What causes sharp pain behind knee? How can it be managed? - Dr. Navinchand D J

The sharp pain behind the knee can be of various reasons. It can be due to an injury like calf muscle tear or it can be due to tendonitis of the hamstring muscles seen in runners. It can also be due to tendonitis of the gastrocnemius muscle, mainly seen in cyclists. It can also be due to bakers cysts or arthritis in the knee joint. Sometimes the pain in the back of the knee can be due to tear of the meniscus. It can be a degenerative tear or it could be a traumatic tear of the meniscus. Sometimes a pain in the back of the knee can be due to a deep vein thrombosis, which means blood clot formation in the popliteal veins. The treatment of the pain depends on the cause if it is a calf muscles injury, then few days of rest, icing and anti-inflammatory medicines will help. If it is a tendonitis if the gastrocnemius or the hamstring muscles, then pain relieving medicine like the non steroidal anti-inflammatory medication and icing will help. If it is a bakers cyst, which is basically fluid collection in the back of the knee, it can be helped initially by non steroidal anti-inflammatory medication and sometimes aspiration may be required and in worse cases surgery may be required to excise the cyst may be required if the tear of a posterior horn of the meniscus, again arthroscopy can help, if it is DVT, the medical line of management with anticoagulant medication will help.

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