I have
a torn medial meniscus and was terrified of doing deadlifts or squats, but I did start, and in 6 months even at the age of 56, I lost 75 lbs as I document on hashimashi.com and my legs and knees feel much stronger than in the last 10 years, when I first hurt my knee.
Not exact matches
After being tackled aggressively from behind, Christina heard a loud «pop» in her knee and fell to the ground in pain, having
torn her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL),
medial collateral ligament (MCL) and
meniscus.
But less than a year after he started hitting the court, Josh blew out his knee,
tearing his ACL and
medial and lateral
menisci.
There are two
menisci in the stifle and typically the
medial (inner) one
tears which is painful and can cause a characteristic clicking or popping noise when walking.
When the crucial ligament ruptures, the
medial (on the inner side of the knee)
meniscus frequently
tears and must either be removed, partly removed, or ideally repaired.
It takes some time for this healing to happen, so that joints with a
torn medial menuscus heal slower, and the final result is not as good as in joints without a
torn meniscus.
Again, anatomical peculiarities make it so that it is always the
medial side of the
meniscus that
tears in dogs.