KNEE CONDITIONS

DIFFERENT TYPES OF KNEE CONDITIONS

Bursitis - Is caused by a direct trauma or chronic irritation and results in an inflammation of a bursa (a fluid filled sac between the tendon and a bone) around the knee joint.

Fat Pad Impingement - Is the irritation of the infrapatellar fat pad (flattened mass of fatty tissue) as a result of the inflammation of surrounding structures and/or malalignment problems.

Knee Contusion - Is the result of a direct blow to a structure of the knee causing tenderness, decreased range of motion and/or inflammation.

Arthritis - Is a disease that slowly destroys the joint by causing inflammation and stiffening the joints. Arthritis in the knee destroys the cartilage on the back of the patella or in the groove of the thigh bone. The bone then rubs against each other causing the joint to become inflamed.

Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) - Is advanced arthritis that starts to break down the actual bones of the joint.

Edamatous Knee - An abnormal accumulation of fluid in the knee soft tissues.

Knee Joint Effusion - Results from a trauma, surgery or arthritic diseases and occurs when there is increased fluid within a joint cavity.

OTHER LIGAMENT CONDITIONS

Knee Strain - Results from a trauma and is a mild injury to tissue or structures, such as tendons, in the knee.

Knee Sprain - A sprain is more severe that a strain and results from a trauma and is a moderate injury to tissue or structures, such as ligaments, in the knee.

Treatment
In active people most ACL and PCL injuries are successfully treated surgically by reconstructing the ligament. MCL and LCL often heal well enough without surgery with only the most severe cases needing reconstruction.