Knee pain, effects our daily life.

 

Knee pain, a painful symptom that effects our daily life.

 

The knee is the largest joint in your body. The upper leg bone (femur) and your lower leg bones (tibia and fibula) are connected by ligaments, tendons, and muscles to help stabilise your knee as it goes through its normal range of movement.

 

Knee pain is the most common musculoskeletal complaint that brings people to their doctor. With today's increasingly active society, the number of knee problems is increasing. Knee pain has a wide variety of specific causes and treatments.

 

What’s Causing My Knee Pain?

1. Knee injuries: Sprains, strains and tears are all types of knee injury. These can be caused by sports injuries, but you don’t have to be sporty to have this type of knee pain.

 

2.Tendonitis :Sore or painful knees can be a sign of tendonitis. Tendonitis is happen when a tendon swells up and become painful after a tendon injury.

3. Osgood-Schlatter's disease: This is a condition that can affect children and young people. In Osgood-Schlatter’s disease, the bony lump below your knee cap becomes painful and swollen during and after exercise. 

4. Patellofemoral pain syndrome: This is a common knee problem, that particularly affects children and young adults. People with Patellofemoral pain syndrome usually have pain behind or around the kneecap. Pain is usually felt when going up stairs, running, squatting, cycling, or sitting with flexed knees.

Do you feel pain in your knees during your daily activities, such as praying, climbing stairs, or even having meals with your loved one?

If the answer is ‘YES’, you should go to see the doctor to diagnose your symptoms and knees searchingly.

KPJ Penang Specialist Hospital, Total Joint Replacement packages is one of the premier packages that could provide total knee replacement in Penang . Having a total knee replacement in Penang performed can free you from chronic pain and improve the quality of your life.

Having a joint replaced is a safe procedure to have performed but before undergoing the treatment, our surgeon will have to decide which prosthetic is suitable for your knees.