Exploring the labyrinth is a knee pain is a difficult challenge to any doctor. Chronic knee pain is so common and the causes are so varied that zeroing in one source can be seriously difficult. An experience doctor would always want to know all of your knee problem records and ask you to go some specific exams instead of asking you to go for just one test.

If you are planning to seek advice from a physician, the first thing you need to do prepare answers of the questions related to your knee history. We all know the fact that most of the knee injuries come from the physical activities. Everything from exercises that you use to perform on a regular basis to the sports injury that you may have happened almost ten years ago, you mention all of them when you are seeking for the diagnosis for the knee pain. You should give as detailed answer as possible about the location of the knee pain, the timing span when it comes to terrible and what you have been doing to ease the pain etc. The doctor would probably check your knee for unusual tenderness, pain, swelling, visible bruising and flexibility. Also, you need to be prepared for undergoing through several tests asked by the doctor as these tests would help the doctor to diagnosis your pain in a proper manner.

A very common but highly effective test that really helps to discover the injury(s) to your knee is known as the Lachman’s test. In this particular test you will need to flex your legs to a sharp angle and then the doctor would try to move your calf forward. There may have a chance that you have an ACL tear. There are other similar types of tests that help to know the tear and trauma in other ligaments of the knee. There are tests for Menisci and tendons also.

In some instances, the general tests may give a false results. If the movement of your knee is blocked or hampered by things such as swelling or tight muscles in the front or back of your leg, the doctor may ask you to go for MRI to help the diagnosis.

Based on the diagnosis your doctor may give you some other electronic tests also. Some of the common electronic tests that doctors often suggests for the people suffering from knee pain include CT scan , X-Ray and some other scans.

If your doctor thinks that you are suffering chronic knee pain due to an infection or gout, he/she may ask you to get a blood test done to determine the cause. Another very much possible treatment is arthocentesis. In this particular test a small of vial of fluid is taken from the joint with a syringe and then it is examined to know the possible problem.

Now, you might have gotten some idea about the diagnosis of knee pain. If you have suffering from the pain in your knee, it’s high time you should consult an experienced doctor.