Worried about my son

BUCASmoker · 06-14-2009, 08:30 PM

Not sure if this helps, but I suffered a similar injury playing ultimate frisbee 2 years back. I had a partial tear on the inside part of my right knee, and had surgery to repair the tear.

I ended up being off of it for a while - about 2.5 weeks until I was riding a bike, but almost 2 months before I could run (on a treadmill) and only 4 months until I could play sports again. My advice would be to not push the recovery. I recovered very slowly (not sure why, just had a good amount of pain for a long time). Usually recovery time from meniscus surgery is really fast.

The one good thing about meniscus tears is that it isn't very easy to re-injure it in the same way. It's a little bit different than other injuries such as breaks where the area is a lot weaker after it's healed.

MajorCaptSilly · 06-20-2009, 07:36 AM

Update:

When we took Nate to the orthotics place where my wife works to get fitted for a brace, the orthotist asked him if he knew his right leg was 3/8'' shorter than his left. We never had a doctor mention that. He gave Nate a lift for his shoe that has changed everything. Not nearly as much pressure on the left knee now. He had to be fitted for a custom brace as he has a bow in is leg that makes an off-the-shelf brace useless. The same place that makes the braces for The Lakers is making his brace. Off to Purdue for another tourney!

MCS

06-14-2009, 08:30 PM	#1
BUCASmoker Where the sun never sets Join Date: Jun 2009 First Name: Vadim Location: Newport Posts: 267 Trading: (9)	Re: Worried about my son Not sure if this helps, but I suffered a similar injury playing ultimate frisbee 2 years back. I had a partial tear on the inside part of my right knee, and had surgery to repair the tear. I ended up being off of it for a while - about 2.5 weeks until I was riding a bike, but almost 2 months before I could run (on a treadmill) and only 4 months until I could play sports again. My advice would be to not push the recovery. I recovered very slowly (not sure why, just had a good amount of pain for a long time). Usually recovery time from meniscus surgery is really fast. The one good thing about meniscus tears is that it isn't very easy to re-injure it in the same way. It's a little bit different than other injuries such as breaks where the area is a lot weaker after it's healed.

06-20-2009, 07:36 AM	#2
MajorCaptSilly Sklee Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Scott Location: Mishawaka, IN Posts: 2,523 Trading: (30)	Re: Worried about my son Update: When we took Nate to the orthotics place where my wife works to get fitted for a brace, the orthotist asked him if he knew his right leg was 3/8'' shorter than his left. We never had a doctor mention that. He gave Nate a lift for his shoe that has changed everything. Not nearly as much pressure on the left knee now. He had to be fitted for a custom brace as he has a bow in is leg that makes an off-the-shelf brace useless. The same place that makes the braces for The Lakers is making his brace. Off to Purdue for another tourney! MCS __________________ Pillsbury, Minneapolis, Prince, Spoon Bridge and Cherry, coinkydink?