I got a little tear to the Media Meniscus to be repaired...docs going to do a something-a-scopey to fix it next week. Says I'll be up on my feet the next day...and working out in about 3-4...
Anyone been through this and got some input for recovery time...is he right that it will be so quick?
I had my meniscus scoped about 10 years ago (right knee) after injuring skiing. I could walk around on it, but couldn't bend it to kneel, and waited through the summer to see if it would heal before seeing an ortho. Apparently, when it tears the edges get gnarly and just continue to erode and there isn't much blood flow to allow healing, so unless you just want to put up with it getting worse from erosion over time, surgery is probably the only way to fix it.
The surgery was very easy, recovery quick, some swelling, stayed off it for a day and used one crutch for the next day. Recovery was so fast that I skipped the pt visits and went back to the pool about 1 week latter after it was healed. The dr said swimming would be very good for strenghening the surrounding muscles, so that's what i did. I remember (as Bill Ryan said) pushing off the wall with one leg for awhile.
My knee isn't 100%, maybe 90%+, i have a little bit of numbness/tingling in it and im wondering if i over did the icing after surgery (? frost bite). Be a little careful if they give you one of those coolers with tubes and knee cuffs with ice water circulation - make sure you follow the intervals and let the knee warm between icing. i might have been to aggressive trying to keep the swelling down immediately after the scope.
I find myself rubbing that knee sometimes when im driving in the car to stimulate blood flow. this might be from the location and amount of tearing. Think mine was a medial meniscus tear. I can now kneel fine, maybe not quite as quickly, i do feel it a little more than my other knee after running and usually use a brace on it when i ski to help protect it. i had no arthritis in it at the time. No trouble with it now when cycling and swimming and really no issues running on it over this past year.
Good luck with it Stud.
I had my meniscus scoped about 10 years ago (right knee) after injuring skiing. I could walk around on it, but couldn't bend it to kneel, and waited through the summer to see if it would heal before seeing an ortho. Apparently, when it tears the edges get gnarly and just continue to erode and there isn't much blood flow to allow healing, so unless you just want to put up with it getting worse from erosion over time, surgery is probably the only way to fix it.
The surgery was very easy, recovery quick, some swelling, stayed off it for a day and used one crutch for the next day. Recovery was so fast that I skipped the pt visits and went back to the pool about 1 week latter after it was healed. The dr said swimming would be very good for strenghening the surrounding muscles, so that's what i did. I remember (as Bill Ryan said) pushing off the wall with one leg for awhile.
My knee isn't 100%, maybe 90%+, i have a little bit of numbness/tingling in it and im wondering if i over did the icing after surgery (? frost bite). Be a little careful if they give you one of those coolers with tubes and knee cuffs with ice water circulation - make sure you follow the intervals and let the knee warm between icing. i might have been to aggressive trying to keep the swelling down immediately after the scope.
I find myself rubbing that knee sometimes when im driving in the car to stimulate blood flow. this might be from the location and amount of tearing. Think mine was a medial meniscus tear. I can now kneel fine, maybe not quite as quickly, i do feel it a little more than my other knee after running and usually use a brace on it when i ski to help protect it. i had no arthritis in it at the time. No trouble with it now when cycling and swimming and really no issues running on it over this past year.
Good luck with it Stud.
