Anyone here ever torn lateral meniscus?

[bmwannabe]

Im a run track and possibly tore it tripping down stairs whilst straddling a bike. Anyway, has anyone ever done this? Am i gonna need surgery or will this shit just go away? Could i just ignore it and run on it?

[bimmerphile]

Problem is, a torn meniscus = cartilage damage. And cartilage usually doesn't just "heal" the same way other tissues do. The biggest reason for this is due to the cartilage's function wherever it is, in your case between your femur and tibia, its job is to keep the two bones from grinding against each other. Having torn the lateral meniscus, you now have a weak spot in that padding. Chances are, sooner or later, you will need to get surgery on it.

It's interesting to note that only the lateral meniscus was torn. Usually, when a knee injury occurs that is sufficient enough to tear the lateral meniscus would do some damage to the LCL or MCL as well. Again, an injury to the LCL or MCL won't just "heal" on its own in most cases.

Does this mean rush into surgery? No, it doesnt. A torn meniscus is actually a pretty common knee injury. However because you are an active runner, I wouldn't put surgery off the table.

Sorry to hear about your knee. Stop riding bikes down stairs, I guess :D

[KenC]

I wouldn't ingnore it. Your miniscus isn't very vascular, thus it isn't going to heal itself properly.

[aaron_silva]

My girlfriend partialy tore her meniscus during a Ski racing event. She had surgery to repair the torn ACL she also suffered during the same fall.

Aaron

[trent]

damn i thought you ment that sandbar between your asshole and nut sack

[Digitalwave]

damn i thought you ment that sandbar between your asshole and nut sack

That is the perenium Trent :)

[trent]

damn i thought you ment that sandbar between your asshole and nut sack

That is the perenium Trent :)

no its the GEEF

[aaron_silva]

choge

Aaron

[BMW BMXER]

My friend tore his and is still awaiting for surgery, hes still riding on it just with a brace all the time.

[bmwannabe]

no thats the gooch, other names are midway, etc, etc....

Anyways.... I feel the least pain when im running, so I dont know if that means its ok.... Probably not though. Luckily, if its a small tear on the outside, the outside is semi vascular, which would kick ass if it healed on its own. Ive hurt this area before when skiiing (360 Iron Cross off a 12 foot jump). It seemed to hurt then just went away. I initially thought it was my IT band, which is still possible. We will see.

[bimmerphile]

Good luck.

Letting the body try and heal itself first is the best thing to do in most cases, but you should take it easy for a few weeks.

[DSchultz325e]

Round here we call that the 'taint.

[808BMW]

no thats the gooch.

Ditto :P

[Digitalwave]

Good luck.

Letting the body try and heal itself first is the best thing to do in most cases, but you should take it easy for a few weeks.

Having an athetic trainer for a friend has been nice since I messed my shoulder up, they have been hooking me up in the training room.

[bmwannabe]

Yeah, its a negative on the torn meniscus. They did the test after practice yesterday, and my meniscus def. isnt torn. My knee is kinda sore, so ill be running on the grass.

Our training room is kickass, weve got a resistance swimming machine called a swim-ex, The Browns, Bengals,cincy reds and us are the only ones in Ohio that have one.