will i ever run again?? please help

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16 years ago 03/13/2008 7:00pm EDT

hi all,

any advice/comments is appreciated

in january i had a sports hernia repair and had just started normal runing 3 weeks ago when i hurt my knee.... i fell on a run slipped on ice.... bad luck huh?

i had an mri on monday and it said this:

there is a complex tear involving the posterior horn of the medial meniscus which includes a horizontal oblique cleavage tear which communicates with the inferior articular surface. in addition there is a radial tear component which extends into the central tibial atachment. associated with the tear of the central tibial attachment is a parameniscal cyst measuring 1.2cm. the cyst contains several small septations.

what does all this mean? is it bad??

im a distance runner at D1 school who has a 414 mile pb and is currently a freshman redshirt.

i am due to have knee arthroscopy next week so any advice is much apprecaited.

thank you

16 years ago 03/13/2008 7:11pm EDT

re: 18YR OLD CRIPPLE

I'm not a doc and can't translate all the different types of tears, however, I have had three meniscus surgeries and have lost about half of my lateral menicus (partial menisectomy on lateral meniscus in 2002, repair of lateral meniscus tear + fix tear in synovvial membrane + reattach severed popliteal tendon in 2006, remove failed repair of lateral meniscus in 2007.) So far I have come back from each surgery to be better than I was before.

It can sometimes be a long road back, but trust me, you will run again and you will feel good running again. After some of my surgeries I have run in as little as 3 weeks, but take your time and take rehab seriously. It can take 6+ months sometimes for everything to feel "right" in the knee, so if it gives you trouble at first don't worry.

Good luck, feel free to email me if you have any questions.

16 years ago 03/13/2008 7:24pm EDT

re: lohalloran

16 years ago 03/13/2008 10:47pm EDT

re: 18YR OLD CRIPPLE

...I don't know what any of that means, but it sounds pretty bad.

16 years ago 03/13/2008 11:02pm EDT

re: Tom Cruise said it best...

www.therunzone.com

i'd try posting here. Couple people post there who deal alot with MRI readings and that stuff.

16 years ago 03/14/2008 1:20am EDT

re: bbq

sorry for your injury and I don't know how to interpret the jargon from your reading but I had over two thirds of a lateral miniscus removed and continued to run 100 mile weeks for a few years. Later I cut back to the 50s because I stopped competing..

16 years ago 03/14/2008 2:25am EDT

re: 18YR OLD CRIPPLE

You can return from a meniscal tear but your knee won't absorb shock as effectively as it used to, and this predisposes you to joint degeneration down the road. What's much more concerning is the possibility of damage to the articular (chondral) surface, which your doctor will investigate during surgery (although it is not specifically indicated on the MRI report, imaging can miss this). If you have chondral damage then the injury is much more serious.

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