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Originally Posted by Boomer-61
Retire,
This initially sounds like a pre-patellar bursitis. The one thing that concerns me is the tightness with flexion (bending the knee). Does the tightness feel like it is within the joint or strictly outside the joint? If it is simply a pre-patellar bursitis, the fluid will probably absorb in short order. It will help if you have a compressive dressing on it like an ACE wrap. Keep the skin clean as these can some times become infected expecially in the grappling arts venue. If the tightness is from fluid within the joint, that is another set of issues depending on your age. Let us know how things turn out. Good luck to you.
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Not a doctor, but suffered from similar issues a while back. I swear there was a thorough discussion of it on here, but my Google-fu seems to be on the fritz today. If I come across it I'll link to it.
Boomer's diagnosis is pretty similar to my case and what might be going on with you. I was doing a lot of MMA in addition to rucking, and sadly strict rest was the only thing that allowed the fluid to drain/reabsorb. Any time I would go back to using the joint outside of normal use, it would swell up and become sore again right below the kneecap. Enough time off of it and everything went back to normal. Good luck.
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