I Tore My Meniscus and Opted for Surgery | Path to Recovering Starts Now!
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- čas přidán 2. 08. 2024
- I found out 3 months ago that the pain that I was having in my knee was due to a medial meniscus root tear where surgery was the best option to prevent future arthritis and to help me get back running around with zero pain (Watch the video to find out how I tore it!).
This past week I entered the OR and got a meniscus repair surgery which now has me on crutches for 1-4 weeks and a full recovery to get me back better than before estimated to be 4-6 months.
As a bodybuilder/athlete, I haven’t missed a leg day in years, where it’s been hard to picture not being able to workout both of my legs, but I can only accept what I’m dealt with and will do everything else I can do to keep working towards my goal of getting shredded!
I mentioned in my last video or 2 that I had a thing coming up that shouldn’t affect my progress, well this is what I was talking about!
In this video, I go over:
How & When I tore my meniscus
Why I choose to get surgery
Why the recovery process takes so long
Why this doesn’t affect my goal of getting shredded
Also here's the link to our championship flag football game from this past summer!
• 4v4 Flag Football Summ...
shoutout to @swolesticebailey for the football clips!
thanks for posting this - I have a friend that this just happened to and concerned thanks for walking through your process
I wish I had come across your page sooner. It's been a discouraging 14 weeks. I just started going to the gym last week, and your vibe is EXACTLY what I needed to FINALLY motivate me. Now I feel determined to beat this now, as I'm also an active person. Lets GOOOOOO!!!!
Love and appreciate the positivity. Thanks for documenting and sharing my friend and hope you bounced back fully and more!
Thank you for sharing 😊 This is the positive attitude and boost I need right now.
I’m a little over a week post-op and trying to figure out some workouts and daily life work arounds😉
Absolutely thank you for leaving this comment where I hope your recovery has been going smoothly well!
Had the exact same meniscus surgery repair not long ago. July 2022. Rare to be truly repaired. Only 5% of cases are truly repairable…I see in other comments people don’t know the difference. Yours (and mine) were truly repaired…most are trimmed like getting a haircut; which is weight bearing right away and minimal downtime but depending on how much was trimmed worse long term because important tissue structure and cushion is removed. I just had some trimmed on my other one today (long story) and there is no comparison between the two types of surgeries. This one feels fine right away. They’re night and day difference.
I’m much older than you are though. 52 years old. But always active as well. CrossFit, competitive soccer, motocross, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. I do know EXACTLY when mine happened.
Physical therapist said I healed as well as an 18-25 year old. Emphasized that a couple times. He was surprised both that it was repaired and that it was healing ok at my age. He emphasized his surprise at the healing a couple times. Could tell he meant it and wasn’t just blowing smoke.
Again you’re younger so maybe it’ll be different but fyi for me the atrophy was a bitch. After a couple months the surgeon gave me the green light to put weight on it…but no way that was happening.
My analogy was “Imagine trying to do a push-up using one finger…not happening…my leg felt very similar to that.” Took probably another 2 months to build back enough strength and muscle to do normal daily activities and probably another 2 months to be relatively normal at CrossFit. I’m still not comfortable with the idea of soccer or anything like that on it. They did give me a special brace to wear for high intensity activities. I used that for racquetball and it was fine but I’m not comfortable with the idea of not having the brace yet. Most of the time I don’t wear the brace at CrossFit but it depends on the activity. If there are a bunch of burpees or a box jumps, etc. I’ll wear it. Squats and bar lifts, etc. it’s fine without it.
All person dependent and especially injury dependent. Even though I had the same repair it might not be quite the same way in which it was torn. Mine was way on the outside and all the way around front to back.
Yeah I can tell a lot of people don't realize the difference from the repair vs a trim. but man that's great to hear you are recovering well! Where I saw you commented on my most recent video so I'm going to go check that out now!
@@crosskantz Glad you saw the comments! Good luck. Sounds like things are going well. 👍
@@crosskantz P.S. It turns out during the meniscus surgeries it was discovered that both ACL’s are partially torn as well. Which probably adds to the hesitancy. Long story but I think one is going to be repaired and the other is 50/50 about whether or not to fix (its partially attached to the PCL) so that one will probably be left as is. TBD.
How do u know if it failed? I had a trim done (first surgery) and then I turns out It was torn again same left knee. This time I had a repair in December 2022 and it’s beeen 5 months and I still struggle to even walk. I have the same bump on my left knee that I had before the surgery repair. I’m scared that it failed and don’t want to end up having it taken out completely. Where u still having trouble like me or I’m i screwed?
@@amoore2165 I’m 48 and fit and active. Tote my meniscus surfing (came down hard on ocean floor) and gave it 6 months but didn’t recover. I had surgery 3 months ago (removed approximately 10 % of medial meniscus). It’s definitely taking longer than I expected to recover. I would say I am better now that I was before the surgery but far from 100% sadly. I have been doing PT and fitness. I can workout pretty normally, I just have not resumed surfing or tennis. If I stand a lot or walk a lot it will get aggregated and swell a little. I think it’s getting better very slowly.
Thanks for this sincere commentary
You betcha!
I'm was super sad because I have a meniscus tear and can't do yoga or squats, but after seeing you, your positivity is slightly rubbing on to me. Thank you so much for making this video. All the very best to you ❤
Not being able to do yoga or squatting does suck, but after you get your knee fixed up and rehabed it will be as good as new! You are very welcome and thank you for the comment!
Just had meniscus repair on Mar.9.23. It’s day 2 post op and bearing weight, hoping to be walking crutch free in about 2 weeks. This is my third knee surgery(2 ACLs and 2 Menisectomies on the right knee). Hoping to be back in sports by the summer.
That’s great to hear your recovery is going fantastic! Wow that’s a lot of surgeries, I hope this is your last so you can stay of the IR! I feel the pain with not being able to play sports!
It's great they were able to nail it back down. I have been without a meniscus since my second reconstruction in 1999. Good luck with the recovery!
I was very thankful they were able to repair it, I hope your knee is feeling well!
@@crosskantz It's as good as it'll get until they give me a new one.
So you've been walkig around without a meniscus for over 20 years now? And don't have arthritis? What was your lifestyle like?
My meniscus tear surgery in couple of days. Your video is indeed a confident booster. Thank you 🙏 💐
So sorry for responding so late I’m so glad you found it helpful! Hopefully your recovery has gone well!
How’s it going
With that positive mindset you're going to have a speedy recovery! Lets go Cross, love to see that you're continuing to do what you can! Every time I've been injured, the one thing I enjoyed was figuring out how to adapt my workouts.
Thank you Joey! It's be fun already!
This is the kid from the gym on feb 6th you a king for going to the gym with crutches
You’re too kind! Keep crushing it yourself man! 🙌🏻
I hope it heals well.
Great Report 👍👍👍
Thank you!
This week I’m having the surgery hope everything goes well. But I want to ask you about the music, the bachata song 🤣🤣🤣 I’m from Dominican Republic. Hope your recovery is going fine.
Yes hopefully your surgery goes well! Yeah haha I found it and thought it had a good beat to it 🤣 I’m glad you liked it! Thank you for commenting and everything so far is going as best as I could have hoped for 🙌🏻
Thank you for sharing! I am having surgery this week and have been nervous about the recovery.
Yeah for sure! Ohh nice don't too be nervous! The hardest thing is not being able to walk for about a month, but other than that I've had zero real pain! Also today is my post post op so fingers crossed after 6 weeks of not walking, that I will be able to put pressure back on my leg!
Bucket handle tear of the medial meniscus. Apparently a rare tear but very treatable with a great recovery. Had a partial menisctomy 2 days ago, and my knee already feels so much better.
I'm so happy.
I really missed sleeping through the night.
That constant knee pain I wouldn't wish on anyone.
that must be nice, i had surgery yesterday for my bucket handle tear and they repaired it, i had no pain before but now I literally cant sleep the pain is so bad
@@connorvannatta9omg! I am getting surgery for my bucket handle tear soon. Was it because you didn’t have a good surgeon?
It is not recommended to get partial meniscectomy. How long did you injured your knee before surgery and was it really that bad? I will have my bucket handle tear surgery soon.
@@connorvannatta9how are you doing now?
Waiting for the mri results and I’m sure I tore mine, can’t walk sometimes, so I’m sure I’ll need surgery. The only thing freaking me out is the fact that I won’t be able to keep working. I’m a Firefighter so I kinda need my legs
Well done man. How’s things going now?
They are going great now! I will have to make an update video shortly!
I had a surgery on the february 8. On march 3 i was running 3k. Just a little bit of pain
Yoo that’s awesome and great to hear! The recovery went well for you!
Hows your knee feeling nowadays, any pain?
I'm getting my partial menisectomy soon and I'm so nervous. 😖😖😖 Never had surgery before. Plus I know this is going to lead to early osteoarthritis 😢😢
This was my first surgery as well and I was nervous but with the right attitude and taking care of yourself with recovery, you’ll end up back on top and feeling great!
Thanks for the encouragement bro hope all is well
Can you touch your toe with the ground while walking after 3 weeks of your surgery
Just came out of surgery last Friday. I'm with you 💪. How old are you btw?
You got this Abrar💪🏻 I’m 24! How about yourself?
Any idea if FibreTape Acl surgery is good or bad?
Good question, I cannot give you a solid answer since I have never used it tho!
I had Menisectomy before 1 month. How many days after I can walking?
Not exactly sure since I didn’t have that surgery but I’m sure your doctor would know!
Dude you look like you have 0 pain this close from surgery. Did you take any pain meds?
How is your knee now?