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MCL tear strain?
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

Hi I completed the Welsh 3000's walk this week, but finished in some pain on the lower left side of my right knee. The following day there was swelling, which has now abated after application of several ice packs. However, I cannot bend my right knee without a stabbing pain around the medial collateral ligament. I have put on a knee support and continue to apply ice. Walking on the flat is not painful, but going up and down stairs causes discomfort.

What do you think, continue self treatment or join the minor injuries clinic queue Monday morning??

The walk was thirty miles from drop off point to pick up point, 15 3000 ft Welsh mountains in 3 sections, which was where the main height gain took place The pain came on gradually, not suddenly at any one point.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

Looking at causes, it could be knee tendonitis, which may fit, should probably get it checked out me thinks.
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Tendonitis sounds most likely - if it came on gradually and there wasn't a sudden valgus (inward/medial) movement of the knee, chances are MCL is ok. Try a tight strap just below the pattella if you're still having symptoms, most sport shops sell them. May help relieve the symptoms. Chances are a minor injury clinic will give you tubigrip and tell you to ice. No disrespect whatsoever to them, but sports injuries aren't their forte, so go to the GP for a physio referral (by which time the pain will probably have gone, but ho hum.

Could be wrong, just my HO Very Happy
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joe1890, Thanks for the response and more apologies for being prompted to do so by a piece of random spam. It was tendonitis i presume and albeit agonisingly painful(not as bad as manflu, but nearly) it had gone in a couple of weeks. I am back up and running, which proves that one should be patient sometimes before offering oneself up for the surgeons knife as advocated by the previous spammer Jeniffer, ,
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