hit the tree pretty hard.

I knew my knee soreness was not from arthritis, but from an injury, and it needed time to heal. I put an ice pack on my knee after I got home, but other than that I just tried to not put as much weight on it until the swelling went down and the soreness went away.

I used to be a runner and enjoyed starting my day running with my dogs. When my knees started to hurt me, I had to find another way to get my exercise. When I quit running, my knees were no longer sore. If I tried to start running again, I would have soreness in my knees again. I finally quite running for good and have now started to swim which is much easier on my knees.

One year when we were skiing I fell down and twisted my right knee. I was glad this happened on the last day of the ski trip instead of the first because I spent the rest of the day in the lodge while everyone else was skiing and having a great time.

My knee was swollen, stiff and sore for a few weeks, but I didn't have to have any kind of surgery. When I got back home and had the doctor take an x-ray he said I was just going to have to take it easy and let it heal. That was several years ago, and I can tell I am going to have arthritis in that knee as I get older. When there are changes in the weather, my right knee is the one that is sore while my left knee feels just fine.

My husband is scheduled to have both of his knees replaced. He has done a lot of physical work his whole life and there is no cartilage left in either of his knees. He has a lot of pain and soreness in both of his knees. If he stands for long periods of time or climbs up and down stairs or a ladder, his knees are really sore.

Even if he isn't doing a lot of physical work, his knees are sore and ache at night as well. He knows having the surgery will be painful, but hopefully that pain will be short lived and he won't have to deal with the constant aching and soreness he has now.

He has tried over-the-counter pain relievers and steroid injections, but they don't work very well anymore. He knew taking medications were just temporary solutions because having his knees replaced is probably the only thing that is going to bring him long term relief.

Ive had a sore knee for about a year and a half now, went to several doctors, had xrays the whole nine yards. No sign of any damage but the pain persists.

There are also several really good herbal remedies for joint soreness in general that work well as a sore knee treatment.

One that I've used before that works really well is a cup of papaya tea, taken six or seven times a day in conjunction with warm baths.

You can also try taking two teaspoons of apple cider vinegar with two teaspoons of honey, and taking it twice a day. That's good for your joints, and also for health in general.

If you want to take a more active approach, you can try rubbing the joint with a mixture of camphor, menthol, and eucalyptus oils -- that also works well to work out any kinks.

Of course, if you are having serious pain or swelling, then see a doctor -- there's no sense trying to treat yourself without proper information -- but these are all good home remedies for occasional, incidental knee soreness.

Namaste!

@earlyforest -- It sounds like you need to go get that checked out. I used to get sore knee tendons a lot which caused a lot of pain in my knee, and when I went to get it checked out my doctor said that any time you have redness or swelling around a joint, especially the knee, you should go in for an X-Ray.

He said that a lot of people just try the regular sore knee remedies and try to "walk it off" but that can actually really damage your knee and leave you with permanent injury.

So although I'm not a doctor (nor do I play one on TV :) ) I really think that you should get it checked out. Hey, better safe than sorry, right, especially when it comes to your health.

Hope you feel better soon.

Hi -- I wanted to ask a question. I have been having a sore, stiff knee for a few days now, and I'm really not sure about what I should do.

I fell a few days ago, and since then the knee has been swollen and sore. Regular sore knee remedies don't seem to be working -- I've kept it iced and elevated, and I haven't been walking on it, but it's still not getting better.

Also, there seems to be some redness around the joint too, and it's hot to the touch. Does this fit into any sore knee symptoms, and do you know what to do for a sore knee like this?

Thank you for the information.