"limping" health issue… …any advice..?

[Ned TrentParticipant 4894]

Hi there gents.

Quite recently I’ve been diagnosed with having a torn inner meniscus in one of my knees (according to a recent computer tomographic image I had made) and to be honest I don’t recall any incident (ie. impact from outside my knee) how this could have happened whatsoever, since I never ever had any troubles with my knees in my entire life. For the most part in terms of sports I only quite regularly ride on my bicycle other than that no risky sports (I used to do windsurfing quite excessively but that was ages ago) as far as I can remember.

Well, for the time being I am called off work sick, trying my best over the next few weeks to relax and recover my knee and get it back into ship shape first of by physiotherapy to get rid of the remaining slight pain and to retrain all inner muscles in that knee. Failing any improvement (hopefully not!) I would only then have to have an operation on the meniscus which I am clearly not keen to do, only if all else fails (physiotherapy and on and off wearing a supporting orthopedic knee bandage and only whenever need be taking one or the other painkiller; currently I am off of them, fingers crossed…).

I haven’t been to a hospital in over three decades. Although it won’t be the actual operation that I’d be scared of, it is more like some of the horror stories about super bugs that one can get infected with after even the most routine operation, bugs which meanwhile are resistant towards any type of antibiotics and believe it or not, depending on the hospital where you get treated, even in my developed country this can be quite a risky issue. Add the fact that by now there are lots of hospitals undertaking too many partly unnecessary operations, but they do them merely to stay economically afloat, so imagine how sick in that regard our whole health system nowadays can be…

Can you think of any other alternatives to having myself laid under a scalpel…? Or has any of you had similar problems before and is therefore qualified on giving some advice..?

Thank you.

(limping) Ned

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[Soldier-MedicParticipant 2566]

I’ve had a few surgeries myself. I don’t have any cartilage in my right ankle and my right labrium is half gone so that my arm can come out of joint any time it wants.

The best suggestion that I can give, if therapy fails, is to actively discuss alternatives with your physician.

I didn’t get surgery on my right shoulder because the words “reconstruct”, and “salvage”. This along with six months of healing before therapy begins convinced me that perhaps the cure was worse than the disease.

I issue is that I don’t walk on my arms.

I understand your fears but infections secondary to an operation aren’t THAT common. And, when the occur, they are infrequently a super strep that eats away your flesh. When I have concerns like this I normally do my own research on the frequency of the occurrence for my concerns.

If these life-threatening infections are a common risk then, (speaking for myself) I would opt for a cane.

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[griffinParticipant 189]

I tore my knee up deer hunting years ago…pulled a one legger down a gopher hole! Anyway for a couple of years it would act up from time to time, limping with pain. My chiropractor advised me to try some custom orthotic’s. After getting those made and about 2 months after wearing them, no pain, and haven’t ever had knee pain again and its been years now. worth a shot, not that expensive either.

[RoyDalParticipant]

griffin wrote:

My chiropractor advised me to …

I had two very gimpy knees — not your exact problem though.

I went to the best orthopedic surgeon in my area. His practice included many professional athletes. He hinted at chiropractic and told me to hold off on surgery as long as I could. Certainly, if he had said an operation was necessary, I would have done it. (Money was not a problem because I had excellent health coverage at the time.)

I did not know chiropractors worked on knees. I would be walking with a cane if it weren’t for my chiropractor. I recommend you find one who has extra training in sports injuries.

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[Ned TrentParticipant 4894]

Thank you guys this far for your responses. Most of them were really helpful.

RoyDal wrote:

I did not know chiropractors worked on knees. I would be walking with a cane if it weren’t for my chiropractor. I recommend you find one who has extra training in sports injuries.

Cheers RoyDal, that was a very interesting advice regarding the chiropractors. I didn’t know about this either…

Many thanx

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[RoyDalParticipant]

@Ned Trent, and all y’all;

This is the technique of the first chiropractor I went to: https://www.activator.com/
I have tried the other techniques, but Activator has earned my total loyalty.

BTW, Hold still! I am trying to read what’s on your forehead!

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[John Woods 13Participant 2855]

I had the same insidious pain in my right knee that came from nowhere (no specific accident) about 6 years ago. It got so bad at some point that I couldn’t walk for more than 5 minutes and sometimes even standing straight was hard. I went to the hospital and they said something to the effect of partial ligament tare… Didn’t want surgery so I stopped any strenuous activity, which in my case was tennis and jogging. I was pain free in about 3 months, but due to other issues I never got back to sports until about 2 years after that. The pain never returned, so I guess, if you want to avoid surgery, in about 2 years it will heal itself.
Also, a friend of mine just had an operation for the same thing and the pain/limping went away in 2 months, but still no full recovery after 1 year, so… if it’s not fully broken, I’d say skip the surgery and just let it heal by itself.

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[nefrbParticipant 3]

Depends on the amount and kind of damage to the cartilage. As they have no blood supply they do not heal well by themselves (unless it’s a small tear on the outside). If you don’t do sports potentially after a period of rest and physio it could be a usable knee without too much trouble. Otherwise go for the surgery. It’s quick and has good results. I had it and never had any problems since. And stay away from chiroquacktors.

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