fat pad

I would like to share my story so I can help others who my find themselves in a similar situation that I found myself in. I had a heavy fall onto the pavement in October 2007 and right knee swelled up and became painful and could no longer run anymore. I saw my GP in January 2008 and he referred me to an NHS Physio but it took over 3 months to see him and when I finally saw him was given some leg muscle strengthening exercises to do at home.

The fat pad is a normal structure in the knee. It is literally composed of fat and is bright yellow in colour and exists below the patella (kneecap) just behind the patellar tendon. In this position it buffers any shocks to the front of the knee, but itself commonly suffers injury and problems related to the fat pad are not uncommon.