Knee Injury Case Report

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Reason for Visit: Acute Left Knee Pain S: TM reports Acute Left Knee Pain. According to the TM, she was stepping into cell down the stairs and sudden pain shot though her left knee to mid tight. Reports the initial pain was sharp shooting like pain; 10/10. After Ice X 20 minutes helped to decreased her pain to 8-9/10. Now TM describes her pain as pulsation, located in her lateral and back of her knee. TM denies previous injury to the left knee. TM denies numbness, tingling, or loss of movement in her left leg. O: no malalignment, no atrophy, no swelling of the knee, no ecchymosis, mild warmth to the medial knee; no erythema; no effusion palpated. Reports tenderness to lateral and popliteal knee with palpation. Full active and passive

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