Topic: Any physios/knee injury sufferers out there - advice kneeded

[kemlyn1974]

Have a long standing knee ligament injury ( snapped medial). Same knee cartlidge op 2yrs ago. Now physio says have meniscal tear ( no scan). Taking her advice re exercises etc and improvement ( can now walk for 1hr as opposed to 10mins)...Question - would op be bad idea? is only op option removal. Physio says mucho risk of arthritis ( in me 40's like) so not good op option..
also would like to get support for knee..physio refuses to recommend ( she's nice really)..don't think I need hinge job but maybe one with reinforcement as opposed to bandage style support. Want protection to be able to hike ( I know it's sad..rather than play again etc).. any ideas..good products etc

Thanks chums

[Ateles]

Did they say how long the tear was and where in the mensical cartilage it was?

This looks like a pretty good summary of different outcomes/treatments possible depending on the severity and location of the tear.

[Godmadebloodred]

In my mid-30s now. Have a meniscal injury on both knees. Forget the hinge job, you're better off doing that in your 60s.

Get in the gym to strengthen the muscles that support the knee and , in my case, take glucosamine sulphate to keep the knees oiled.

[kavah]

You sound like you've played a bit of football.

The only encouragement I can give you is my Dad had a similar catologue of knee injuries, probably worse, and after several ops his is much much better.  It did however take a long time to heal  - nearly 3 years .  And at times we were thinking it was never going to get better.
And you should heal quicker ( he was 65 when he first did his knee )

[AndyP]

Get in the gym to strengthen the muscles that support the knee and , in my case, take glucosamine sulphate to keep the knees oiled.

Had an arthroscopy last year, took a long time to get over it. Thats a good call about the Glucosamine (fish cartiledge tablets do a similar job). Personally dont use strapping but each to their own.