Pain under the knee behind - have you ever encountered such a symptom? Perhaps not a single person can boast that he never received an injury. Even if you never broke your arms or legs, then surely minor bruises and dislocations have taken place. The most injured part of the body is the knees.
Remember your childhood: for sure, you ran a lot, jumped, climbed trees and garages, fought, fell and tumbled. A broken, scratched or cut knee in a child is a sight familiar to the eye. Bruises, bumps and bruises in childhood pass very quickly, so no one pays special attention to them. However, few people know that at a more venerable age, pain under the knee behind can be caused precisely by children's "combat injuries." In addition, discomfort in the area of the
knee joints may be due to such factors as overload. In any case, it is necessary to carry out treatment: if this is not done, ordinary and not too noticeable pain under the back knee can transform into serious joint diseases.
Possible causes of pain
Do you have a sore leg under the knee behind? First of all, try to remember - you may have been injured recently (stumbled, fell, jumped unsuccessfully, or hit something). The nature of the pain is directly dependent on the category of injury (for example, fracture, sprain, displacement, dislocation). The joint, tendon, cartilage, ligaments may be affected ... No matter how trite it sounds, each organ will hurt in its own way. The more complicated the injury, the more unpleasant the sensation. In addition to dull, aching pain, signs such as swelling, swelling may occur ; the knee may stop bending, and over time it becomes difficult to walk. Overload, which was already mentioned above, can be triggered by a monotonous repetition of the same movements (for example, if you often climb and descend stairs) or by strong pressure on the leg. Excessively active sports can also lead to unpleasant consequences (therefore, pain under the knee from behind is well known to professional cyclists and runners).
Very often during the day a person does not pay attention to pain - he simply has no time to notice it. But at night, when there is time to listen to yourself, the pain becomes as if stronger. Over time, the pain may become less noticeable, but some people pay attention to the problem only when it becomes difficult for them to move. The range of diseases of the knee joints is very wide - from deformation and inflammation to the tumor. In addition, when walking, the joint may begin to wear out - in this case, the only treatment option is to replace it. In order not to bring the disease to this stage, you should not relieve pain with pills and postpone a visit to the doctor.
Popliteal tumor
To understand why there was pain under the knee in the back, you can only after undergoing a full medical examination. If the unpleasant sensations haunt you constantly and the swelling does not go away, there is a high probability of developing a cyst. It can occur for no reason; at first it is almost invisible. The larger the tumor, the greater the discomfort. A cyst can cause complications such as varicose veins and thrombophlebitis. Timely treatment will help you avoid these problems and get rid of discomfort.