question: My knee was banged up on my steering column in a car accident 9 days ago. The inside of my knee was swollen and bruised--still is bruised. X rays revealed no broken bones and the pain was not that great. I iced it for about 72 hours on and off, put it up, took naproxen around the click--still am--and have mostly stayed off it. However when I walk with a cane it gets sore and I m not sure if there are some ROM exercises to do or if I should just try to slowly walk more and more to recuperate. This was on vacation so I m not in contact with my doctor.