Meniscus tear treatment!

drew2 said:I tore the medial posterior horn of the meniscus in my right knee running in the woods,

drew2 said:If it locks up thats a sign of meniscus tear. I tore the medial posterior horn of the meniscus in my right knee running in the woods, of all things, and it swelled up and stayed like that for a nearly a year. Went to the docs but obviously it started with the old "take some brufen and rest it for a few weeks". Eventually got physio done (if its a minor tear the physio is an option but doesnt usually do much)and its a lot better. Didn't really affect deadlift but I didn't squat for a long time. Still can't run so am thinking of having surgery. If I was you I'd get to the docs asap, like I said it took me a year to get NHS treatment.

Johngym said: Had you just buried a body?

Dave85 said:I've torn both mine. Best thing I did was a lot of single leg work.

If you have keyhole surgery you will probably get muscle wastage and this really helped me.

Be really careful squatting before and after the op because you may begin to favour one leg. I carried on trying to squat and ended up with one strong leg and one weak leg with a noticeable difference in the quad - especially the VMO.

Cycling before and after is really, really good for it.

jpeacock said:
Thanks mate, i dont think ill need an op, hope, but im gonna go to the docs anyway!
after you did yours did it stop locking after a few days? but still carried on being painful right in between the joint?

brownbear said:You have to be sure you have a meniscal tear to know what the best treatment option is. There is no real effective medical treatment for a meniscal tear. If it's a large tear, it can be surgically debrided and/or repaired, BUT this is entirely dependant on the size of tear and degree of limitation it causes the patient. Non-surgically, meniscal tears are treated with rest and physio.

jpeacock said:
Yeh, thanks mate, i think rest and physio might be best because its not that debilitating, just annoying and sometime painful!

brynevans said:Go and see either a good physio or your GP, injuries are a very individual thing and you cannot assume that the pain one person felt and how they treated it will be of any use to how your problem should be dealt with. I know you are just looking for some kind of reassurance and that other peoples posts here are well intentioned but are in no way a substitute for a professional assesment.