Lateral Meniscus Tear or Medial Cartilage Meniscus Injury?
Hi guys;
At the start of the year I started running to get fitter after a long period of illness; after about two and a bit weeks, on one of my rest days, I was kneeling awkwardly and as I stood to get up my knee "locked" and I feel quite a lot of pain when I tried to straighten my leg out to "pop" my knee, but also felt that I couldn't pop it. I sat down on the floor as quickly as possible and pulled my knee to my chest to stop it hurting, and after about twenty seconds it did stop, and my knee no longer needed "popping" but it felt odd.
I haven't run since this incident about three weeks ago, and at the time I researched it, and it seemed like a Lateral Meniscus Tear, as, when I was sitting down and paying attention, the pain seemed to be on the outside of my knee.
Since the incident, despite not running, occasionally when my knee is in a slightly awkward position and under a bit of pressure, I can feel the odd twinge still, but it now feels more centrally placed, and deeper within my knee tissue. Having researched this, I know think that it could be a Medial Cartilage Meniscus Injury.
Just posting here to see if anybody could point in the right direction, and give me any tips on mending it quicker (ATM i'm wearing an elasticated knee support and trying to eat lots of protein.), so that I don't just end up having to wait.
Any help would be much appreciated, just looking forward to getting back into running.
Cheers again guys, WSN.
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