What to do about swollen knee pain?

Some basics: Start with simple icing several times a day and after activity. Anti-inflammatory medicine for 10 days to 2 weeks and see if this is improving. Reduce your activity level or frequency to calm down the swelling. Give you knee a day or two of rest between exercise days. Most of all, get examined because their are more rare but serious things that can cause swelling and pain. Or decrease you.

See your doctor: You could have a host of issues that could cause your knee pain, could be bursitis, tendonitis, arthritis, ligament issues, meniscal injury, sciatica etc. So you may want to see an orthopedic pain specialist that can tell you what is going and help you with the latest treatments available.