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I had fell on my knee cap and after a month it still hurts. i go to a workers comp dr. and they took a xray and nothing is broke but it still hurts?

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Dr. Robert Killian answered

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Condromalacia: The most common problem causing knee cap pain is the inflammatory or post injury condition known as condromalacia. Any good physical therapy clinic can easily get this treated and get you back to normal.

Dr Paudel agreed

Answered 4/7/2014

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