Knee Meniscus Knee Injury Treatment
Knee meniscus distributes your body weight across the knee joint. If you have a damaged meniscus, it's very important to heal it quickly and completely.
The meniscus is a C-shaped piece of cartilage. Cartilage is found in certain joints and forms a buffer between the bones to protect the joint. The meniscus serves as a shock-absorption system, assists in lubricating the joint, and limits the ability to flex and extend the joint.
Meniscal injuries are most commonly caused by twisting or over-flexing the joint.
The goal of treatment is to reduce symptoms and protect the joint from further injury; you should not put your full weight on the knee while trying to heal it.
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Added more weight training to my rehabilitation and coritsone shots got me back to normal within about 4 weeks.
I had a tremendous amount of swelling in my right knee after no known physical activity that would result in an injury. The swelling caused limitation on range of motion as well as discomfort when sitting or walking. It was ultimately determined that I had aggravated the meniscus after an MRI provided information that there was no tears of any ....
Physical therapy and minimal strengthening added some stability and helped to reduce some of the swelling, but not back 100%..
Treatments and Results View All Cases
| Name | Average Result | Healed | Helped a Lot |
Helped a Little |
No Change | Made Worse | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Treatments (average) |
4.0
(35)
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15 | 15 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Diet Management |
5.0
|
1 | |||||
| Weight Loss |
5.0
|
1 | |||||
| Cortisone Injection |
4.5
|
1 | 1 | ||||
| Pain Killers (Analgesic) |
4.0
|
1 | |||||
| Anabolic Steroids |
1.0
|
1 | |||||
| Strengthening |
5.0
|
1 | |||||
| Walking |
5.0
|
2 | |||||
| Swimming |
5.0
|
1 | |||||
| Plyometrics |
5.0
|
1 | |||||
| Weight Machines |
5.0
|
1 | |||||
| Running |
5.0
|
1 | |||||
| Biking |
4.0
|
1 | |||||
| Yoga |
4.0
|
1 | |||||
| Cable Weights |
4.0
|
1 | |||||
| Proper Posture |
4.0
|
1 | |||||
| Ball |
4.0
|
1 | |||||
| Knee Replacement |
5.0
|
1 | |||||
| Knee Arthroscopy |
4.3
|
1 | 2 | ||||
| Stretching Treatment |
5.0
|
1 | |||||
| Range of Motion Exercises |
5.0
|
1 | |||||
| Rest |
4.0
|
2 | |||||
| Massage Therapy |
4.0
|
1 | |||||
| Physical Therapy |
3.7
|
1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Ice |
2.5
|
1 | 1 | ||||
| Heat Therapy |
2.5
|
1 | 1 | ||||
| Bed Rest |
1.0
|
1 |
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