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What Causes Knee Pain With History Of Medial Meniscus Repair Surgery?
Question: I have been walking the past few months, I have recently started having pain and instability below the left knee on the inside medial area, I have had medial meniscus repair surgery 10 yrs ago. hurts more when there is no load on the thigh muscle. feels like my knee will collapse back the wrong way. I don't have any locking of the knee either. what can this be?
Brief Answer:
Anterior cruciate ligament tear
Detailed Answer:
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I am sorry to hear that you are having problems with your knee. The type of injury your are describing is probably an anterior cruciate ligament tear. Did you have any injury or falls? The anterior cruciate ligament is the ligament inside the knee that helps stabilize the knee forward and backward. If this ligament is damaged there can be too much laxity in the knee and make it feel loose and unstable. Your doctor can do some maneuvers during the exam which can suggest a ligament tear. An MRI is the best way to visualize the inside of the knee and diagnose the problem.
It could also be a tear of the medial or lateral ligaments. These are the ligaments just on the sides of the knee that help stabilize right and left motion. This also will be checked during an exam and the MRI can also see these ligaments.
To help prevent further damage I recommend that you work on strengthening your quadriceps muscles in the lower leg. Strengthening these muscles help with healing process and improve knee stability. You may still need to have surgery or arthroscopic repair if the ACL is torn. A lateral or medical ligament tear is not usually repaired.
I hope this answers your question. Please contact HCM or me again for your health care concerns or questions
Anterior cruciate ligament tear
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for contacting HCM with your health care concerns.
I am sorry to hear that you are having problems with your knee. The type of injury your are describing is probably an anterior cruciate ligament tear. Did you have any injury or falls? The anterior cruciate ligament is the ligament inside the knee that helps stabilize the knee forward and backward. If this ligament is damaged there can be too much laxity in the knee and make it feel loose and unstable. Your doctor can do some maneuvers during the exam which can suggest a ligament tear. An MRI is the best way to visualize the inside of the knee and diagnose the problem.
It could also be a tear of the medial or lateral ligaments. These are the ligaments just on the sides of the knee that help stabilize right and left motion. This also will be checked during an exam and the MRI can also see these ligaments.
To help prevent further damage I recommend that you work on strengthening your quadriceps muscles in the lower leg. Strengthening these muscles help with healing process and improve knee stability. You may still need to have surgery or arthroscopic repair if the ACL is torn. A lateral or medical ligament tear is not usually repaired.
I hope this answers your question. Please contact HCM or me again for your health care concerns or questions
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