![]() ![]() ![]() If left untreated it is possible for it to rupture. When this condition develops, synovial fluid (which is normally contained in a tough capsule that encases the knee joint) collects in a bursa and bulges behind the knee. ![]() If you are not already familiar, a bursa is a small balloon like structure found throughout the body and acts as a cushion between bones, tendons and muscles. This swelling occurs due to the build-up of synovial fluid inside a small sac known as a bursa. So if you don’t know, a Baker Cyst can be painful, mine fortunately is not until really inflamed. That is how I came across Osmo Patch, and I have to tell you that after playing rounds at Whistling Straits and Chambers Bay, mountain goat tracks that are walking only unless you beg, borrow and steal of course – the back of my left knee ballooned. Just like everyone else these days what do you do when you want to learn more? Google it, right!?! It was a while later that I actually found out that this inflammation had a name – Baker’s Cyst! was keeping it under control but in traveling as much as I do I was looking for something more. Acupuncture, massage and stretching and ice etc. So maybe at my age I shouldn’t be romping through fields after Golden Retrievers and jumping across ditches just because I can! One jump too many, I heard a pop and all of a sudden the back of my knee had swollen to 2-3 times its regular size. ![]()
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