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    Default medial knee meniscus injury playing basketball

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    Hello all,

    I took a funny step playing basketball, felt a sort of pinch on the medial side of my knee, by next morning I couldn't put weight on that leg. Serious pain if I tried. Doesn't feel like a medial ligament strain, feels like a cartilage injury, as best I can tell. Some swelling, not a lot. (Just a funny step, no dramatic collision, twist, buckling, landing from a jump, anything like that.)

    Now a couple of days later I can put some weight on it--I can get around on one crutch or hobble a few steps without. The pain is significantly less.

    I saw my GP and he tested my ligaments/stability manually and said my knee seemed stable. He prescribed an anti-inflammatory, i.e., prescription-strength Aleve.

    1) Would there be any point to seeing an orthopedist and getting an MRI? From what I understand, unless my knee starts locking up, there's no surgical solution.

    2) Any advice on prognosis and recovery?

    3) Before this acute injury I had noticed a little soreness in my knee in the same area. Did I gradually bring this on, i.e., was the acute injury the final straw in some kind of accumulative process? If so does that change the outlook in terms of what I should do and should expect in the future?

    Thanks.

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    Tom, how old are you? Has nobody ever counseled you to leave court sports to the kids?

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    I would say given that you have already progressed to one crutch I wouldn't worry so much.

    I broke my leg in a similar situation and couldn't walk for months. If you can be on one crutch and bend your leg to good ROM I think you will be fine.

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    I would get an MRI diagnosis.

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    This is a very subjective opinion and I honestly don't know you or your reality and preferences, but *I* would quit basketball and start doing heavy, deep, free squats.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark Rippetoe View Post
    I would get an MRI diagnosis.
    Considering it but I am not sure what the point would be. It seems very unlikely that there is a surgical fix, as I understand it. So what would be the benefit of an MRI?

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    Quote Originally Posted by tompaynter View Post
    Considering it but I am not sure what the point would be. It seems very unlikely that there is a surgical fix, as I understand it. So what would be the benefit of an MRI?
    Knowing whether or not there is a surgical fix.

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