The meniscus is the cartilage in the knee joint. Thereare two menisci the lateral and the medial. The lateral meniscus is more mobileand the medial is rigid that’s why the medial meniscus tear is about threetimes that of the lateral meniscus. 

The main function of the meniscus in the knee joint isshock absorption, load sharing, and knee joint stability.

Common causes of meniscal tear are: twisting or jumpingor change in direction especially in sports or skiing. The tear may bedegenerative as in the older population. The tear may also may occur inassociation with arthritis. 

These are the common symptoms by which you can get anidea about the cause of your knee pain: pain at the medial or lateral side ofthe knee, tenderness, posterior knee pain when the knee is bent, there is thelocking of the knee, clicking sound, and the swelling.

Not all meniscus tear requires surgery, and since theperipheral meniscus tear heals itself but still the healing is not similar toany other healing mechanism because healing of meniscus leaves fibrocartilagescar, which will cause a reduced joint range of motion and sometimes pain andcause a reduction in your functional ability. But you can recover back to fullor near full function where the injury no longer limits you in your activities.

Elite Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Centre has a teamof quality physiotherapists who with the help of their manual techniques andlatest machines will surely take you out from your pain and disability.

PHYSIOTHERAPY TREATMENT OF MENISCAL TEARINCLUDES:

Treatment at our physiotherapy clinic starts with theevaluation of your condition and making a treatment plan which is focused onreducing stress to the knee joint, manage swelling, improving mobility,regaining strength around the knee and the hip, and improving stability in thelower body.

Our physiotherapy clinic is equipped with world-classlatest technology machines such as- Extracorporeal shock wave (ECSW),High-intensity class 4 laser, super inductive system (SIS), Cryo-compression,Cryo-air, Targeted Radiofrequency (TR-therapy), & Combo machine, wirelessprofessional, etc.

At our physiotherapyclinic, we use a Cryo-air machine for cryotherapy, this will causevasoconstriction and cause swelling reduction and pain relief.

There are some early rehab exercises we give you thathelp you with your labral tear such as: Knee Flexion Slides with Towel Wedge.

Knee Extension Stretch with Strap and Towel Roll.

Long sitting quad set with Towel Roll.

Side-lying Hip Abduction.

TRX Squat with Lean Back.

Single-Leg Y Balance with Cones.

Bench Bridge 2 Legs - 90-degree bent.

Lateral walks with the band around the forefoot.

Kinesio taping.

Joint mobilization for superior tibiofibular joint,Patello-femoral joint, tibiofemoral joint.

Balance and proprioception exercises.

Once the patient is relieved from pain and achieve musclestrength then our sports physiotherapist will start Agility training.