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My Knee!!! (2 Viewers)
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Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
I expect your PCP will send you to the appropriate place to get x-rays. You may need a bit of surgical re-attachment there.
Good luck.
Good luck.
Mister CIA
Footballguy
No pics. Thank goodness!
gianmarco
Footballguy
BLOCKED_PUNT
Footballguy
I wanted to (jokingly) vote for the rub some dirt on it answer but you should really see your PCP about it.
fruity pebbles
Footballguy
My liver
Sullie
Footballguy
Almost exactly 15 years ago I was sitting on the floor in my living room and I noticed I couldn't fully extend my left leg. I didn't necessarily have pain but it really freaked me out that I couldn't fully extend my left leg. So I bypassed my primary physician, the ER and all of that and I went directly to an Ortho center. I had torn the meniscus which then caused a Baker's cyst (or popliteal cyst) to form behind my knee. The Ortho surgeon repaired the meniscus, drained the cyst, rinsed the area with saline and I think I was only off my feet for a couple of days. My memory is that I found the crutches so aggravating to use that I just stayed off the leg but slowly recovered as I was instructed. In my case I didn't have to have rehab or anything, apparently my situation was fairly typical. I will say that I'm happy that I decided to cut to the chase and go directly to the Ortho center. The facility was then a brand new facility, they were advertising everywhere at the time so it just made sense to go there directly.
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
Yes this. I’ve done about everything one can do to a knee. May it only be meniscus. The pop suggests acl. And in rare cases ball cancer. Thops
BLOCKED_PUNT
Footballguy
stop drinking
Chemical X
Footballguy
i’d ask a message bored for advise.
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
Duh
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
Yeah, if you can still walk on it, non-emergent evaluation. I’d consider sports medicine/orthopedic urgent care, insurance permitting.
Related, I felt a pop in my hip/upper leg while climbing Sunday, followed by excruciating pain. Couldn’t walk, so friends took me to the ED.
Eight hours later, after x-ray, CT, MRI, and consultation by the ortho resident (ex-NFL player, I’ve now learned), I’ve been diagnosed with a torn hamstring. I hobbled to my car on crutches, maybe 100 yards away, but it took over an hour, due to pain and nausea.
Had follow up with ortho attending today. Two of three tendons torn, surgery next Monday. So much for the four hiking/climbing trips I’d scheduled this summer.
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Galileo
Footballguy
I am trying to dig into this right now. I just switched insurance as of June 1...haven't used it for anything yet.
Galileo
Footballguy
I think it was all Moe
Our local orthopedic surgeons office has walk ins on certain days of the week. Might want to call around and see if that is an option.
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
Yeah, if you can still walk on it, non-emergent evaluation. I’d consider sports medicine/orthopedic urgent care, insurance permitting.
Related, I felt a pop in my hip/upper leg while climbing Sunday, followed by excruciating pain. Couldn’t walk, so friends took me to the ED.
Eight hours later, after x-ray, CT, MRI, and consultation by the ortho resident (ex-NFL player, I’ve now learned), I’ve been diagnosed with a torn hamstring. I hobbled to my car on crutches, maybe 100 yards away, but it took over an hour, due to pain and nausea.
Had follow up with ortho attending today. Two of three tendons torn, surgery next Monday. So much for the four hiking/climbing trips I’d scheduled this summer.
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Awe man, speedy recovery, GB.
You too @Galileo
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the moops
Footballguy
@the moops
works here. But also where the hell did that post of mine come from?
Also - sorry to hear about the hamstring. That sucks
beer 30
Footballguy
As the owner of two bad knees, a couple meniscus tears & repairs and a knee that will require replacement at some point...yep
Also this. Your knee should look like a softball now and you should notice some pain while walking on it. In about a week the swelling will go away and you'll be able to walk alright but the stability in your knee won't be there. Go see an ortho and get that thing clipped, stripped and glued back together. Assuming it's torn, probably 6 months soup to nuts to get back on your feet feeling good but it's not a hard recovery. Just do what the doc tells you, can't emphasize that enough.
Galileo
Footballguy
Good luck to you. At least you were doing something exciting when you got hurt. I was just going down the stairs.Yeah, if you can still walk on it, non-emergent evaluation. I’d consider sports medicine/orthopedic urgent care, insurance permitting.
Related, I felt a pop in my hip/upper leg while climbing Sunday, followed by excruciating pain. Couldn’t walk, so friends took me to the ED.
Eight hours later, after x-ray, CT, MRI, and consultation by the ortho resident (ex-NFL player, I’ve now learned), I’ve been diagnosed with a torn hamstring. I hobbled to my car on crutches, maybe 100 yards away, but it took over an hour, due to pain and nausea.
Had follow up with ortho attending today. Two of three tendons torn, surgery next Monday. So much for the four hiking/climbing trips I’d scheduled this summer.
ETA Can’t ever locate moops using the @ function
Kanil
Footballguy
Seems insensitive to call them "walk-in" appointments. I'd sue.
A year or so ago I had some bad pain in my knee and it just seemed like my knee wasn't working right. I didn't seem to have full mobility and it ached.
During the night while in bed I moved to turn over and felt a pop (no pain) in the knee. Next day I woke up and the pain was gone and I had mobility back. Been fine ever since (knock on wood).
Others speculated a flap in my meniscus got caught causing the pain and the the pop freed it and pain went away. I have no idea.
During the night while in bed I moved to turn over and felt a pop (no pain) in the knee. Next day I woke up and the pain was gone and I had mobility back. Been fine ever since (knock on wood).
Others speculated a flap in my meniscus got caught causing the pain and the the pop freed it and pain went away. I have no idea.
nirad3
Footballguy
Lower, dumbass!
mr. furley
Footballguy
Samkon Gado?Yeah, if you can still walk on it, non-emergent evaluation. I’d consider sports medicine/orthopedic urgent care, insurance permitting.
Related, I felt a pop in my hip/upper leg while climbing Sunday, followed by excruciating pain. Couldn’t walk, so friends took me to the ED.
Eight hours later, after x-ray, CT, MRI, and consultation by the ortho resident (ex-NFL player, I’ve now learned), I’ve been diagnosed with a torn hamstring. I hobbled to my car on crutches, maybe 100 yards away, but it took over an hour, due to pain and nausea.
Had follow up with ortho attending today. Two of three tendons torn, surgery next Monday. So much for the four hiking/climbing trips I’d scheduled this summer.
ETA Can’t ever locate moops using the @ function
Softballguy
Footballguy
That was the same thought I had, but he's an ENT.Samkon Gado?Yeah, if you can still walk on it, non-emergent evaluation. I’d consider sports medicine/orthopedic urgent care, insurance permitting.
Related, I felt a pop in my hip/upper leg while climbing Sunday, followed by excruciating pain. Couldn’t walk, so friends took me to the ED.
Eight hours later, after x-ray, CT, MRI, and consultation by the ortho resident (ex-NFL player, I’ve now learned), I’ve been diagnosed with a torn hamstring. I hobbled to my car on crutches, maybe 100 yards away, but it took over an hour, due to pain and nausea.
Had follow up with ortho attending today. Two of three tendons torn, surgery next Monday. So much for the four hiking/climbing trips I’d scheduled this summer.
ETA Can’t ever locate moops using the @ function
B Maverick
Footballguy
GET THE MRI!!!!
My first knee surgery, the DR was convinced it was just the meniscus, scheduled surgery and found the ACL was torn. Had to go back in a month later to get that fixed. All because he didn't do an MRI. He also didn't do PT before surgery and the PT after was just weight training. Knee has never been the same.
10 or so years later, did the other knee. Used a different Dr. MRI showed what was wrong, PT/Surgery/PT and no issues.
Anyway, just my suggestion. Knee injuries are not the end of the world. Meniscus, ACL, MCL, LCL can all be repaired and get you back to normal. GOOD LUCK!
My first knee surgery, the DR was convinced it was just the meniscus, scheduled surgery and found the ACL was torn. Had to go back in a month later to get that fixed. All because he didn't do an MRI. He also didn't do PT before surgery and the PT after was just weight training. Knee has never been the same.
10 or so years later, did the other knee. Used a different Dr. MRI showed what was wrong, PT/Surgery/PT and no issues.
Anyway, just my suggestion. Knee injuries are not the end of the world. Meniscus, ACL, MCL, LCL can all be repaired and get you back to normal. GOOD LUCK!
The Z Machine
Footballguy
No, you were training for your upcoming triathlon.Good luck to you. At least you were doing something exciting when you got hurt. I was just going down the stairs.Yeah, if you can still walk on it, non-emergent evaluation. I’d consider sports medicine/orthopedic urgent care, insurance permitting.
Related, I felt a pop in my hip/upper leg while climbing Sunday, followed by excruciating pain. Couldn’t walk, so friends took me to the ED.
Eight hours later, after x-ray, CT, MRI, and consultation by the ortho resident (ex-NFL player, I’ve now learned), I’ve been diagnosed with a torn hamstring. I hobbled to my car on crutches, maybe 100 yards away, but it took over an hour, due to pain and nausea.
Had follow up with ortho attending today. Two of three tendons torn, surgery next Monday. So much for the four hiking/climbing trips I’d scheduled this summer.
ETA Can’t ever locate moops using the @ function
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
Wtf? Surgery without any imaging? That’s beyond odd.
B Maverick
Footballguy
Agreed. All their normal tests for strength and stability indicated no tear in the ACL. And the Dr supposedly worked with the USC football team so I didn't question and didn't know any better.
Did seem odd but trusted the dr.
I had that when I tore my achilles. Doctor felt and did a couple other tests and said it was a compete rupture and an MRI wasn't needed and a waste of money. Had surgery the next day.
Galileo
Footballguy
I've got quite a little party going on in my knee...arthritis (knew about this), thinning cartilage, bone spurs, floaters, knee cap slightly off center and...torn meniscus. At least the doc said my story and the tests she did are consistent with a meniscus tear. She speculates the rough arthritis edge probably wore through a part of the meniscus that No MRI done, just an x-ray. The plan moving forward is Advil, a supportive brace, and PT. She didn't think it was significant enough for a surgical repair. I had this knee scoped some 30ish years ago where my meniscus was "cleaned up". She said any surgical procedure would involve cutting away more of the meniscus which she didn't think was necessary at this point and it may be possible to avoid with PT. Sadly, the earliest PT appointment I was able to make is July 7th.
dkp993
Footballguy
As someone who has had 4 knee surgeries (all severe Meniscus tears) and has basically no meniscus left in my right knee, 50% in left, be grateful for the PT route.
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
@the moops worked, this time.
That’s not an actual post by you. I just cut-and-pasted a random response you had made, replacing the content with the heel hook warning.
BTW, I haaaaaate heel hooks, often mocking my friends who use them as “stupid boulderers”.
Well, I guess I found out why. The tear occurred as I was performing a shoulder high heel hook. It was strenuous, but static, with the pop! occurring as I rocked from heel to toe.
I’m guessing my reluctance to embrace heel hooks contributed to the injury, as my hamstring wasn’t conditioned for the unusual forces involved. Still, it’s pretty nuts a body weight move was enough to tear two tendons of one of the largest muscles in the body.
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
Appreciate it. Actually, not super exciting, as I hate the move that caused the injury. I did it just to cross the climb off my “list”, so I never had to do it again.Good luck to you. At least you were doing something exciting when you got hurt. I was just going down the stairs.Yeah, if you can still walk on it, non-emergent evaluation. I’d consider sports medicine/orthopedic urgent care, insurance permitting.
Related, I felt a pop in my hip/upper leg while climbing Sunday, followed by excruciating pain. Couldn’t walk, so friends took me to the ED.
Eight hours later, after x-ray, CT, MRI, and consultation by the ortho resident (ex-NFL player, I’ve now learned), I’ve been diagnosed with a torn hamstring. I hobbled to my car on crutches, maybe 100 yards away, but it took over an hour, due to pain and nausea.
Had follow up with ortho attending today. Two of three tendons torn, surgery next Monday. So much for the four hiking/climbing trips I’d scheduled this summer.
ETA Can’t ever locate moops using the @ function
Well, I guess I accomplished my goal
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
Nah, some rando who was signed by the Broncos, but never played.Samkon Gado?Yeah, if you can still walk on it, non-emergent evaluation. I’d consider sports medicine/orthopedic urgent care, insurance permitting.
Related, I felt a pop in my hip/upper leg while climbing Sunday, followed by excruciating pain. Couldn’t walk, so friends took me to the ED.
Eight hours later, after x-ray, CT, MRI, and consultation by the ortho resident (ex-NFL player, I’ve now learned), I’ve been diagnosed with a torn hamstring. I hobbled to my car on crutches, maybe 100 yards away, but it took over an hour, due to pain and nausea.
Had follow up with ortho attending today. Two of three tendons torn, surgery next Monday. So much for the four hiking/climbing trips I’d scheduled this summer.
ETA Can’t ever locate moops using the @ function
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
Yeah, this happens. If anything, far too many imaging tests are performed. The classic one is MRI for low back pain.
I’m saying this as someone who just had X-rays, CT, and MRI performed in a single visit. And no, I don’t think all were indicated.
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
I wouldn’t wait a month before starting PT. Look up the rehab online, or ask AI for exercises and timeline for recovery.
Now that’s very generic, but you didn’t specify lateral vs. medial meniscus, or other limitations you have. But it’s a good starting point, to be supplemented by stuff like YouTube video for proper exercise form, until you can see the therapist.Rehabilitation following a meniscus tear in a middle-aged man (typically 40–60 years old) depends on several factors, including:
- Type of tear (e.g., degenerative vs. traumatic)
- Treatment approach (non-surgical vs. surgical — and if surgical, whether it's a meniscectomy or meniscus repair)
- Overall joint health (e.g., presence of osteoarthritis)
- Activity goals (return to sport vs. functional daily living)
Below is a general timeline and exercise progression for both non-surgical and post-surgical management, assuming no major complications.
Non-Surgical Management (Degenerative Tear)
This is common in middle-aged men and usually managed conservatively unless symptoms persist.
Weeks 0–2: Acute Phase
- Goals: Reduce pain/swelling, maintain ROM, protect the knee
- Exercises:
- Rest, ice, compression, elevation (RICE)
- Heel slides (gentle knee flexion/extension)
- Quadriceps setting (isometric)
- Straight leg raises (if no pain)
Weeks 2–4: Subacute Phase
- Goals: Improve ROM, begin light strength, normalize gait
- Exercises:
- Stationary cycling (pain-free range)
- Mini squats (0–45°)
- Step-ups
- Calf raises
- Balance training (e.g., single-leg stance)
Weeks 4–8: Strengthening Phase
- Goals: Restore full strength, stability, and function
- Exercises:
- Leg press (0–60° ROM)
- Lateral band walks
- Hamstring curls
- Lunges (if tolerated)
- Proprioception drills (balance board, BOSU)
Weeks 8–12+: Return to Activity
- Gradual return to sport or high-level activity
- Agility drills (if needed)
- Continue strength/balance maintenance
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Terminalxylem
Footballguy
Just got the estimate for my hamstring repair, a same day surgery: $55K 
FarFromHome
Footballguy
I've been pretty hard on my body my entire life. The injury page is deep. My hamstring tear was by far my most painful. Just brutalJust got the estimate for my hamstring repair, a same day surgery: $55K
FarFromHome
Footballguy
Judging by the age poll of this site id assume 80% of us have really really bad knees. 50% of my military disability rating is my knee. Stupid knees.
the moops
Footballguy
May as well amputate the legJust got the estimate for my hamstring repair, a same day surgery: $55K
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
Other than low back, my joints are great.
And yeah, the hammy hurt. Was a really bad idea to chose crutches to get back to my car. Probably not too smart driving home either, though I could do most of the work with my thumbs, and brake with my left foot.
How bad was your hamstring injury, and how long was rehab? Can message me directly to nor derail the thread further.
mr. furley
Footballguy
and NFL fans howl when players on their team don't come back to play after a torn hamstring in 4 weeksI've been pretty hard on my body my entire life. The injury page is deep. My hamstring tear was by far my most painful. Just brutalJust got the estimate for my hamstring repair, a same day surgery: $55K
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
Yeah, those wusses usually just tear the muscle, typically decelerating from sprinting. I pulled two tendons right off the bone.and NFL fans howl when players on their team don't come back to play after a torn hamstring in 4 weeksI've been pretty hard on my body my entire life. The injury page is deep. My hamstring tear was by far my most painful. Just brutalJust got the estimate for my hamstring repair, a same day surgery: $55K
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
Before insurance I hope.Just got the estimate for my hamstring repair, a same day surgery: $55K
