... activity level. I had a miniscus tear and microfracture done two years ago this last September, also stretched the MCL pretty good. ... (24 replies)
... I have had a medial miniscus tear in my knee. I am a 12 year old girl. As I could see that after surgery your daughter would be eager to play sports again and would possiblely start before she was directed to doing more activity on her knee. ... (6 replies)
... layed sports all my life including college ball. Just had an MRI done this past Saturday because my left knee has been popping in and out of place. The result is a meniscus with cyst. From what I read the cyst is common with these kinds of tears. You are correct about the no blood supply therfore it won't heal on its own. ... (4 replies)
... Dang man i feel for you.Don't do cortisone,Only mask the pain.Try a better therapist,That knows knees.Maybe a pain doctor at a major hosp.Worked for me with my S.I joint pain.Good luck. ... (6 replies)
... I am horrified that after only 2.5 weeks after knee surgery you are doing all those exercise activities! ... (3 replies)
... It all depends on the tear and the patient. ... (4 replies)
... Hi HKJHAJ....I've had 14 knee surgeries including 8 scopes so I'll take a whack at this. First, I'm glad they got the ligament to heal as that is much needed in stabilizing the knee. ... (5 replies)
... Well, we don't have access to your medical records so it really doesn't matter what we think. Both MRIs and doctors can be wrong however. But if the MRI shows a complete tear then it would seem that would be pretty obvious on an MRI. ... (2 replies)
... Very interesting thread. Chillytoes, glad to hear you are recovering well from your arthroscopy. I had one a year ago and another this past September. The first one was done even though a meniscus tear was not showing up on the MRI. ... (35 replies)
... I had my first arthoscopic knee surgery for a double meniscus repair. All seemed great afterwards, and I never took any pain meds. There was swelling which I was told to expect. ... (24 replies)
... the patient is a 29 year old male who has previously undergone arthroscopy for meniscal surgery in december 2009. he has medial knee pain and swelling. ... (9 replies)
... I'll start by saying that 8 of my 14 knee surgeries were scopes, so I know a thing or 2 about knees and arthroscopies. ... (14 replies)
... I was up to full strength after about a month of rehab exercises. I made sure it was good and strong as my left knee was close to replacement at the time. I needed one good leg to stand on! ... (4 replies)
... In mid December 2013 I did something to my left knee and in January 2014 I had an MRI of it which showed a torn lateral meniscus and possible slightly torn medial meniscus. ... (1 replies)
... I have been feeling pain on my right knee for a couple of months. Recently I took MRI and have found a tear involving the posterior horn of the medial meniscus. I went to see an orthopedic surgeon. He asked me to take an arthroscopy. ... (5 replies)
... I saw two doctors about the meniscus and both told me they would not do just the meniscus because I was going to need a TKR soon. ... (2 replies)
... I did have sort of a similar experience in Sept of 2005. I was cleaning out a closet in my father's house to get the house ready for sale. ... (2 replies)
... Cortisone really not good to do. Only mask the problem.Have xray done to see how much narrowing their is on the surgery side.Therapy next,I hate to pay it,But i'm goin to.I am showing narrowing on surgery side.I was running on it,causing swelling. ... (4 replies)
... Well I am an american living in Australia and when I had my surgery I can tell you they will put you to sleep nad if you need to feel calm ask for something pre surgery to help calm the jitters. ... (4 replies)
... cortisone shot. He does seem to be alot better the last couple of days. He had a pretty routine surgery to clean up the meniscus tear, the dr. said everything went well, no other problems with the knee. ... (4 replies)