WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR A KNEE THAT THE MRI READS FOCAL RADIAL TEAR WITHIN THE LATERAL MENISCUS MID BODY. THERE IS A SMALL KNEE JOINT EFFUSION. MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT WITH MILD THICKENING AND INCREASED SIGNAL ALONG WITH ADJACENT MILD SOFT TISSUE EDEMA, APPERARING SECONDARY TO LOW-GRADE SPRAIN. EARLY LOW-GRADE CHONDROMALCIA SEEN WITHIN THE MEDIAL COMPARTMENT ALONF THE FAR MEDIAL MARGIN, WITH MINIMAL SUBJACENT MARROW EDEMA SEEN WITHIN MEDIAL FEMORAL CONDYLE, MAY SECONDARY TO CHONDRAL FISSURING ALTHOUGH WITHOUT OVERT FULL THICKNESS CHONDRAL LOSS VERSUS SMALL FOCAL CONTUSION.