Attn Knee Injury Club: Meniscus

For those of you who have incurred knee injuries I pose this question to you.  I had a medial menisectomy two years ago with the surgery being a success.  However within the last month my knee is beginning to give me problems.  For some reason it's almost feeling like it did right after post-op with limited flexion and swelling.  Keep in mind I do Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu four days as a week so I am hard on the joint.  Anyone else with similar experiences?  Could it be merely scar tissue that needs cleaning?

Hmmm.  I had the same surgery as you, then about 8 weeks into rehab we learned (fell on my face in pt) that I had an mcl tear as well.  That stretched- out my rehab but didn't require any more surgery.

Perhaps your rehab didn't get you back all the way?  I learned that the quads are FOUR muscles that work together (along with other miscellanous muscles, ligaments and tendons) to support the knee joint, and the whole processed seemed like it took forever to get everything working together "in balance".

I also wish that I had seen the doc as soon as my knee started bothering me - I'm convinced that I could've avoided surgery completely.  If you're feeling like you felt before surgery, I'd recommend re-visting your ortho for a check-up.  A little prevention, or additional pt is worthwhile if you can avoid another injury or surgery.  Good luck.

Well I went to my general practitioner and he said most likely it's just normal inflammation from the menisectomy since there is less cartilage to work with in the knee.  The good thing is it since improved since I made this thread.  Unfortunately I sprained my other knee (MCL) and am struggling with this now.