Anyone had Housemaids Knee / Pre-patella Bursitis?
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Fell on my "good" knee back in November (don't ask) walking tripped on some granite outside the cottage I was staying in, after descending a bloody slippery mountain..which was ironic...
It hurt but could walk and cycle with no pain, kneecap just hurt to touch otherwise cycling fine
Four weeks ago I knelt on same knee in Pilates and it just turned to mush, big lump of fluid on it now
Doctor advised it was either Patella or Pre Patella Bursitis, likely caused by initial injury and kneeling, he said I could carry on cycling, just don't wear trousers as they catch !
Anyway 4 weeks on and the fluid is still there on bloody knee! Some days not much, some days exactly the same as the first day I got it. Ive eased off the cycling, only going out once/twice a week, I never get any pain or discomfort riding .I have not knelt on it and gently stretch it. N
Anyone had it before? I was hoping it would have gone by now. I don't know whether cycling will delay recovery, or has no impact? The knee never hurts during riding , but the slow recovery is doing my nut in!
It hurt but could walk and cycle with no pain, kneecap just hurt to touch otherwise cycling fine
Four weeks ago I knelt on same knee in Pilates and it just turned to mush, big lump of fluid on it now
Doctor advised it was either Patella or Pre Patella Bursitis, likely caused by initial injury and kneeling, he said I could carry on cycling, just don't wear trousers as they catch !
Anyway 4 weeks on and the fluid is still there on bloody knee! Some days not much, some days exactly the same as the first day I got it. Ive eased off the cycling, only going out once/twice a week, I never get any pain or discomfort riding .I have not knelt on it and gently stretch it. N
Anyone had it before? I was hoping it would have gone by now. I don't know whether cycling will delay recovery, or has no impact? The knee never hurts during riding , but the slow recovery is doing my nut in!
I had this when I was a teenager - our cheery doc said at the time "If it's still there in a year come back and see me" Which I took to mean there's nothing we can do but it will sort itself out. It did but it took months - if I did anything remotely energetic it would swell up to watermelon size - it never really hurt though. Obviously you might be different but that was my experience.
I had it around 4 years ago after a boys weekend in Berlin, flared up on the plane on way home. When I went to the doctors, they drained it as it warm to the touch and were worried it was infected.
Bloody annoying for month or two, take some anti inflammatory regularly like ibuprofen, elevate leg when you can and ice it. It will settle down, the only change I made was buying work trousers with kneepads for DIY jobs, been fine ever since.
Bloody annoying for month or two, take some anti inflammatory regularly like ibuprofen, elevate leg when you can and ice it. It will settle down, the only change I made was buying work trousers with kneepads for DIY jobs, been fine ever since.
I had it ~3 years back. After 2 weeks limping I went to see the GP. He prescribed Ibuprofen and rest. I took 1 week off work. After a total of 4 weeks all the symptoms had gone. 
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The GP said in the old days he would have drained off the fluid, but these days they avoid invasive practices wherever possible as there is a chance of causing an infection.
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The GP said in the old days he would have drained off the fluid, but these days they avoid invasive practices wherever possible as there is a chance of causing an infection.
Edited by Long Drax on Thursday 23 February 22:07
When I were a student I fell over (whilst drunk) moshing at a students union disco. Next day my knee was massive. Me being me I never went to the docs with it hoping it would sort itself out. Like you say I could still walk and ride my bike so thought to myself how bad can it be. Took months to go down completely. I still get it a bit if I've been doing a DIY job where I've been kneeling on the floor and forgotten to wear knee pads but nowhere near as bad as it was the first time.
Googling it in later years suggests it was housemaids knee. From what other have posted it seems like the medical profession are now also favouring the leave it alone method so I must have known what I was doing
Googling it in later years suggests it was housemaids knee. From what other have posted it seems like the medical profession are now also favouring the leave it alone method so I must have known what I was doing
Cheers for the posts reassuring, all sounds the same as what i am suffering with, the worst thing I found was it caught on all trousers, apart from jogging bottoms or suit trousers, jeans and chinos been a no go
Spent the week doing bugger all and finally it has gone down a bit, will try a ride on Sunday and see how I go
At least it was an eye opener for how bad kneeling is on your knees! Im just ordering some knee pads as we speak
Spent the week doing bugger all and finally it has gone down a bit, will try a ride on Sunday and see how I go
At least it was an eye opener for how bad kneeling is on your knees! Im just ordering some knee pads as we speak
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