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I have moderate lateral knee oa and i have had bad pain when walking and standing for 4 days and it has stopped, what could be causing bad pain?

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Arthritis does hurt.: The easy answer is to say that, in fact, arthritis does hurt. But a new and temporary pain in the context of knee OA could be a popliteal cyst, meniscal tear, crucial element ligament injury, bursitis or collateral ligament injury, too. An arthritic knee is a weak and vulnerable knee.

Answered 2/22/2016

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