Symptoms and rehabilitation movements of knee soft tissue injuries

With the revival of public health awareness, many people start running or walking at night every day, but news of various knee injuries that follow is also heard frequently. Physical exercise such as running can cause damage to the knees, especially the soft tissues of the knees. If we show symptoms of soft tissue injury in our knees, we should stop exercising immediately and it is best to go to the hospital for a check-up.

1. What is soft tissue contusion of the knee?

Knee soft tissue injury refers to damage to the tendons, ligaments, fat pads, cartilage and other tissues around the knee joint. The knee joint is a large weight-bearing joint in the human body with a relatively complex structure. Sprains of the collateral ligaments are most common on the medial side.

2. Symptoms of knee soft tissue injury

1. The symptoms of soft tissue injury of the knee are limited to the inner side of the joint, and the severity varies depending on the degree of injury. After the injury, local swelling, pain, movement disorders and tenderness usually occur. If the pain and tenderness of the collateral ligament injury on both sides are located in the medial and lateral malleolus of the femur, extension pain may occur on the affected side of inversion or eversion. If the passive movement exceeds the normal range of eversion and eversion, ligament rupture should be considered.

2. If the cruciate ligament is injured, there may be local swelling, but there may be no tenderness due to the deep location. If there is a hematoma in the ruptured joint cavity, or if the subpatellar fat pad is strained, the onset is usually slow, and the tenderness is mostly on both sides of the infrapatellar quadriceps femoris tendon (patellar ligament). Generally, there is only chronic soreness without obvious swelling. If there is tenderness at the infrapatellar tibial tubercle, it is often caused by tibial tubercle epiphysisitis in children. Tenderness in the medial and lateral joint spaces or locking of the joints may indicate a meniscus injury.

3. What exercises are recommended for rehabilitation of soft tissue injuries of the knee?

Here, it is recommended to stick to static training of bilateral quadriceps. This exercise is a wall squat, which has a good rehabilitation effect on maintaining the knee joint and injuries to the muscles and ligaments around the knee joint. All you have to do is half squat against the wall and maintain this position, persist, persist, and persist. Practice for 10-20 minutes a day, which can be completed in multiple sessions.