Why does my knee click?

Symptoms: It could be: Osteoarthritis,

You’re in your mid-60s,

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you’ve got a swollen, where the cartilage painful knee that on the ends of the bones occasionally clicks when becomes worn, rough you bend or straighten it, and inflamed so it can’t causing difficulty walking. move smoothly, causing It’s getting painful even at pain and swelling of your rest. You’re overweight. knee.

You’re in your late Special knee

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50s, your knee is stiff as the result of supports can help, and clicks sometimes, you your past injury. Most as does physiotherapy, have a past history of a serious sports injuries so see your doctor knee injury while playing go on to cause arthritis who will refer you to a sport, or a fracture with time. specialist in physical involving the knee joint. medicine.

Your knee is very A tear in one of the Take painkillers

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painful and will ligaments that or NSAIDS, wear a sometimes lock, pop or stabilises the knee joint knee brace for exercise click, making walking and controls backward, and do muscle and weight-bearing forward and twisting strengthening uncomfortable. It can motions. Often it’s the exercises. Ask your be swollen too. anterior or posterior doctor if you should see cruciate ligament that an orthopaedic surgeon will tear. for an assessment.

Arthritis of the joint Stop it:

Take painkillers and/ 6

or NSAIDS, see your doctor for X-rays and specialist treatment.

Lose some weight if you can.