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OT. Whats a 3 Meniscus Tear? Good Bad?

njstateofmind said:
Kenneth’s father is an orthopedic surgeon.

If you’re in the NY/NJ area you should pay him a visit.
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OK. Name please?

Come to the think of it, I saw a sign for an orthopedic surgeon here in Maryland, so no need to go all the way to Jersey, we have one here in Maryland. I'll bet they have one down in D.C., too.
 
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SmokeyRone said:
Was in the semis of a tennis tournament Sept 30th. (Up f_ing 5-0 in second set) "snap!" (Or "pop", or both) and my right knee is ****ed.

Won last game on one leg, had to default finals, and basically, 24/7 pain, extreme, couldn't walk, etc. This went on until Monday. Almost four weeks of constant excruciating pain. Couldn't sleep for more than ten minutes. Doctors said Meniscus, and probably worse stuff.

Had MRI last monday. This Monday, before orthedpedic visit, I wake up, and ZERO pain. No pain, whatsoever. Ime it never happened. I bebop to appointment, and the results were a grade 3 Meniscus Tear, and a bunch of grade 2 tears on things that I never heard of, and sound made up. (Radial tears, lateral tears, anteriors, etc)

Well, dr. Says he can't believe the pain stopped, and I had full motion, could jump, etc. Says to come back if it goes bad again, to hear surgical options.

I'm taking MRI to my Canes game buddy (who was the Canes Football radiologist for ten years) to review.

Anyway, I started serving yesterday, and no pain at all. Hit this morning, and I'm 100%. Gonna start training for State Closed Championships on Nov 10th.

Anyone know a grade 3 Meniscus Tear? Is this normal, 4 weeks of total disability, and then immediate full recovery without treatment?

I was scared. This was my first knee injury ever.

BTW, anyone use Solinco Poly strings? OMG, tried them for that tournament, and Its a monster! I was literally bouncing kick serves over opponents head for aces. Hit him in face once, the serve just rocksts off the court. Best stuff ever
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Use this opportunity to get your medical card.
 
Heart of The Playmaker said:
You know Arthur Ashe wasn't *** right? He contracted the virus from tainted blood during a blood transfusion while having heart surgery. Was married and had a young daughter.
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There was no evidence that Ashe was ***... got tainted blood during surgery. I played tennis all my life until my back started acting up. Saying tennis is *** is ignorant... however, there is a good contingent of ******* tennis players in the pros... whatever.
 
gruntking said:
There was no evidence that Ashe was ***... got tainted blood during surgery. I played tennis all my life until my back started acting up. Saying tennis is *** is ignorant... however, there is a good contingent of ******* tennis players in the pros... whatever.
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Sadly, your user name doesn’t help push back on the stereotype.
 
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Played today on hard courts. Zero pain. Didn't go full out. Absolutely no soreness or stiffness after (knee was always sore every day, before injury si:cheerful:nce I came back). Weird. Gotta conclude that f-ing Mueller compression brace had a lot to do with my knee hurting before and after injury.
 
Good luck on the courts mate. I’d still go see the doc in another 3-4 weeks see if you’ve put any additional damage on that knee or if all is good. Would give you peace of mind too.
 
MaxCanes said:
Grade 3 implies a high grade partial or full thickness tear. You may have had a displaced flap or bucket handle meniscal tear that then slipped back into place thereby relieving your symptoms temporarily. Grade 2 sprains or tears are partial thickness injuries that are typically treated conservatively.
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Good advice. It sounds like it went from being out of place and falling back into place. If it keeps coming out you may need some quick stiches inside your knee.
 
MaxCanes said:
Grade 3 implies a high grade partial or full thickness tear. You may have had a displaced flap or bucket handle meniscal tear that then slipped back into place thereby relieving your symptoms temporarily. Grade 2 sprains or tears are partial thickness injuries that are typically treated conservatively.
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I had the bucket meniscus tear. Dr Uribe did surgery but it still locks if I bend my knee a certain way. I have to do surgery again I think. Ugggg
 
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SmokeyRone said:
Played today on hard courts. Zero pain. Didn't go full out. Absolutely no soreness or stiffness after (knee was always sore every day, before injury si:cheerful:nce I came back). Weird. Gotta conclude that f-ing Mueller compression brace had a lot to do with my knee hurting before and after injury.
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Obviously not the same, but I tore my meniscus last year and it took me a while to recover, but DR. Bascially said if it's just the meniscus they usually don't operate just have to deal with the pain from time to time. I feel great most of the time but every once in a while my knee gets sore. You should probably be good I'd imagine.
 
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Yeah, I think she would change your mind on the tennis is *** thing.
 
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