attention will be surgical if the injury causes enough pain to warrant it. It is not always practical to remove the cyst without also taking some of the underlying cartilage.Can you run through it?/Recovery timeAs pain is the limiting factor, some runners

, or inflamed.SignsComparing the back of one knee with the other demonstrates obvious clinical signs and your doctor will probably discover a decreased range of movement. Baker’s cysts are sometimes secondary to other disease, so he will also look for rheumatoid

’s cyst – a herniation of the synovial cavity of the knee. In other words, there is a sac behind the knee that ruptures and fills with fluid. It could be expanding after a run because the fluid becomes more dilute, so there’s more of it to fill the sac up

)Achilles TendinitisLower-leg injuriesAnterior Compartment SyndromeCalf tearShinsplintsStress FracturesTibial Periositis (shin)Knee injuriesAnterior Cruciate Ligament injuryBaker's CystHoffars syndrome Medial Collateral Ligament injury Meniscal CystMeniscal Injuries

show swelling and calcification of the tendon, while a scan will give more detail if required. What else could it be?You need to be sure that the injury is not to the patella itself, such as a stress fracture or a congenital defect

UAN:212 Article type:--Hamstrings are unusual in that they pass over two joints, the hip and the knee. They are therefore most likely to be injured when the hip is bent and the knee fully straightened. Further stretching may cause an injury

. If there are any consistent, painful clicks originating from the knee and/or feelings that the knee is about to lock, it could be a cartilage injury. If there’s a firm swelling around the back of the knee, you could have a baker’s cyst. These are benign swellings