Second Opinion

[meridianboy00]

I had surgery Back in may after falling 8ft onto my knee. Knee still hurts and weak and burns when i put presure on it. I went back to my Doc today and he said MRI was good and everything i feel is normal after surgery,but its been over 3 months. He wants me to do more P.T I have already done 2 months of PT with no change. Should i go see someone else? Here is my MRI report

Procedure: MRI Left Knee

History: Previous injury to the knee with surgery in May repairing a cartilage defect along the lateral tibial plateau. New swelling and pain.

Findings: There is no significant increase in joint fluid. The quadriceps tendon and patellar tendon are intact. The anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments are intact. The medal and lateral collateral ligament are intact. There continues to be signal in the femoral attachment of the medial collateral ligament consistent with previous injury.

There is some degeneration involving the lateral meniscus but no discrete tear is identified. The medial meniscus is intact. The bone marrow signal is normal. There is no abnormal signal in the lateral tibial plateau and no thinning of the cartilage can be identified.

Impression: Thickening and internal signal in the medial collateral ligament consistent with previous sprain/scarring. Mild degeneration involving the lateral meniscus without a discrete tear identified.

[Dr Vinod]

He is absolutely right and i would second his treatment.
Your MRI is  perfect and showing healing after the injury. The Physiotherapy should be done for a sustained amount of time.
Do not think that you had done enought in 2 months.
You need to do intense for atleast 12 weeks. Followed by mild for 12 weeks more and after that you still have to do but you can ease down and you will have a marked difference by then.

You can start some acupucture but only go to a professional or you will get more damage than advantage.

Take care!

[Zak_Han]

it will take half year to heal. acupuncture can help a lot.