Mild Inside knee pain and fluid

I don't have a clue what you have, but it's time to see an ortho.  That's definitely not ITBS.

Hi patunner,

It kinda sounds like what I had... a slightly torn cartilage. I got this after a skiing accident, never went for the surgery though. Instead, I strengthened my surrounding muscles [quads etc], which supports the knee enough. I still get the slight swelling afterwards if I do too much too soon, but I've learned to live with that.

I'm not saying that you have anything torn... but it is something to consider. Have you had any sort of accidnet in the past couple of months?

Good luck with it, try increasing quad strength, see what that does. Lots of luck!

-m

Milly: You are right! I visited my ortho (who happens to be an active Triathlete) and he thinks it is a slight miniscus (sp) tear. I've got to have an MRI to decide if it is bad enough to have orthoscopic. As you may know, it may take me until after the holidays to get an MRI so the Dr. suggested I change my workout routine.

I reduced my run schedule this week (only 12 miles for the week), added some advil and am spending more time on the bike/swim. Overall, I'm happy it's not very serious (ACL or MCL) and don't mind the extra time in the pool!

Note - The orginial injury happened playing college lacrosse.

All the best,
pt

PT,

What can I say... I've learned lots from each injury. MRI's are tricky to schedule, if you have flexibility- they may be able to get you in.

IF it is a meniscal tear...here's something to consider if they do give you a choice between surgery/no surgery: with an arthroscopic surgery what they usually end up doing with small enough tears is just shaving the torn part. (They seldom try to repair the tear.) My fear was that with wear over the years... this may increase my all ready high risk of arthritis. [less cartilage=less cushioning, a lil' more wear on the joints, etc].

Okay, I may be overdramitic in speculating... but just consider all your options. And if you don't like the choices given to you, get a second opinion. The first ortho I went to automatically gave me surgery as my only choice... W/O really examining the MRI.

Again, PT... lots of luck to you and do keep me posted with the updates!

Milly