I fucked my right knee squatting in november, it wasn’t that bad, but it felt really tight and painful when going past parellel, so I took 7 weeks out of any leg training.
Then I started squatting again , the first training was good using moderate weight. On the second training (maybe 5 days after the first) I used heavier weight and felt good but the day after the knee was worse than the first time I messed it (more swelling and barely able to go upstairs).
I consulted a physical therapist the week following and she said that I “compressed” my right medial meniscus and it would heal with time. Then 2 weeks after I saw my family doctor and she didn’t think there was a tear either, she sent me to radiology to be sure and haven’t had news so I guess everything was ok with the X-ray.
It’s been 4 weeks since the second mess with my knee, the joint feel better (less swelling and pain) but I still can’t perform a proper, pain free, squat with my own body and going downstairs still feel awkward. Do you think I should seek another opinion and get an MRI ? Also, for those who had meniscus damage could you share your experience ?
Well, I havent had meniscus damage, but I recently did dislocate my kneecap. Personally if you have the insurance coverage for an mri I would get it done. An x-ray cant tell you too much about cartilidge or mucles. But as for the injury itself, take it easy on it.
It took me about 3 months before i was comfortable carrying anything heavier then a jug of milk while walking and several more weeks before it felt okay walking up and down the stairs. Its been about 7 months since it happened and I still have some pain from in the knee, it mainly flairs up when i let it get cold or dont move it often enough.
But dont screw around with it, push for the mri if you can, with luck it will just be a pull or strain and not a tear or anything worse.
I had a meniscus tear, along with ACL surgery last year. Is your knee swelling, or does it hurt when you walk? If not, I don’t think you torn anything, just take it easy. Definitely get an MRI done, if your insurance covers it or most of the cost. X-rays won’t tell you much, but don’t do anything to worsen it.
The swelling is almost gone, sometimes it get back a little at work when I’m standing for long time and going up/down the stairs often, but I ice it for 15min and rest for about an hour and its all gone. Walking is now pain free.
My son had an ACL surgery 5 months ago and is practicing baseball while no execive cutting or sprinting…
He was fielding fly balls on Friday and slipped … ground was a little soft due to recent rain and they were not wearing kleets… he fell landing as if to do a hamstring stretch… did not twist or anything… he has a slight limp… no pain… and has more swelling… he has had some swelling since his surgery…
I am cautious as to not cause more damage and allow his ACL to recover fully … so to hopfully get some baseball in and be able play football this season
I would like to know if anyone can advise as to if this is something that has been experienced… I realize that after a knee surgery and subsequent rehab some swelling is expected… have read some say they have to ice there knee after they exercise it to prevent or alleviate swelling … he did not hear a pop or tear… and is not in pain… has swelling … I think he fell back stretching it a little further than accustumed to since surgery… just hope he did not further damage as the swelling may indicate
I had microfracutre surgery and my knee is worse than it has even been. the surgery was 2 years ago and it still hurts and i still cant squat or leg press.
I tore my meniscus several years ago (doing some incredibly stupid, but pretty acrobatic stunts when I was dead-tired and should not have).
Doc at student health said I’d irritated something (forget what) but no tear – no way, no how. My knee felt too solid and stable to him, he said, as he prodded and manipulated it. I was in pretty good shape back then from mountain-biking and trail-running, so I guess the joint was pretty stable. He prescribed physical therapy for me, which I did zealously. My knee never felt better, though, so I figured I must not be doing enough. I doubled my reps and did weighted versions of the exercises the PT gave me. My quads and calves got the hardest they’d ever been, but my knee never felt right again. I stopped running.
One day – more than a year later – I was out for a walk and got a pain so sharp in it it stopped me cold. I sat down right there on the sidewalk. Went to a “real” doc, got an MRI, and yep – torn meniscus. I’d been making what was probably initially a minor tear steadily worse over a year by continuing to walk and (intermittently) exercise on it.
I had arthroscopic surgery and they trimmed out the torn part – it has not felt 100% since, but I can run on it and squat – as long as I keep doing my lateral-resistance (band, plate-slide) exercises and watching my alignment, I see some improvement.
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I had microfracutre surgery and my knee is worse than it has even been. the surgery was 2 years ago and it still hurts and i still cant squat or leg press.[/quote]
Let me add that the surgery alone did not make me feel any better – on the contrary, I felt worse. Surgery is itself a physical trauma. The PT I got afterward may have been helpful, but struck me as pretty cookie-cutter… I never started to feel better until I did research on my own and took things into my own hands. When I came to school and got sedentary again, my knee got bad again. I don’t know about your specific problem or surgery, but for me inactivity offered little relief and caused much misery. Neither could I indiscriminately jump back into exercise – I keep reading and trying different things (as my PT exercises weren’t helping). I won’t declare complete success yet, but I’ve found that being diligent about lateral-resitance work makes a very noticable difference for me, as does watching my alignment generally.
I had a torn medial meniscus, it was removed in 1980 (my memory is that it was removed and not repaired). I hurt it bicycle racing (tho I may have originally hurt it in 1973, slipping when crossing a factory conveyor line). I tried rest for a few months, then started riding again and it hurt again, rested a few months and had an archaeology job hiking 24-30 miles/day in soft silt, and it hurt again. At that point I had enough and saw a doc.
It took about a year for the knee to feel normal. I could do everything I did before except use bicycle foot stirrups to pull up on the pedal (it made the knee feel loose).
Resting your knee doesn’t seem to be working for you, so get an MRI and see what’s wrong so you can make an informed decision. If you have to have surgery, the sooner you do it the sooner you’ll be healthy.
As with all surgeries there are risks. If you need surgery find a surgeon who has done a lot of the procedures, at a hospital that has a good track record of success at the procedure. There are resources online for this information (tho I don’t have one handy).