Meniscus injury help

j_c_29

Anyone know what to do when you injure your lateral and medial meniscus? Is there any home remedy or is physio necesarry?

jasonpoihegatama

Have you been doctor? and surgery?? You need to build your muscles around your knee this can be hard with pain?? Make sure you look after your general health as well you will need a new eating plan as you will not be as active as you were due to injury. train to walk straight water walking get a brace to help with day to day movement but don't wear all the time you need to build muscle. Ice your knee. But you knee surgery if doctor says. yes physio is necessary for sure!!!

sijomial

Depends on the degree of damage.
One of mine just needed laparoscopic surgery for a minor trim and I was fine within a week.
Another one needed an open meniscectomy and 90% was removed - it might lead to a knee replacement one day.
Some people recover without surgery from minor tears.

It's a question for your Doctors or Physio.

cboothe83

Find a good local physio. The menisci are vascular structures so they have the capacity to heal when rehabilitated appropriately. Some tears are severe enough or in a poorer vascular area and don't heal as well and those may require surgery. I am very anti-surgery and think it should only be a last option. Recent research shows long term outcomes of surgery vs PT are similar.
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