OK. Not the Saturday that just passed, but the one before, I was out with some friends and missed a step going out to the dance floor. I fell pretty hard, got a nice nasty scrape on my elbow and landed directly on my right knee. I went to urgent care the next day and had x-rays, which were normal, but they also told me it was very soon after the injury and swelling might mask any problems.
Now, I'm not having a lot of pain with walking, some stiffness and occasional pain. When I knelt down the other day on both knees to look through my laundry basket, I immediately had to come back up, the pain was so bad in the patella. I still have a noticeable knot a little to the left (my left) of the bottom part of my patella, the majority of it is a bruised yellow with some reddish-purple bruising ringing it. Palpating that knot hurts, along with palpating along the rest of my patella. I've now also started getting pain with walking in that shin (have always had problems palpating that shin and causing pain, now it hurts even just to walk). Should I get this checked out again, or is this fairly normal for a blow to the knee?
Sorry so long, but I wanted to make sure the details were clear!!!