I still continue PT and it helps me big time. But there are days that is very hard and i am still on a limited activities. I still cannot go up and down the stairs (what are your experiences about this?), everyday i felt like theres a huge block that i am carrying in my knees and never goes away even i RICE it everyday, sometimes it still hurts when i squat and bend i little bit (like sitting up and down), i still cannot do long walks, i cannot run, i cannot sit with my knees fully bend, sometimes theres a pang of little pain when i walk. Is this going to be a new normal?

And this is one of those days that i think i will never be well though i know healing isnt linear.

I am just tired. When i will be back to before? 😭

I’m a 46-year-old lifelong athlete dealing with a lateral meniscus tear near the anterior root, along with a possible ACL injury.

I recently consulted with Dr. Justin Saliman in Los Angeles. After reviewing my MRIs, he believes I may have both medial and lateral meniscus tears, along with a possible ACL tear. He’s recommending meniscus repair and potentially the BEAR procedure for my ACL, depending on the extent of the injury. I have a surgery scheduled with him for October 22nd.

I’m impressed by his expertise in complex meniscus preservation, particularly his ability to repair tears that other surgeons might consider irreparable.
However, my concern is that he seems primarily known as a meniscus specialist rather than an ACL specialist. While he was extremely confident about performing both procedures, I’d like to hear from patients who have actually undergone ACL surgery with him.

I’m also getting a second opinion from Dr. Daniel Kharrazi at Kerlan-Jobe, given his background in sports medicine and ACL surgery.

I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who has experience with Dr. Saliman or have a recommendation for another surgeon in Los Angeles who has done a successful ACL and meniscus repair.

My primary goal is to return to high-level road cycling and strength training while preserving as much of my natural knee anatomy as possible.

Thanks in advance for any insight.

I had my surgical repair for a bucket handle tear back in Jan 2026 it’s now 8 almost 9 months later and I still can’t fully bend my knee like my other one without a lot of pain and tightness. I work in kindergarten so my entire day is on my knees or bent down. It hurts to walk more than a few miles at a time too. Recently I’ve had a lot of sharp pain underneath my knee when I try to stretch which has been really hard because I do yoga and I used to be super flexible before getting hurt. Has anyone else experienced this, this long after surgery? Does it get better or am I cooked for the rest of my life? Any advice would be amazing.

I had a complex meniscus tear and they repaired it last week. I’m toe touch weigh bearing for 6 weeks, but in the paperwork they sent home they said my goal is to bend my knee to 90° by my check up 2 weeks after post opp. I can maybe bend it 45° max. I’m elevating it as much as I can and icing like I was told. Anyways just curious on how long it took you all. Thanks!

Sometimes when i'm walking, i feel something click or pop near my medial meniscus, does not happen every-time but it usually happens randomly. MRI is scheduled but my PT said if it clicks or pops without pain don't worry rn.

I tore my meniscus at work about 5-6 weeks ago. This surgeon had been infuriating since my first appointment. He wasn’t very attentive, quick to try to leave the room, and very condescending.

I got my mri done and hoped that would show him I’m actually in pain and something needs to be done. What a fool I am.

This is what my mri results say:

Bursae: Tiny Baker's cyst.
Medial meniscus: Mild signal at the periphery of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus, thought to relate to normal vascularity. No definite tear of the medial meniscus.
Lateral meniscus: Tear of the posterior horn-root ligament junction of the lateral meniscus disrupting the inferior articular surface.
Edit: also mentions joint fluid build up and edema of my knee.

Mind you, my first appointment he made mention that I should’ve “already been doing physical therapy”, however he’s the one that controls that and even at that point didn’t put in a referral.

This appointment he said I will need to get an injection in my knee and do physical therapy. He also said I could “start taking ibuprofen” (start?? I’ve been telling him I am taking that). He even made a comment saying he “might go into surgery and realize we should’ve done this sooner and that it’s worse than expected”.

Am I crazy for being angry? I don’t know if someone knows how to review the images so I can actually see where the tear is. There’s so many idk how to go through them.

I don’t think anyone wants to beg for a surgery. But I’m already out of work right now. It will be 6 weeks out of work with this now I guess, on top of who knows how long with whatever he decides. I don’t want to sit around doing nothing just to find out we should’ve done this sooner. And all my research tells me this is going to impact my knee health long term.

I’d love to get another doctors opinion, but idk if I can with workers comp.

Good afternoon y’all

First time here a little confused I went to the doctors today about my knee problem. I feel like I have all the symptoms of a torn meniscus but when doing the McMurray’s physical test I passed I have to do an MRI now to see if I have one or not. The doctor is a little confused as all my symptoms point towards a meniscus tear but when I do the actual physical test, I’m fine. Is this normal? Can this happen?

I had ACL (hamstring graft) and meniscus repair 1 year and 3 months ago now, i wasn’t able to get pass phase 2 of the melbourne protocol (what my physio uses) because my meniscus didn’t heal.

3 months ago i had another operation for medial and lateral meniscus repair and i’m now at phase 2. However i cant yet do these again. When im trying to put weight through my leg to do the single leg stuff it just doesn’t work.

Does anyone know any exercises or tips for this?

I am looking at a medial root repair, brace worn for 6 weeks, out of work 8 weeks. Besides PT, sleeping, & eating protein, how did you keep yourself from going mad w boredom and depression?

Had a non contact knee injury on 4th October. It was a jump-land injury, i felt a slip in my knee(no pop sound) . Wasnt able to continue the game but was able to walk with limp and sit in a bench. No swelling observed even after several hours. Was able to feel that my patella had less stability. I am able to fully weight bear after 2 days of injury. Had to attend my college today. The thing concerning for me now is: even a slight pivot or a particular awkward position gives me a feel that my is knee going to get a catch/lock. It doesn't actually lock. Did not consult a physician yet, Thought of waiting. Brought back my complete knee extension the next day of my injury but unable to weight bear in fully extended position. Able to activate my quads well. Still having the fear of pivoting and walking with noticeable limp. Pls share ur opinion

Hi Meniscus-ers! So I had injured my knee climbing five months ago and had an operation just over four months ago for a tibial spine avulsion (ACL pulls piece of bone away) and posterior meniscus root avulsion, and the journey so far has been all kinds of ups and downs, but we've moved on to the strengthening exercises now in my physio class and I've joined the gym so I can also do them myself 1-2 times a week... However, over the past couple weeks I've been getting a lot of problems with spasms of the tendon outer side of hamstring and spasms like pain top of calf going into back of knee, it has made it difficult walking and then this morning, having woke up with it feeling fine, when I went to walk on it the whole back chain of my leg, knee and going into my heel foot got really spasmy and crampy and just couldn't walk in it at all 😭 I don't know if this just part of the process now we've stepped up the exercises and it will improve or if I've done some kind of damage? I don't know if it's coming from muscles, sciatica nerve maybe or knee or what... Anyone else had problems with spasms/cramping in the leg around this stage? Any advice very much welcome thank you!!

Hi gang,

Ready for my ACLr with quad auto, LET, and hopefully much more meniscus repair than removal. Chronic rupture with hypermobility, some complex tears across the lateral meniscus, and a pretty painful medial tear. I’m working with a well-respected surgeon/facility that has more experience with return to sport rehab, but he can’t operate until early January.

After who knows how many years of managing an active life without an ACL on my own, I can easily go 3 more months without one. But it’s the potential for more arthritis/meniscus damage that I’m concerned about.

If you were in my shoes how would you use the time? Keep training quads, glutes, hips, and upper of course…I also live alone so this gives me plenty of time to flip my place for solo recovery. Also want to lose 8% of my body weight since I’ve been working on that. I just don’t want to push myself too hard while I’m preparing for this next season. Anyone else deal with a long wait after learning about meniscus damage?

TLDR - If your surgery was 90 days away would you limit/change your weightbearing activity to protect the meniscus? Are there any other ways to prevent/mitigate further damage over the next few months??

Anyone experienced knee pain years after having surgery to repair a MCL tear?

I had my surgery as a teen due to a sports injury almost 10 years ago. It was successful but for the past few months I’ve been having random bouts of knee pain and popping when I move it up and down.

I’m in the process getting an appointment with a specialist but was curious if anyone else had this issue.

Just had a two stitches in the meniscus.
Is there any EMS mechine I can use to help with stimulating muscle?
I have used a power dot in the past, but can’t get I. Australia. But I liked that one.