Maybe you just aggravated that area. The back of my knee in my DVT leg always feels full and is occasionally painful and it has been that way since diagnosis. Also, if my stockings aren't on just right, they cause a lot of discomfort.

But like we always say, if it's concerning, talk to your doc or his office

Im not sure what is causing your swelling. Whether this is due to the compression stocking bunched behind the knee or not is difficult to know. All these deep veins are running pretty deep and thus a compression stocking would not really be able to slow the flow within these. The Popliteal vein however is running a bit less deep than compared to other deep veins in the thigh and the calfs.. assume you need to be examined by a doctor.

Where do you have your residual clot? How extensive is it? Is it necessary to have thigh high stockings? . After diagnosis of my DVT I used thigh high stockings and I found them always to be complete pain as they rolled down and bunched beind the knee. Lets say if I was walking somewhere, I had to always stop at regular intervals to pull them up. The staff at the shop said they would not roll down but if you look at this and other forums on DVT, then lots of people have the same problem Now i use knee high stockigns and find them a lot more comfortable, i.e. they do not roll down. Can you use knee high stockings? Based on the studies I have seen, the knee high stocking should be in most cases enough. I have a residual clot in the femoral vein (in the thigh), and use knee high stockings. The purpose of the stocking is really to reduce swelling around the ankle or calf, basically most of the swelliing takes place at the lowest part of the leg. Even though a person had a proximal DVT and residual clots in proximal veins, then Im fairly sure that knee high stocking is sufficient in most cases. In some cases, if the clots were very high in the body (e.g. Iliac and portal veins) then thigh high stockings would be necessary. Perhaps you could try to get knee high stockings and see how it goes. If your symptoms worsen, then you know that you need to stick to thigh high stockings.

It sounds like the bunched stocking might have just aggravated some of your healing tissue. You might need to baby it for a few days. Does it get better if you elevate it? Have you tried light cold/heat on the swelling? Those things might help.

Of course, if worrying about it might keep you up all night, you might just head in to your doc's and get checked out. Even if it winds up being nothing, at least you'll have peace of mind.

Thanks for responses. Swelling has gone down a bit. I do have residual clot in the Popliteal in that area (along with Femoral). The stockings I wear are thigh highs. I usually have little issues with swelling anymore, so that's why this is a suprise. I had a doppler recently that showed increased blood flow and that residual clot was still shrinking, but not that much. I am seeing the Lymphedema specialist just to check it out. Thanks again.