Hello doctor, My daughter went ice skating last month and she fell a few times but she was able to stand up and skate again. The next day, saw bruises on her legs especially the knee area but that disappeared after a few days. She mentioned that she still feels some pain but she can walk, move around and jump with it so I thought it is fine. However, recently, I noticed that she cannot stretch it to its maximum. Although she can move around with it, she says there is still a pain when she stretches it too much. What do you think is the problem? It is not broken, right? We cannot have it x-rayed due to lockdown.
Hello. If she is able to walk putting her full weight, she might not have a major fracture. But I want to ask you a few more questions to come to a conclusion. Is there any swelling around the knee now? Is there any history of massaging it every time she fell? Is she able to straighten out her knee completely now? Probable causes here can be some joint fluid in her knee which is causing an inability to stretch completely. If she is limping now also, if she is complaining of pain with every step, we should think of any ligament injury. Or else if she does not have any pain on walking, do not worry she does not have any fracture.