Symptoms of knee pain from hitting a hard object should be treated with general therapy, physical therapy, medication, and surgery depending on the cause. Common causes include trauma, knee synovitis, knee bone spurs and so on.
1. Trauma: may be due to collision and other trauma, the knee local soft tissue injury, swelling, pain and other symptoms, can be given within 72 hours of the local cold compresses, with drug therapy, can be in the affected area of topical yunnan baiyao, safflower oil, etc., to play a role in reducing swelling and pain.
2. Knee synovitis: may be suffering from knee synovitis, after touching hard objects will appear pain phenomenon. General treatment can be taken, to take the knee joint brake, pay attention to rest, avoid knee weight. You can also take medication, commonly used drugs are ibuprofen, diclofenac sodium, indomethacin and so on, which can play an anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect, and relieve joint pain symptoms.
3. Bone spurs in the knee joint: It may be caused by bone spurs in the knee joint that cause pain when the knee touches hard objects. Physical therapy can be taken, such as acupuncture, infrared heat and other physical therapy. You can also choose to take oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen, diclofenac sodium and so on. Surgery can also be performed to remove bone spurs.
There may be other causes and treatments for knee pain, so it is recommended to go to the hospital to find out the cause and give targeted treatment under the doctor’s guidance. The above medications should be used under the guidance of a doctor.