How long does it take to rehab a meniscus tear?
How long does it take to rehab a meniscus tear?
Meniscus tears are the most frequently treated knee injuries. Recovery will take about 6 to 8 weeks if your meniscus tear is treated conservatively, without surgery. The time varies, depending on: the type and severity of the tear.
Can a torn meniscus heal with PT?
Meniscal tears further limit mobility and can be very painful. Patients typically have two options for treatment—arthroscopic partial meniscectomy that involves surgically removing the torn part of the meniscus and stabilizing it, or physical therapy.
Is cycling good for torn meniscus?
Bicycling. Riding a stationary bike may be an important component of your knee meniscus tear exercise program. Bike riding can have many benefits, including: It can improve your knee range of motion.
What kind of physical therapy can I do for a meniscus tear?
Jonathan Cluett, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with subspecialty training in sports medicine and arthroscopic surgery. If you have a knee meniscus tear, you may benefit from a physical therapy exercise program to rehabilitate your knee.
Can a meniscus tear cause limited range of motion?
Your knee meniscus tear may cause you to have limited knee range of motion. Your ability to do a full bend or straighten your knee may become painful or limited. Restoring normal and pain-free knee range of motion should be one of the goals of your rehab.
How long does it take to heal from a meniscus tear without surgery?
Meniscus tear treatment without surgery is very well possible in most cases. The meniscus tear recovery time without surgery is about 2 months and the meniscus tear recovery time after surgery is somewhere between 1 and 3 months.
Can a runner have a meniscus tear removed?
The vast majority of runners are able to avoid meniscus surgery. Having part of your meniscus removed as a runner could end a long running career. Surgery for a meniscus tear in a runner might help for a short while, but the loss of meniscus might initiate an arthritic process causing more degeneration within the knee.
Jonathan Cluett, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon with subspecialty training in sports medicine and arthroscopic surgery. If you have a knee meniscus tear, you may benefit from a physical therapy exercise program to rehabilitate your knee.
Your knee meniscus tear may cause you to have limited knee range of motion. Your ability to do a full bend or straighten your knee may become painful or limited. Restoring normal and pain-free knee range of motion should be one of the goals of your rehab.
Meniscus tear treatment without surgery is very well possible in most cases. The meniscus tear recovery time without surgery is about 2 months and the meniscus tear recovery time after surgery is somewhere between 1 and 3 months.
The vast majority of runners are able to avoid meniscus surgery. Having part of your meniscus removed as a runner could end a long running career. Surgery for a meniscus tear in a runner might help for a short while, but the loss of meniscus might initiate an arthritic process causing more degeneration within the knee.