I went down running on some trails in May and hit my knee cap pretty hard on a rock. I has some pretty significant bruising and pain but the knee seemed to fine structurally. I took most of June off to be safe as it was still bruised and painful to touch and would just hurt periodically. I returned to running in July, have been running and biking with no issue other than some general stiffness, ever ran a marathon last weekend no with internal knee issues/pain..
There is still a pretty good sized lump on my kneecap. It has been several months since the fall, the bruising ran its course but the hard lump remains. It does hurt when external pressure is applied to the spot (like kneeling on the knee or crawling) and does randomly get still from time to time it seems. Some sleuthing on the interweb reveals it is not uncommon to have such a lump/bump - which is essentially scaring - after heavy bruising.
Questions: should I expect this to go away on its own and if so, how long? Is there really anything I should be doing to help the scar tissue dissipate? Any experiences with this?
There is still a pretty good sized lump on my kneecap. It has been several months since the fall, the bruising ran its course but the hard lump remains. It does hurt when external pressure is applied to the spot (like kneeling on the knee or crawling) and does randomly get still from time to time it seems. Some sleuthing on the interweb reveals it is not uncommon to have such a lump/bump - which is essentially scaring - after heavy bruising.
Questions: should I expect this to go away on its own and if so, how long? Is there really anything I should be doing to help the scar tissue dissipate? Any experiences with this?