Pain
behind knee
Do you ever heard people surrounding you
claim of pain behind knee? Does your
home elderly or relatives having pain behind
the knee? How does back knee pain
affect patient life and quality of life? Pain
behind knee is noticed by the feeling of soreness, stiffness, discomfort,
burning feel or pain. The back knee pain
happen in movement condition, but sometimes it may also happen even without
movement like sleep. The pain in back of
knee may severe enough to limit our mobility and even causing disability.
Pain
behind knee has become most common orthopedic
problem many people having today. Pain
in back of knee is most obvious among obese individuals and individuals
with age above 50. The knee joint
consists of three compartments; these are medial, lateral, and patellofemoral.
The knee cap joins the femur to form patellofemoral. The structure provides our
leg with ability to bend and squat. As our body weight is carry by our leg when
we are standing and moving, the knee joint
provide immense function for the mobility. With the incorrect posture of bending
and carrying heavy stuff, we tend to have behind
knee injury.
Causes
of pain behind knee
There are many causes that lead to pain behind knee. Pain behind the knee that arises suddenly to us is easier to cure
than chronic back knee pain. Sudden pain behind knee always more painful
and have obvious symptoms. Sport injury and overuse of knee joint and muscles are the main causes for sudden pain in back of knee. Athletes like
sprinter and long distances runner have higher risk to behind knee injury. Cleaner and construction workers also expose to
the risk of pain of the knee because
they always have least time to rest, overuse the leg to stand, walk and work
for whole days.
Baker’s cyst is known to be cause of pain behind knee. We normally
call Baker’s cyst as popliteal synovial cyst. Synovial fluid is a medium in our
popliteal to lubricate the knee joint
and reduces friction between the knee joint
cartilages. When there are tear in our cartilages, the synovial fluid will
flush in to the torn area, causing the pain
behind the knee. Swelling and redness is obvious symptoms in Baker’s cyst. Although
symptoms of Baker’s cyst obvious, it will not cause long term damage to the knee joint.
Deep vein thrombosis is another cause of pain behind knee. However,
deep vein thrombosis is dangerous and may lead to death. It is caused by the
blood clot in the knee joint. The
blood clot may break to small clot and carrying it to other part of body. It
will lead to the risk of pulmonary embolism in the lungs and heart attack. The
symptoms of deep vein thrombosis are very similar to Baker’s cyst: redness,
swelling, bruising and pain behind knee.
Peripheral vascular disease is another cause of pain behind knee. People who
are overweight tend to have this disease. Peripheral vascular disease is caused
by narrowing vein at the knee joint.
Blood is used to carry nutrition and oxygen to all part of body and communicate
with our brain. People who always eat high cholesterols food will have fat
deposits in the vein increasing the risk of pain of the knee.
Diagnosing Pain behind knee
We should not take minimal concern to pain behind knee. When the normal home
care steps are taken and yet the symptoms not easing, we need to consult
medical professional immediately. The crucial symptoms to aware are stiffness
behind the knee, extensive swelling and bruising, limitation of mobility, behind knee injury and pain in the back of knee without
movement. Medical professional may use equipments like X-rays, MRI, radiology
and other related medical equipments to identify the causes of pain behind knee and provide the long term back knee pain treatment and
medications.
