Medial Meniscus tears?

[ray1970]

Anyone torn their medial meniscus?

Appears my wife did so I was wondering what to expect.

[ray1970]

Grr. Misspelled ?meniscus? in the title.

If someone fixes it today I?ll gladly owe you a cheeseburger tomorrow.

[BushMasterBoy]

Wiki says it is part of the leg.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medial_meniscus

[Wulf202]

My brother has and my mom is going in for a scan to see if hers is after a fall down the stairs

[ray1970]

Thanks, BushMasterBoy. That probably explains my wife's difficulty walking.

[Shooter45]

Meniscus is like a padding in your knees. Fairly easy to tear it completely or partially. The surgeries mainly consist of fast surgeries through arthroscopic surgery. With the mild and fast surgery, usually a fast recovery if following the recovery plan and taking it easy.

[SAnd]

DO NOT delay getting it looked at. Walking on it will chew it up so it can't be repaired. I'm missing about 30% of my meniscus because I walked on it so all they could do is remove the shredded pieces.

[ray1970]

Thanks.

She's been to a doctor, had X-rays and an MRI and is scheduled to see a specialist on Tuesday.

She's been trying to walk on it some lately so I'll tell her to quit doing that.

[Hoser]

It was an easy fix on both my knees. Walking talking the same day. Not a lot of pain, but some pretty good discomfort. I am not a fan of pain meds, but I should have been.

[TEAMRICO]

I have a chipped one which causes my knee to lock from time to time. I just pop it and move out. Im
used to it by now. Dr. Told me that if I?m able to live with it it is not worth the surgery.