Originally Posted by
Mtal
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I had a torn meniscus about 4 years ago. I got my knee scoped, but after that it was a horror. The doc was like you be as good as new in a month, man it was 6 month of hard work just to be like 80 percent I say. Oh and the place I was getting therapy at, was a joke too, never did weights there, they just put heating pad on it and these electic pulse things.
Anyway went to a new doc, he send me to a good pysical therapy place, I did some tai chi, got back to normal, I am able to take JKD now and Xing-yi.
Only thing, seems like if I over do it a little, or even more so, if I do something a little dynamic, lets say a quick bend or drop, or a stance where I most of my weight is on that knee, I get a sharp pain there and it might be a little sore for a day or two (lets say I am going down stairs or something, I feel the sharp pain), but then it goes away and I can be good for a while, intill I do something to it, etc......
Now has anyone experienced this? Is there something I should be doing for it?
Thank, any advice would be great.
I am completely right there with you. I tore the hell out of mine about 12 years ago. It folded double and locked my knee in a bent position for a week until I had the surgery to "undo" it and remove the torn parts. While poking around in there, the surgeon discovered, in his words, "more arthritis than I've ever seen in anyone your age." He had no idea why. He informed me that it would be a lifelong problem and I'd be lucky if I ever got full range of motion or 80% usage of that knee back.
A few years ago it got really bad again ... and then I started taking Kung Fu. Now not only do I have full range of motion back, but it's better than it was before the surgery. I still don't have full usage of it. Maybe I never will, and, like you, I get that sharp pain in the side of it after doing something that twists or bends it. But I will probably always have that. It's just pain. As long as it's just pain and not a permenant injury, I don't think that's too terrible.
Kung Fu is great rehab for this, or at least it has worked for me. Good luck, and take heart!
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