<human>: Hi. About 2 years ago I was diagnosed with a bruised bone in my right knee. Over the course of time and rehab, I still suffer a tremendous amount of pain. It feels as if there s no cartilage in between the bones in my knee and that the bones are scrapping each other. What is happening?
<bot>: Hello, As there is an injury of the knee, and you feel no cartilage meaning there will be friction or bone touching feeling for you. If so, taking up an x-ray or MRI will be of choice. As the MRI is mainly for understanding the soft tissue injury like the ligaments and cartilages and x-ray for the bones we can figure out what is the status of the bone and soft tissues. Post which we can advise you exercise like - static Qua Chat Doctor.  Also, a knee brace will be advised to act as a muscle supporter. Most cases will respond to exercise and conservative therapy. May take around 6-8 weeks of time to get full function of the knee and strength. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Jay In