knee injury

Hi I had a fall on my left knee and badly cut it had to go to hospital and have 9 stitches in,also had an xray but nothing broken although was very painful to walk on it.I slept with it raised up in bed and taking paracetamol very often,it's 8weeks now.Its still painful at times but the wound has healed good and I am 76.It could have been a broken hip so was happy it wasn't.

Please be careful taking ibuprofen. It isn’t advised for the over 65’s and, if taken needs something to protect your tummy eg omeprazole. I’ve never found doctors to be very good with problems like this although it might be an idea to have an x ray. If it’s soft tissue damage that won’t show up anyway. I’ve found chiropractors and physios to be more helpful and knowledgeable. I wouldn’t advise pushing yourself. It will need rest, elevation, heat or cold or both. I take turmeric for my joints but it can’t be taken with some medication. I do use ibuprofen gel if I have a flare up: it did work better than my long time favourite Voltarol recently. And I now do the pre knee replacement knee exercises to strengthen the muscles round my knee. I also use a patella strap sometimes although I sometimes think it make my knee even more sore.

Ouch. I fell heavily on an arthritic knee (concrete floor) and did all the things you're doing at first. Eventually had to go to the doctor because it was so painful and stiff. An x-ray showed no damage but before that I got told off by my (lovely) doctor for not going sooner. It took weeks to get better. Not sure any of this helps you but all I would advise is to get it checked out sooner rather than later. (I'm 70 by the way.)