Knee pain meniscus physical therapy
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Your MCL will heal on its own but just needs time. You should try physical therapy. Chances are you aren't fully healed from your ACL. The meniscus can be repaired or removed depending on the location of the tear. This is an easy, routine surgery and recovery is short in otherwise healthy knees. With your history I'm not sure how long it would take, but the rehab for the mensicus tear would help your MCL and ACL as well. See a sports medicine or orthopedic doctor!
Conservative treatment consists of activity modification, pharmacological intervention, chiropractic treatment, and a physical therapy consultation.Surgical treatment is only considered after at least 6 weeks and often 6–12 months of non-operative therapy has failed to relieve symptoms.
Consult a orthopedician for further assistance.
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The large majority of meniscus tears do not have the potential for healing on their own, and physical therapy does not promote healing of the meniscus. I compare a torn meniscus to a pebble in your shoe. Until the pebble is removed, you are still going to have pain. Once the torn meniscus (the pebble) is removed, you can feel better. The incidence risk of arthritis after arthroscopic partial menisectomy is quite low.
30, with my gf and my knee got super tight and after another step a SHARP pain shot through it and I nearly fell. We had only gone about 4 miles and had warmed up properly and stretched, the weather was warm so I wasn't cold or tight when it happened. I have seen my medical department and they suspected ITB or Meniscus problems. However after about 2 months of aggressive icing, stretching, and physical therapy I can now run LESS and less before the pain comes back.
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Sorry for the detail, but maybe it will help you understand in answering the question as to what area of the knee may be injured, or if not injured, then what is going on? :
I was in an accident which caused my knee to grind, and become painful as I went up and downsteps, in which I could have tolerated if knew how much worse I would feel after physical therapy.
Essentially, you have two injuries to your knee. The first is a torn medial meniscus, or a torn cartilage. The rest is a description of the shape of the tear. A bucket handle flops back and forth inside the knee, like the handle on a bucket, and can cause pain, locking, and swelling. This treated arthroscopically and will require either repair or removal of the damaged piece of meniscus.
The second injury is a torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament, (ACL).
feeling when walking or going down stairs
Your question about ski season next year is a toss up. You can go through physical therapy, help strengthen the muscles around your knee, but there is no guarantee that your tear won't get worse or cause you troubles at some point in your season.
Therapy may end up helping the piece of meniscus (if caught) dislodge, but once again, that is a toss up if it will happen or not.
Some people say that torn meniscus may be manageable with 4 to 6 weeks of Physical therapy, but even he feels that the knee is so bad, that it needs surgery.
Patient does Recumbent bike and ices knee 1 to 2 times a day. And we saw some stretches/strengthening on YouTUBE, but still knee is paining.
Patient has high threshold for pain and intolerance (quit 35-years of smoking, cold turkey back in early 1990s), but this pain is too much.
Now, physical therapy can sometimes work for the pain, and sometimes the meniscus tear is only at the corners where there is blood flow and the ACL is only torn a tiny amount as well, but when you tear both, I just thought that meant surgery and pretty quickly. As for the other foot, don't know of course, but when you can't really use one side of your body your other side will compensate and you will probably hurt that eventually.
I have bad arthritis in my knee. My ortho doc (after MRI) says I tore the meniscus but he thinks arthroscopy is a waste of my time and money since I have such thin cartilage. He took all the fluid out and injected me with cortisone earlier today. The pain is unbearable and the swelling is coming back already. Has anyone had torn meniscus with advanced arthritis and had sucess with arthroscopy. He says I am not ready yet for knee replacement.
Common Meniscus Repair Treatments
For many individuals, cold or hot compresses, compression bandages, and physical therapy may help a torn meniscus heal. However, in some cases, surgery is needed to repair a damaged or torn meniscus, and treatment for meniscal tears depends on the severity of the injury. Surgical repair of the meniscus is often utilized through arthroscopic surgery.
The large majority of meniscus tears do not have the potential for healing on their own, and physical therapy does not promote healing of the meniscus. I compare a torn meniscus to a pebble in your shoe. Until the pebble is removed, you are still going to have pain. Once the torn meniscus (the pebble) is removed, you can feel better. The incidence risk of arthritis after arthroscopic partial menisectomy is quite low.
You have to follow up with an orthopedician and discuss all options for conservative therapy and for this you would need rest and complete abstinence from all physical activities for 6-8 weeks. You have to wear a below knee cast, followed up by a knee brace.
If it does not work in 8-10 weeks then you have to consider surgery for your ligaments rupture.
Till then apply ice packs and do not flex your knee, which is not desirable. Start wearing a knee brace.
Take care!
The large majority of meniscus tears do not have the potential for healing on their own, and physical therapy does not promote healing of the meniscus. I compare a torn meniscus to a pebble in your shoe. Until the pebble is removed, you are still going to have pain. Once the torn meniscus (the pebble) is removed, you can feel better. The incidence risk of arthritis after arthroscopic partial menisectomy is quite low.
When you say doctor, do you mean you've had an MRI and seen an orthopedist? Or do you mean you've just seen your primary care physician, who knows nothing at all about this kind of thing? And when you say corrective stuff, do you mean you've been sent to physical therapy, or took another course? You don't get "pain" in the meniscus, you tear it.
HI, MY DR. SENT ME TO A ORTHO AND SHE HAD I SHOULD HAVE THE KNEE ARTH. WENT BACK TO MY RHEUM. AND HE SAID IF I WOULD LIKE HE WOULD TRY PHYSICAL THERAPY FIRST. I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO DO BUT, I DO HAVE PAIN AND TODAY ALOT PAIN. THIS IS BEEN ABOUT 1 YR I THOUGHT I HAD RESTLESS LEGS. WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND.
I tore my acl and medial meniscus two weeks ago today. Actually, the acl was already torn and I didn't know it so the meniscus went out very easily when I twisted my knee too far. The first week I couldn't put any weight on it because it would buckle and I would fall. I am now able to put a little weight on it and can walk with a walker using both legs. I start physical therapy next Wednesday (3/9/11). The past two days my knee seems stiffer and has a little more pain than it did have.
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