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It's 3 weeks since I got back from a trip to La Tania. On the Thursday an rather small, miserable man was skiing to fast and as I turned he got to close to me. He shouted something in french and either on purpose or not whacked me on my left knee cap with his pole.
I gave it a good rub and then thought nothing of it.
When I was back home I noticed that it now aches going down/up stairs and also when walking more than a few 100 metres. Not very painful but is noticeable.
Can I just close my eyes and hope it goes away??? Really cannot be arsed with getting doctors appointment and all that faff. Could I just go straight to physio?
Cheers
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Dibergio, Nothing stopping you. If they can't diagnose then all you've lost is a few quid and some time
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Dibergio, I sometimes whack my knee (quite hard) when I capsize my sailing dinghy - swinging in off the trapeze etc.
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Can I just close my eyes and hope it goes away???
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That's what I do. Never failed yet. 
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Dibergio, 3 weeks is perhaps just a tad long for it to still be acting up . . . just how hard a whack was it? Also the ache, is it location specific or just a general one? I bang myself around quite indiscriminately and if I were still in pain 3 weeks later I'd be looking for a cause that was more than just a casual knock. There may be an underlying condition triggered by the knock. [/we'realldoomedmeme]
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I'd have been chasing the guy down the slope and whacking him with my pole, and a finger poke in the eye! You're knee will get better just left alone I'm sure btw.
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| Markymark29 wrote: |
| I'd have been chasing the guy down the slope and whacking him with my pole, and a finger poke in the eye! . |
Me too and a Glesga kiss! 
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Dibergio, from my vast inexperience and lack of knowledge I suspect it will just go away with time. As to your original question of whether you can just go straight to the physio, then I have no doubt you can. Not an NHS physio, but a private one. I think sessions are usually around £30 for 30 minutes. If you want an NHS physio then I'm pretty sure you have to go via the GP and then wait about six months to see a physio.
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Round here we can self-refer to a physio but they are incredibly disorganised and it takes weeks to get an appointment.
If it persists for a month then I would see the GP. I would guess a steroid injection might be in order.
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Dibergio,
Direct blows to the patella will often settle with time but they can certainly be troublesome. Of significant blows ( say a fall onto a step) upto a half can be painful at a year. Patella femoral pain is classically worse on stairs.
If you are able to tolerate anti inflammatories you could take a course for a week or two. If you have lost some muscle condition ( it happens very rapidly with painful kneecaps) then a few visits to physio could be money well invested.
Jonathan Bell
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Thanks everyone. Going to physio next week...
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