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Please provide a tip on how to ask your doctor about knee pain.
9 doctors weighed in across 7 answers
Ignore: Ask your doc for a physical therapy referral if you have chronic knee pain after an injury.PT works!
Answered 5/22/2014
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Ignore: Describe to the doctor what started the pain and what makes it better or worse.
Answered 7/23/2014
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The Ws: Describe your knee pain as when your knee pain occurs, what part of the knee hurts, one knee or both, when the pain started, what makes it better, what makes it worse. Is there any visible swelling, redness, warmth?
Answered 5/23/2015
2.8k views
Ignore: Think about onset, activity, how long, what helps , what worsens, whether this is recurring, ?
Answered 12/30/2015
1.8k views
Ignore: Discuss options: Meds, injections, PT, arthroscopy, resurfacing, replacement.
Answered 2/20/2016
1.6k views
Many: Many options exist for knee pain. Work as a team with your doc to cultivate personalized treatment.
Answered 6/9/2017
723 views
Ignore: Be sure to share what makes pain better and what makes pain worse.
Answered 6/12/2017
715 views
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