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Experiencing Pain After A Meniscus Repair
1 year ago I had a meniscus repair. Knee never recovered although repair was successful. PT helped somewhat. Cortisone injections, supartz 2x. Extreme pain when weight bearing. Pain at night wakes me up. On pain meds for that. New MRI showed patella femoral arthritis 2 and 3. no 4. Dr thinks partial knee replacement might help. 2nd opinion Dr. thought going to pain management Dr. and aqua PT would be a good choice. I am perplexed as what I should do. I feel the pain in from my inner knee joint and not muscular.??????my delema Wendy
Wed, 11 Jan 2017
Hi,
You had done your meniscus repair (comprises tibiofemoral joint) but you have a patellofemoral arthritis (chondromalacia patellae) which is different joint so that's the reason you have pain in the knee. If your pain is bearable and want to avoid a replacement Aquatic therapy with pain management is a good option.
In this you need to continue the therapy and the home protocol and can't stop like a dosage of medicine. If you want a joint replacement done, post operative you need to continue with physiotherapy treatment.
Hope this helps you. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Jenis Bhalavat
You had done your meniscus repair (comprises tibiofemoral joint) but you have a patellofemoral arthritis (chondromalacia patellae) which is different joint so that's the reason you have pain in the knee. If your pain is bearable and want to avoid a replacement Aquatic therapy with pain management is a good option.
In this you need to continue the therapy and the home protocol and can't stop like a dosage of medicine. If you want a joint replacement done, post operative you need to continue with physiotherapy treatment.
Hope this helps you. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Jenis Bhalavat
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