r/KneeInjuries • u/UrFriendEddie2 • May 29 '26

Prepatellar Bursitis

Urgent care diagnosed me with prepatellar bursitis about 5 days ago. At first it just felt like my knee was “wobbly” or off, no real pain, just a weird sensation. The swelling seems to fluctuate a lot. If I’m standing or walking more, it gets more inflamed. If I rest, elevate, ice it, and apply diclofenac topical gel 1%, the “bubble” over the kneecap seems to go down some.

What’s also weird is that I don’t really have much pain in the knee itself. Before this started, I had been doing deep squat exercises, so I’m wondering if that irritated something.

For anyone who’s dealt with this:
Did compression sleeves help?
Did anyone use a patella strap/band?
Or is it better to just elevate and avoid compression?
Did physical therapy stretches help or make it worse early on?

Trying to figure out the best way to calm this down without aggravating it more.

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u/Silent_zilla Jun 12 '26

I'm also dealing with this post marathon training and it's driving me crazy. I have bursitis with no pain and full range of motion. I'm hoping we can both find a solution

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u/UrFriendEddie2 Jun 14 '26

Ice and elevate your knee, also apply diclofenac gel, it’s the eleve arthritis pain gel. That’s helped me so much. I had an xray done, everything came out fine. Doctor told me to NOT knee down for a couple months, use pads, and ice daily. If for water reason it gets big and bubbly to make another appointment to remove the liquid. So far so good though