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.

[Great-Kazoo]

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.

The more she's on her feet, the more damage done. She can try relaxing and do light duty for a little per day. OR not and regret not taking it down a notch when she should have

[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.