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Knee and leg swelling leg red in colour
I have a swollen lump under my knee, which was what I assumed would be housemates knee as I've been doing alot of floor tiling recently, it did go away after a while and then I had 2 weeks off work and didn't do much, I went out to my friends house on Saturday and it is a 2 minute walk when i got there the knee swelled up again,bthe next day the outside of my knee had swollen and gotten tender up the thigh and down the calf my leg is swelling and red in colour
⢠Sports Taping- stretch the tape from both ends and apply on the affected area
⢠Contrast Fomentation (Hot and Cold).
⢠Contrast bath---It is a form of treatment knee is applied warm water followed by the immediate application of the knee with ice water. This procedure is repeated several times, alternating hot and cold. Note that the treatment should always end in the ice water, as heat will induce the body's inflammatory response, while cold helps to decrease inflammation.
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