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Question: I was wondering about symptoms of a meniscus tear. Has anyone ever experienced it? Did you have surgery? Did you wear a brace afterwards? How long till you could walk? Please help! They think I might have torn my meniscus. My mri results won't come in until Monday. PLease! I appreciate it all.
My symptoms include: pain on outside of knee, difficulty bending, popping, grinding, not a lot of swelling. !!!
Answers: I was wondering about symptoms of a meniscus tear. Has anyone ever experienced it? Did you have surgery? Did you wear a brace afterwards? How long till you could walk? Please help! They think I might have torn my meniscus. My mri results won't come in until Monday. PLease! I appreciate it all.
My symptoms include: pain on outside of knee, difficulty bending, popping, grinding, not a lot of swelling. !!!
those are a lot of the symptoms. i had to have surgery. they repaired mine. i was on crutches for 3 weeks and a brace for 8 weeks and no sports for 4 months. i was in 6th grade then.
for more information, here are some helpful sources:
http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/meniscus...
http://www.arthroscopy.com/sp05005.htm
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/torn-me...
http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/menis...
and this one is my absolute fave:
http://www.questdiagnostics.com/kbase/dp...
it has tons of details.
in the mean time, ice it and reduce strenuous activities. and then follow your docs instructions on monday!
Hope you fell better soon!!!
and you may e-mail me if you'd like for support, or whatever. i will get back to you as soon as possible!
well should wait till the MRI results. but you should wear a brace. brace range from a basic to a really fancy depending on your pain is how strong your brace should be