Mine went last week. Went to physio straight away and she reckons it's a miniscus tear. Can't tell for certain until I've had the MRI, but she was fairly sure.
It's my right knee which I also had my acl tear in all those years ago.
My forms of exercise that require proper movement on the knee are spin and kung fu. Pretty gutted I have to give up both until further notice really. Anyone who's had it before got any recommendations as to what I can do cardio wise to replace. I'm thinking swimming
I can walk on it now without support, but if any of you have ever had anything knee related, you know when it just don't feel right, and that's the feeling I get
I'm gonna struggle because I'm quite into exercise on the whole. Really don't want to do just upper body weights etc, want to keep the muscles strong in the legs
Any advice appreciated
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Don't really exercise much.
Knees are fine.
Hope this helps.
If you're relying on the NHS, you might have a wait for treatment. Best of luck.
Good news is I went on to play most sports again and even run marathons afterwards. I still can run but couldn't cope with any sport that requires quick changes of direction so no vets football or racket sports, etc.
Bad news is, close to 30 years later my knee is fecked with arthritis and I will need a replacement (probably within the next few years, although some days I'd happily do it myself it's so painful).
mategrasshoppermasturbationwalkingI wouldn't do any exersises on your knee until you get your results from the MRI scan otherwise you could damage your knee a lot further, espeically if you do anything like swimming or going to the Gym to work on your knees. I went on holiday and swam a lot before I had the MRI scan but everytime I got out of the pool my knee felt a bit of pain then I realised something wasn't right.
A couple of weeks after I had my operation I was given a list of exercises I need to do in the Gym but I was told not to do anything like leg pressing to start with.
I wouldn't even pay for physio neither. I made that mistake before I found out I have to go for the operation so the physio was a waste of time and money for me.
Hope your knee goes well.
A bucket handle meniscus tear is when the meniscus is cut in half and half of the meniscus is round the front and half round the back (maybe half or a bit less in each place), that's not right and is currently thought to lead to arthritis in later age.
Used to be the case that on damaged meniscus the docs would operate and just remove it all. Not a good idea it seems 20 years down the line.
A meniscus tear is a slight issue, best left to heal properly with non impact exercise keeping your fitness up, if you impact exercise it will inflame and damage knee function which as your body comepensayes will lead to more severe muscular issues.
Not a big injury by itself I've been told. If you are training with high impact or endurance you need to give it time to heal otherwise it will be an issue.
3 weeks of swimming, cycling (especially in gym), cross training and leg weights was what was recommended as rehab for me.
Is it like ordering sweet and sour ribs, but the sauce don't turn up?
Good luck - the NHS is notoriously slow for knees because the staff that deal with them are hideously overworked. Might be worth looking at private treatment even though it's expensive.
.. I had far too many pulls, tears bumps and breaks during my sporting days and now I have arthritic knees, stiff ankles and dodgy shoulders .. about time I got a mobility scooter ,, seriously, my 'legacy' is not too catastrophic BUT I have friends who are seriously inconvenienced through decade old sporting injuries that they thought were healed,
Swimming is very good exercise for injuries in general, as is just water resistance exercise .. massage and physio give relief but will not cure the problem .. surgery is the best remedy for knee injuries
@ricky_otto I couldn't even do that kick before the injury
I'm getting a steroid injection into the "fat pad" in my knee cap which should reduce some of the massive amounts of inflammation the MRI showed I had which may make things more comfortable which could mean I can avoid an operation.
It didn't stop me trying to play football with my mates though, I actually got quite good with my left foot because of it, so when it healed I had two good feet for once!
Still hurts now and then 10 years later but I try and do lots of cycling to keep the strength up as I snowboard every year still.
Good luck mate! Swimming should help.
Took a year or so after surgery but I'm back playing football every week and just keep a strict routine with it.
You need to make sure you don't rush it and take up physio as soon as the surgery happens (if required).
There's exercises you can do pre-op. A lot of sitting down, sticking your bad knee in the air and holding it, etc.
It's not a pleasant injury but if you have got it seen too and get the MRI scan done quickly then there's no reason why it can't heal.
If it helps, I never had crutches and was able to walk fully after a couple of weeks from when it happened.
Just running and any exercise that involved quick turning was immediately ruled out.
Take up swimming if poss!
*Muggins over here waiting nine months to go to the doctor.
Definitely swimming. Swimming is zero (or low) impact on your joints, AND has the benefit that it can help strengthen the knee and surrounding muscles.
I'm an avid runner, and I was probably back to running within two or three weeks with a very big brace on. Note, I WOULD NOT NECESSARILY RECOMMEND THIS. My inability to rest things properly means that I often end up hurting myself worse**. But I'm like you in that I really like my exercise, so being immobile is hard for me. But, as time goes on, hopefully if it interest you you can do some jogging.
My other big piece of advice is, if you can and if the NHS offers it, do physical therapy to recover. Because I was kind of shitty about mine, I've never really gotten the strength and range of motion back properly. PT will help immensely with that.
**The day I did my knee I had a dead lead, and took so much Aleve and put on so much Bengay/Tiger Balm that I was able to play. Will never really know if the two were related, but I suspect it wasn't an accident that the dead leg was the same leg where my knee was hurt. Let it be a lesson to let things heal properly.
Yuh done your old monkey in?