Medial Meniscus troubles

**timmaio** · 12-11-2015, 03:43 PM

Just yesterday I had pain in my knee, couldn't barely walk. Got home, took a bath and then iced it. Feels better today and I went to the PT first thing this morning.

She says it's an issue with the medial meniscus. Likely due to too much activity over last weekend(did a high intensity 7 hr tour over the weekend off the couch) and that hopefully I can be back to mild skiing next week and planning on a month of PT, two times a week.

Anybody else have a case like this, no surgery, just PT. How was the outcome?

**old goat** · 12-13-2015, 01:54 AM

That doesn't sound like a diagnosis a PT or anyone else could make based on what you are describing and the information available. If the problem persists see an ortho or sports med doc and get a real diagnosis. FWIW I had a medial meniscus tear about 35 years ago-diagnosed by an orthopedist based on examination--MRI's didn't exist. My knee swelled immediately, couldn't straighten it for weeks, after about 3 months I could tour--as long as I sidehilled with the bad knee down. I occasionally get a little soreness in the knee. A wild guess is that you have inflammed ligaments or tendons from overuse and wil get better with rest, a lot sooner than I did.

**rare earth** · 01-16-2016, 02:10 PM

PT is the way to go for many many orthopedic injuries. You gotta be sure to get a proper diagnosis from a ortho/sports med/physiatrist. The good news is you can get much better! The trouble is, you have to actually do something every day in order to get better! . no magic bullet . . .

**Evil E** · 01-16-2016, 04:25 PM

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**BS720** · 01-17-2016, 01:53 PM

I tore my medial meniscus when I was 22 hyperextending my knee when I overshot the landing of a motocross jump on a hardtail mtb. He offered surgery or non. Had the MRI in hand when I walked into my doc's office. I said no to scope, he said fine, you're off it for six months. No sports, no climbing, no gym, just walk and wear a brace. Took 5 years to heal. If I could go back and do it again, I would have had the damn thing scoped. When I shredded my patella, it only took a year to heal(other leg). More acute pain, more of a pain in the ass, more loss in mobility initially, but when I healed a year later, I was strong. Without surgery, sometimes it just takes too long.

**old goat** · 01-17-2016, 05:52 PM

So we're prescribing treatment when the OP doesn't have a diagnosis of what's wrong with his knee. We don't even know if his knee is still bothering him.