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A torn meniscus is a common knee injury in sports and running. Learn about the symptoms, causes, treatment, and prevention of a meniscus tear.Meniscus Tear Injury: Symptoms, Treatment, and Prevention Causes. A twist of the knee is enough to tear the meniscus, which in some cases breaks and catches the knee joint, Symptoms. A knee injury can cause severe pain in the knee region, which makes it difficult for you to identify the exact.
Not every torn meniscus is the same, and not every meniscus tear requires the same type of treatment. Moreover, meniscus tears are very common, so try not to get discouraged if you injure yours. With proper physical therapy and care, most people heal well and return to.
If your meniscus tear is not severe, your doctor will likely recommend the following treatment: Rest – Avoid any activities that aggravate the knee. You should especially avoid activities that cause you to pivot, rotate, or twist the knee. Ice – Ice can reduce pain and swelling.Causes of a meniscus tear The meniscus can be torn during activities that cause direct contact or pressure from a forced twist or rotation.
A sudden pivot or turn, deep squatting, or heavy lifting.Treatment for a meniscus tear. Specific treatment for a meniscus tear will be determined by your doctor based on: Your age.
Your overall health and medical history. How bad your injury is. How well you can tolerate specific medications, procedures, and therapies. The length of time it will take to heal. Your opinion or preference.
Treatment may.In practice, a variety of factors are used to determine the ideal treatment of a meniscus tear. Some of these factors include the age of the patient, results of nonsurgical treatment, and if there is other damage than just a torn meniscus. In addition, the specific type of meniscus tear can determine the most appropriate treatment.
In the case of meniscus tears, some people think the injury will heal over time on its own. But the truth is that there are different types of meniscus tears — and some tears won’t heal without treatment. If your tear is on the outer one-third of the meniscus, it may heal on its own or be repaired surgically.A torn meniscus causes a knee pain that often worsens over the span of a few days. For some people with a torn meniscus, a doctor may recommend physical therapy to.
A torn meniscus occurs because of trauma caused by forceful twisting or hyper-flexing of the knee joint. Symptoms of a torn meniscus include knee pain, swelling, popping, and giving way. Treatment of a torn meniscus may include observation and physical therapy with muscle strengthening to.Sudden meniscus tears often happen during sports.
Players may squat and twist the knee, causing a tear. Direct contact, like a tackle, is sometimes involved. Older people are more likely to have degenerative meniscus tears.Two C-shaped pads of cartilage, known as the meniscus, cushion your knee and provide stability.
Contact sports or wear and tear over time can raise your chances of this common injury.A meniscectomy involves shaving of the torn or frayed portion of the meniscus to reduce catching and irritation. A repair of the meniscus involves suturing of the tear. In most cases, treatment starts with a course of PT before any surgical intervention is considered.
Meniscus tears. Tackles, twisting, aging, and arthritis can each damage the knee’s meniscus, its shock-absorbing cartilage. A person may feel the knee “locking” or experience discomfort.A torn meniscus is a tear in the cartilage of the knee.
The meniscus functions to improve the fit between the femur and the tibia, to absorb shock and distribute load in the knee, and to help move lubricating fluid around the knee. The meniscus can tear from either trauma or injury or from degeneration.
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48 comments
I just found out that my meniscus is torn from the front to the back of my knee. Surgery to come soon.
1 year post op: All days are painfull. Can’t even walk. Bulshit surgery. Can’t work, stand on my feets etc… 27 years old only. Life sounds fucked.
If you’re going to include physical examination testing please include cliometric properties such as sensitivity, specificity and likelihood ratios. These properties help us choose the most effective physical tests using an evidence based approach. With that being said I wouldn’t choose the McMurray test personally, and there is a valid reason why.
Wonderful information, you answered all my questions, except, is an MRI necessary to diagnose the tear, can it be detected by X-ray?
Thanks a lot for the video!
If someone has a meniscus tear for 2 years and they havent done any exercises regularly…is that an indication for surgery as well? Or it still has chances to heal?
Excellent interview and very informative. I think that this is what I have. I feel the pain specially when I do jogging (impact activity). Normally when I walk I do not feel any pain. Also when I go to the gym and I do legs I do not feel any pain.
For years already; I’ve been struggling with knee pain and osteoarthritis. Furthermore, I developed partial labral tears in both hips…before 37 years of age. Taking this knee discomfort medication “Yοyοkοn Vxy” (Google it)for just two weeks along with fish oil capsules and I am not simply feeling greater, I am PAIN FREE IN A FITNESS CENTER KICKING ASS. Just in 14 days!
Thank you for the ver thorough explanation. Is there a SportsMed or physical therapy affiliate in New Jersey you would recommend?
Can you tear the meniscus just from falling straight on the knee could this happen to me about 6 weeks ago I’m waiting for the MRI for the schedule but I’ve been having constant pain and it feels like growing pains
Wow, what an incredible video.. I’ve learnt so much, thank you Doctor!!
hmmm at 2.11 “The problem with meniscus tears is that they do not heal on their own” then at 3.17 “Sometimes people get better on their own…”
Hi Doctor,
My daughter aged 10 years has “complex tear of the lateral meniscus with a flipped meniscal fragment lying posteriorly” in her right knee. She donot have any pain or swelling.Nor she has knee locked. Doctor suggested to go for Arthroscopic surgery. Please let us know if she really needs operation as she has no symptoms of meniscus tear in her right knee.
She had ungergone Arthroscopic surgery for her left knee 6 months back due to “Discoid lateral meniscus with complex tear” and her knee got locked. Couple of days back we took MRI of her right knee just to make sure her right knee is fine.
Please let us know if she really needs operation for right knee.
Thanks
Balabharat
I thank you for the Q&A. I was given the results of my MRI today and was told I have multiple tears in my meniscus and would need surgery to repair them. I didn’t know exactly what questions to ask the doctor so your information was very helpful!
Hello I’m 15 and currently 5’8 I had gotten a torn meniscus when I was 13 and I’m wondering if it stunts growth
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Learning this is promising that I will actually go in because getting turned away because I have constant subluxation and dislocations commonly with EDS.
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I’m wondering because I have symptoms of a meniscus tear. I feel popping and have a locked knee when it comes to straightening it. I can bend it fully though from knee to chest and heel to butt. When trying to straighten it, locked knee stops it. But not because of pain. I can squat, do leg extensions, dead lift, with no pain or instability. Has this ever been heard of before?
Thanks for the video!! 3 weeks after a full blown non working right knee (Swollen with bruising) now I nearly have full use (Folding and straight leg). Dx: Arthritis. Hope I am lucky. The bruising is slowly dissolving. Knee still has some swelling.
PLEASE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE EXPLANATION OF THE KNEE I HAVE RIGHT KNEE TURN MENISCUS ALL THE DOCTORS WONT TO DO IS KNEE REPLACEMENT SURGERY BUT THEY DID NOT EXPLAIN IT IN TO DETAILS.CAN STEM CELL SURGERY HELPS MENISCUS PAIN? I DONE STEM CELLS I HOPE IT WILL HELP ME TO GET BETTER. THANKS
I’ve got maybe this maybe mild I hope I do not want surgery, how long should I go before I start running the injurie was there mild but a month ago i made it worst i clicked and stiffened up and it was very hard to walk on after a run but its improved loads i dont wont surgery even if it means going longer with out running
If you have a torn meniscus and your leg locks sit with your leg hanging it pulls the joint apart a little so the torn part of the meniscus can get unstuck or do what i did and lay down with your leg hanging off the side of the bed. Hope this helps
I got pain played Football, now my meniscus and Acl diffuser interstitials involving tear,, how i get recover from it, if and DOING freely playing again without surgery, thanks in advance sir
I had X-rays on my knees as I have played basketball for years, my knees hurt all the time. the results came back-The knee joints are congruent. There are small to moderate suprapatellar joint effusion bilaterally. No significant joint space loss or degenerative changes are detected. I don’t like taking pain med anymore and getting tired of taking them. I had injections in my both knees as well.
Any idea what else can be done. Think I’d need surgery?
Ive had keyjole surgery and Ive had a sore knee for 6 weeks now. Ive regrets abput this operatio and wander will i ever get a day where im not hsving a tight nand around my knee. Its worse now than what it was before and im disyressed about it im praying maybe in time. But 6 weeks is i feel a long time and no let up from it
When i bend my knee from time to time iy pops with a lot of pain is this the meniscus tear
TB 500 and BPC 157. Unless your locking up or can’t walk, don’t have surgery. Use BPC everyday with sub q injection 250 mg for 4 weeks then 3 times per week. Use TB for 6 weeks, 5 gram per day twice per week. Then 5 gram per month. It gets more costly than BPC but it heals more than your knee. Remarkable stuff. Research for yourself.
Great video. Really good information in easy to understand terms. Thanks doc.
Thank you very much for the information. Love to hear from professional like you
Honey..the thigh bone and the chin bones are the femur and the tibia. Please, do not assume the viewers are ignorant boobs. We know our anatomy.
hello sir i have Grade 1 signal in posterior horn of medial meniscus what should i do now
I can’t bend my knee much past 90 degrees. And when I place my knees on the ground, if I put too much pressure on the affected knee, it feels real sensitive. I have done some activities on my knees and almost everytime, it would swell up real big and be swollen for about 36 hours. It has been over 2 years since it was first injured. I have basically avoided putting the knee on the ground, hoping that it would heal. It has healed some, but I am not confident that I can put pressure on it, when it is bent and being weighted.
I can lay on my back and pull the knee to my chest for stretching purposes, but I don’t go much past a 90 bend. Any chance they can inject it with some cells and it will grow back?
I tore my meniscus skateboarding. I was just doing a turn up a ramp. It has swollen a lot and I have had lots of pains.
I am having a grade-3 tear in the medial meniscus
I feel pinching type of pain while climbing stairs or walking for longer
is surgery is needed for getting back to sports?
I used to do Olympic weightlifting like snatch & clean & jerk
A doctor serious on helping others would answer atleast a few of the questions posted. Shame on JH for simply posting some infor without any heed to public need for answers. yes everything “depends”…….. No suggestions on use of Chondrotin sulfate, MSM turmeric, hyaluronic acid, Collagen combos with ultrasonic massage.
My did it took about a year. The doctor said I was going to need surgery. I took a lot of Advil. Now it fix.
Fucking miniscus all i was doing was squats and there you go!
Hey soo question.. I tore my meniscus ACL and some other ligs uhhh is it possible to return to my previous speed and or possibly be faster??????????
I have been in pain for three years after a injury to my knee they said it was a deep bruise when after a x-ray and at 11 i just listened to my doctor but now at 14 almost 15 I’m fed up with this pain and when to a orthopedic specialist and they said after examining it after my x-ray coming back normal and im now scheduled for a mri to confirm it
how we in treatment meniscus tear with alternative medications? for example marigold flower help threatment meniscus pain?
Having my scope surgery on June 12th…lateral meniscus tear(outside of my left knee). Some of the signs i have and rotations and movements i experience mite help some ppl out so here it goes. Side to side movement..example when i have my left leg at 90 degree angle and move or rotate my leg/knee left its a sharp stabbing pain. Getting out the car since i had to rotate move my leg to do so produce the same pain. Bending my knee sitting in chairs do so too. Sitting down and straigthen my leg out and moving it sideways produce the same pain. Sitting down having my foot planted and simply moving my knee side to side produce the pain. Lifting my leg alot of pressure and the same pain. Hell at first it was hard for me to walk. Sleeping is the hardest part imo feel like i want to rip my leg off shit hurt so bad. Laying down is the worse..its produce the same pain 5 times worse. Shit..is horrible and my tear is a normal size tear shit aint even big!! I HURT MYSELF BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR..so i wasnt a overnight thing..i had xrays..mri..a corizone shot or whatever..i did everything in 5-6 months and the pain the same. Point is depending if the tear at the part of the meniscus that doesnt heal you fucked over time its only going to get bigger. So nothing going to heal it. My surgery on the 12th of June.
I tore my meniscus 4 years ago playing soccer and never had surgery. Here’s my experience with this stupid injury. I can run, walk, do normal activities, and live life with no discomfort what’s so ever.. like a normal knee. But if i play soccer, or any sport, on any pivoting move my knee will buckle (from minimal, to severe buckle, which will hurt depending how bad the buckle was.) knowing this I have several angles and moves I can’t do because my knee isn’t fully stabilized hence: causing the knee to buckle. Normally when it buckles it will hurt a little, to really bad. If it’s a small buckle, I can keep playing knowing I’ll have small inflammation later but not too serious. But if the buckle is bad it will hurt a lot and I will have to stop playing immediately, then I’ll have to rest 4-5 days for the inflammation and pain to go away. To combat this I now always wear 2 knee braces. The 1st is a slim brace and he 2nd is a big brace with metal supports that I wear over the slim one. Keeping the knee tight. This has allowed me to play soccer again. Mind you even with 2 braces I still hurt it minimally here and there but it’s hell of a lot better than without them.
I have been suffering from mendal meniscus tear and my treatment is going on with mendicine ( two month is completed) and it was difficulty to up and down stairs it’s paining
My righr mri report is, grade 3 signal in body and posterior horn of medial meniscus possibly postop changes…. What is meaning… Pls give suggession what to do now
My knees feel like they are on fire! Usually in the evenings before Bed.
Can you have a torn meniscus even if you cand fullt straighten and bend your knee and also there is no swelling, but only localised pain?
Tore mine and it’s been a year and did not repair itself yet ��
It’s been 3 years since my surgery of my medial meniscus and.. Idk why i think i cant be normal anymore cause sometimes when i am too tired the pain will back again, is it my fault because i didnt do exercise much after surgery? I am even still unable to do squat or run anymore. Depressing.
4:39 How long would you need to have a meniscus tear before the X-ray shows the Osteoarthritis?
i had pain in my right knee xmas 12.i play soccer so was doing alot of sprinting and changing direction alot.in centre midfield every game is a battle.i got the op in april 13 now its fine but my left knee now needs meniscus repair