I fell Friday night straight down on my knee. It swelled heavily within a minute and i couldn t bend it due to pain. It is very bruised and the swelling around my knee hasn t gone down much if any and a tuna can sized area below my knee is swollen but has a spongy and firm felling. I still cant really bend it without pain, if I go very slow i can bend it but it starts to burn so i have to straighten it. It aches if i stand but i can support my weight. I don t have insurance and I m not sure if I need to go to the doctor or not.
Hi welcome to Chat Doctor.  Thanks for your query. As per your query you have injury of hour knee As per your symptomatology there may be fracture of patella and collection of blood in knee joint. Please avoid any type of massage. You can take analgesics and choral forte for pain and swelling. Apply cr\u00eape bandage. Please have an X-Ray of your knee get done. You must visit orthopaedician. Hope your query got answered expecting more questions in the future.