Can you have knee bursitis without the swelling? Not sure what this is!

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I have a couple of threads on here at the moment as I feel like I’m falling apart!

Recently when I kneel down I get a pain at the front of my knee, sort of top right of the knee cap that goes as soon as I stop kneeling. Recently I’ve been kneeling at the toilet a lot (ten weeks pregnant) and today my knee pain is much worse and hurts when I bend my leg as well. It also feels tender in the area to touch like a bruise.
It sounds like bursitis/housemaid’s knee but I don’t have any swelling? Just wondered if anyone had had similar and can recommend anything - can’t take inflammatories or use deep heat due to being pregnant!

It could be bursitis or a tear on your meniscus. Try ice for 20 mins on and 20 mins off. See how much you can fit in for 48 hours and then switch to heat packs, also stop kneeling down or doing movements that make it hurt. if its not better in a week, then goto the GP

Yes I have a bursitis on my hip with no swelling.
I also had a bakers cyst in the back of my knee that I didn't know about until it burst.

I would ask the gp for a physio referral, it will get more difficult as the pregnancy goes on due to the additional weight and usually mobility issues than come with it