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I am a 39 year old male fairly active and need some advice.
I finally had an MRI done last week on my left knee that
bothered me back in Sept 2003 (hurt it during a Soccer
tournament. I have been playing soccer 2-3 times a week
since last June and running twice a week on it (under 10K
runs usually 6-8KM) and have had little discomfort
ocassianlly my knees ar sore but nothing major and it
usually seems to be the right knee that hurts more? Anyhow,
the results of my MRI are " A slightly irregular but oblique
horizontal tear is noted in the Posterior horn and body of
the medial meniscus. There are areas of fraying in the body
and posterior horn. Mild sprain of the MCL. Tracking Baker's
Cyst. There is a bunch of other things written down but such
as normal muscle, patellea well aligned, ACL,PCL, LCL, and
extensor mechanism normal etc.
I am not too intersted in getting surgery but from what I
have read it seems I may be asking for trouble if I do not?
The surgery from my understanding is simple but is a partial
removal and not a re stitching. This makes me think even a
"torn cushion is better then a small cushion" and I should
wait it out?
I am sure many of you have had similar problems and I am
curious to see what you have chosen and what has happened?
I finally had an MRI done last week on my left knee that
bothered me back in Sept 2003 (hurt it during a Soccer
tournament. I have been playing soccer 2-3 times a week
since last June and running twice a week on it (under 10K
runs usually 6-8KM) and have had little discomfort
ocassianlly my knees ar sore but nothing major and it
usually seems to be the right knee that hurts more? Anyhow,
the results of my MRI are " A slightly irregular but oblique
horizontal tear is noted in the Posterior horn and body of
the medial meniscus. There are areas of fraying in the body
and posterior horn. Mild sprain of the MCL. Tracking Baker's
Cyst. There is a bunch of other things written down but such
as normal muscle, patellea well aligned, ACL,PCL, LCL, and
extensor mechanism normal etc.
I am not too intersted in getting surgery but from what I
have read it seems I may be asking for trouble if I do not?
The surgery from my understanding is simple but is a partial
removal and not a re stitching. This makes me think even a
"torn cushion is better then a small cushion" and I should
wait it out?
I am sure many of you have had similar problems and I am
curious to see what you have chosen and what has happened?