Thread: How do I get rid of the pain?

I hurt my knee last week while I was playing basketball. It's still hurting nearly two weeks later and I've been doing everything i normally do when i get hurt. I used RICE, i take ibuprofen, but nothing seems to be working. I mean i can still play on it because i have been, but I cant fully straighten it or lean on it. Also the back seems kind of swollen but I'm not sure since I can't straighten it out. I believe this happened when I tried to pivot and caught another player's foot, causing me to fall on my knee and then she fell on top of me. I hurt my right knee so I kind of rest on my left heel for balance and i point my right foot since i lead with it, thats my altered athletic stance, or it's what feels most comfortable. Doing this though, is causing my Achilles tendon to hurt.

I'm not sure what to do, I've never really experienced one thing hurting for this long. I'm trying to avoid another doctors visit since I've already had three in the past two months. Any advice?