A meniscus tear is among the most common orthopaedic injury and has been colloquially referred to as "torn cartilage" in the knee. In athletes, a meniscus tear is often the result of forceful twisting or pivoting movements, but can also occur with seemingly innocuous activities such as squat...
This is a fragment of a vertical tear from the shinbone to the thighbone, moving along the length of the meniscus. Nearly 10% of meniscus tears fall into this category. Normal knee motion is usually impossible as the torn part of the meniscus causes the knee to lock. Radial tear This i...
There is usually significant pain along the joint line on the side of the meniscus tear (medial or lateral). Sometimes the athletes can continue to walk on the knee, while other large tears may cause too much pain to allow for weightbearing. Sometimes the tear pattern can cause a portion ...
Ongoing knee pain and popping is often the result of ameniscus tear, the special cartilage that lines the joint. When the meniscus tears, small fragments of it can catch in the knee as it moves which results in knee clicking, particularly when bending and straightening the knee. ...
A tear of the lateral meniscus on the outer side of the knee is most common with an ACL knee injury. Sometimes the medial collateral ligament is also damaged. When all three structures are injured, it is known as the Unhappy Triad / O'Donoghue Triad. This most commonly happens when ...
Meniscus Tear This is another common sports injury that can happen in younger athletes. But a weakened meniscus—a C-shaped piece of cartilage in your knee that absorbs shock between the shin and thighbone—can tear even from minimal trauma, like twisting your knee while stepping out of a ca...
Meniscus Tear The tear in the cartilage of the knee joint causes severe pain. The cartilage cushions the knee joint from the daily wear and tear. So, the menisci (the cartilage piece) is susceptible to injuries leading to pain. The pain behind the knee is caused by the tearing of the po...
The muscles of the neck, shoulders, upper-lower back, hips-pelvis, thighs, and your entire body are numerous and very complex as it relates to their function, and how they interact within the human body to provide structural alignment, and support. ...
Pain location is one element in the process of formulating a diagnosis. The purpose of the study is to determine if there is a correlation between the location of pain and the location of pathology in the knees of patients with a suspected meniscus tear. From a possible 856 patients referred...
Tear Meniscus Height is a Poor Predictor of Ocular Dryness SymptomsPatients suffering from various eye diseases struggle with the requirement to instill multiple daily applications of eye drops, due to the rapid ocular clearance, resulting in poor compliance and s…" [more]...