Doc, I was kneeling while fixing my roof and my knee swelled. What’s up? Patellar tendonitis (or patella bursitis) has many names. These include Housemaids’ Knee, Nun’s Knee, Carpet-layer’s Knee, and Coal Miner’s Knee. All are caused by irritation of the thin bursa that overlies...
Pay attention to how you feel.You can effectively manage your activity level when your knee hurts by staying within what Hinge Health physical therapists call the “pain buffer zone.” To find yours, assess your pain on a scale of zero to 10, with zero being no pain at all and 10 being...
When pressure is placed on the knee from either a direct blow or from kneeling repetitively, problems can arise. For example, this problem in the past was also called “housemaid’s knees,” because often those women who scrubbed floors on hands and knees suffered from this knee problem. ...