The bend of the knee usually refers to the popliteal fossa. The most common causes of popliteal pain are trauma, popliteal cysts, meniscus injuries, and osteoarthritis. 1. Trauma: If the popliteal fossa is traumatized, it can lead to damage to the soft tissues in the popliteal fossa, causing pain in the popliteal fossa, accompanied by local swelling and subcutaneous bruising. 2. Popliteal cysts: Secondary popliteal cysts are usually associated with meniscus injuries and articular cartilage degeneration, and patients may feel a lump in the popliteal fossa as well as pain. 3. Meniscus injury: Meniscus injury can be caused by trauma and improper exercise, resulting in knee pain and limitation of movement, which may be accompanied by pain in the popliteal fossa. 4. Osteoarthritis: Chronic trauma or degenerative changes and other factors can cause aseptic inflammation of the knee joint, resulting in osteoarthritis, which can cause pain, weakness and limited movement of the knee joint, which may lead to pain in the popliteal fossa. Causes of pain in the knee bend are more reasons, may also be related to infection, ligament damage and other reasons, if the symptoms continue to have no relief, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time to identify the cause of the disease, and then targeted treatment.
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