Knee pain on stairs can be caused by meniscus injury, ligament injury, patellofemoral arthritis and osteoarthritis, which need to be treated according to the cause.
1. Meniscus injury: mostly occurs in young people who like sports, when going up the stairs because the femur and tibia squeezed to the injured meniscus, meniscus pulling the synovial tissue around the cause of pain. Treatment requires physical therapy and hot compresses. Oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as celecoxib can be taken. Arthroscopic surgery can also be used to improve symptoms.
2. Ligament injury: When the medial and lateral collateral ligaments or cruciate ligaments around the knee are damaged or even ruptured, the knee becomes unstable when walking up the stairs, pulling the muscles and fascia and causing knee pain. Surgery is needed to repair the ruptured ligaments.
3. Patellofemoral arthritis: the patellofemoral joint will be squeezed when going up the stairs because of muscle contraction, and the patellofemoral joint will be painful. Treatment can use physical therapy, hot compresses and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen.
4. Osteoarthritis: mostly occurs in middle-aged and old people. Because of the damage to the soft surface of the femur and tibia, knee pain occurs when going up the stairs due to compression. Treatment can use non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as Loxoprofen. If the condition is serious, surgery such as artificial joint replacement can be performed.
Other causes of knee pain on stairs include knee fractures and tumors in the knee area, all of which need to be found and treated.
If the knee pain on stairs does not get better in the long run, you need to go to the hospital for medical treatment. To avoid delaying the condition.