Hey, I had a medial meniscus repair on December 28th. I did two months of physical therapy with a therapist, four weeks of which were non-weight bearing, before my surgeon gave me the green light to go on my own. I stuck to the general protocol of low impact activities ann strength training, with the hardest thing I did being the elliptical. Just recently, at the 16 week mark, I began running.
While my knee has regained a lot of its strength, virtually all of its range of motion and there is very minimal pain when I run, I still have one problem. Whenever I do hamstring curls, or any similiar motion, something in my knee will "catch." It's not just a pop, as I can definitely feel something mechanically catching in my knee. It occurs every time I do the motion, except if I don't lock my knee out between reps. In other words, if I do a hamstring curl and then only extend my leg to slightly less than locked out it doesn't catch on the way back down. The problem becomes less pronounced when I've warmed up my knee, however it is still there. While it's not a particularly painful feeling, it's definitely an unenjoyable sensation.
I was curious if anyone else has had a similiar problem with their meniscus repair. I'm hoping it's not a consequence of a failed mensiscus repair, as that would obviously mean another surgery. I'm only 21 and the prospect of having a partial menisectomy is hardly appealing. Furthermore, they did already had to trim 5% of the meniscus out when they repaired this tear, and I had an ACL reconstruction as well. Dr. Cris Barnthouse was my surgeon here in Kansas City, if anyone knows him.
Anyways, thanks for the responses in advance! This is my second knee surgery as I already had an ACL reconstruction on my other knee several years ago. It turned out great and I'm optimistic for this one too!
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