r/MeniscusInjuries

how long does it take to recover from grade 1/2 miniscus tear w/o surgery

anyone please share your recovery journey and suggestions

M/45, no medial meniscus after prior meniscectomies, 4 degree varus, no major cartilage damage. my doctor is asking to medial meniscus transplant + HTO. Has anybody had this and what was the outcome? very scared to see how invasive the surgery is and I wonder if its worth it.

I don’t know how I tore my meniscus haha. but I am a little worried because I love going to the gym and it’s a really healthy outlet for me. I like doing a lot of high intensity cardio. Is there any type of cardio that I can do? That will be easy on my knee? I’m waiting to see a PT specialist so I can get it fixed. I also noticed that my knee is super crackly when I touch it or massage the area

I usually do the stair master

And then I usually do the treadmill on really high incline. Can I still do treadmill atleast?

I like doing weights and stuff like that but mostly cardio. It’s been hard to be consistent at the gym the last 3 months because I also had a pelvic floor issue and my hips were too tight. So I couldn’t go to the gym for a while and then once it got better and I finally got back into it now I have this 😫😫😫😫😫

All advice will be appreciative 💚💚💚

1st mri showing grade 2 miniscus tear (1.5tesla)

after 1 month went for another mri showing grade 1 miniscus tear (3Tesla)

How possible different?

symptoms;; I do feel pain in squats 6/10 , stair climbing pain5/10 , walking 2/10

no locking while walking and stairs climbing

no locking during bending

clicking 2/10 while doing full leg extension in air

what will you suggest surgery or no surgery??

NOTE:: MEDIAL POSTIER HORN MINISCUS TEAR GTADE1/2 NOT ARTICULATE TO THE SURFACE

suggestions are 🙏

My brother jumped while playing basketball and landed on a straight leg. His meniscus tore and wrapper around his knee cap, about 1/10th of his meniscus.

The doctor basically just trimmed that part off, and he's recovering now.

This makes no sense to me though. Without 1/10th of your meniscus there, surely you're bound to get injured more easily as well as not have the same level of performance when doing sports. Maybe I'm wrong here but im a little bit pissed off. I know for the shoulder they literally put anchors in there and sow it back together. Not sure why the doc couldnt do that as well.

Hello I'm 39F and a modern dancer about to have a repair of medial meniscus. The pain hadn't been too bad but as a dancer I definitely knew something didn't feel right.

Any words of wisdom about what my healing timeline is going to look like and whether I'm going to get back to what I love doing?

(Full squatting, full flexion sitting on my shins, getting strength back. stability in my balances etc? )

The worst part is that I am a mom of two kids ages two and six so we are going to require a lot of help in our households with me on crutches. Any words of wisdom or encouragement are welcome.

Not looking for medical advice. I am chronically ill with suspected fibromyalgia and a myriad of other issues. I have always had knee pain, but for around the last week and a half its gotten quite worse. Achey pain that feels like its below my kneecap and doesn't feel like my regular pain.

I wake up and if my knee was bent at all, I have to force it to unbend, like its locked in place. It's extremely painful and getting worse. I can put weight on it but it SUCKS, so I've been hobbling around limping with my cane.

The thing is, there's no swelling and I don't remember any event that should have caused it? The only thing that comes to mind is maybe a 2-3 days before it started I stepped off a ledge wrong at work and I felt a sharp pain go through my thigh and lower back. Does this sound like it could be a tear?

had miniscus grade 1 injury 3 month ago today have less pain can do work but can't squat full

any suggestions

Hey has anyone had meniscus fast fix sutures removed or even just cut to relieve tethering effect to joint capsule WITHOUT removing more meniscus to get at them? surgeon says he will likely have to remove more meniscus to get at the sutures, I'm hoping he can just cut the exposed suture, leave sutures and anchors in situ and that will release the tension