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Hello doc. I had partial damage a month before in my mcl. I used my cast for one month, but i still walked using the cast. I removed the cast today, Now my leg hurts when i bend it back. Is it normal to have pain cause there was no moment for more than 4 weeks
Dr. David Geier I wen to the emergency room and they told my it might be a MCL sprain but want me to do physical therapy first.? Wondering if that’s even okay when the doctors really don’t know if my MCL is fully torn.?
I suffered a mcl injury about 5 months ago, i did not treat it right and now a have little hurt there especially when i drag something back with my foot.
I sprained my knee last winter while slipping on some ice. I couldn’t put it ounce of pressure on it or walk on it without being in tremendous pain. Recovery took around 6 weeks, until I could comfortably walk on it without any pain
@@nycqueenisme Rice method, patience, and slowly doing small exercises to strengthen the tissue. I also wore a huge leg brace almost 24/7 so the tissues could grow back properly.
@@samwiseman8864 Thank you for replying Sam! My question is this : 1. When did you start doing the exercises & which ones? 2. Some people wear braces but others don’t. So confusing if it’s necessary. Did you go to the doctor & he gave you a brace to wear? I’m happy you’re doing great!
@@nycqueenisme I started doing exercises that would help strengthen the area around my knee, so a lot of walking, going up and down stairs, and air squats.
I picked up an MCL injury refereeing a football game just over a week ago . I turned near the end of a game & felt a slight uncomfort.. My knee swelled slightly overnight so I used 'Deep Freeze' to cool the knee. I have not had too much pain but after a week I discoverd the knee exercises on the internet which I have have found extremely useful to get the knee working again & get rid of the stiffness. Thankfully my MCL seems to be just a Grade 1 Injury !
Just tore my mcl and acl and I limp around and can put about 80% pressure on it. Never really hurts just uncomfortable and tight and side to side/ straightening out my leg is impossible
Just did the same. Had a mri done today. No pain really I can walk on it almost fine just not twisting it side movements. I tore my acl 18 years ago in my other knee and I couldn’t do anything with it and it took months to recovery. Hurt constantly. Crazy as this one is worse but doesn’t feel bad at all
Dear Doc Geier, I was up and down a tall ladder in a high end home, and I had to be in sox but I chose Crocs and footies. Up and down again and again till I missed a rung terribly twisted at the knee joint and came away with a sore MCL area. More a sore spot about the size of a dime. I am almost 65 but in very good shape, a non-competitive bodybuilder. Then, for weeks I have not stopped, continuing to do the work I had to get done which involved more ladders, staging, crawling kneeling and so forth. I went to a hinged brace right away but after a week of hard work it started to wear a spot in my calf. My knee, inside MCL area went to an 11 for pain. Here we are a month later, the spot on my calf has healed, I am back in the brace but I am still in pain, get up from bed cannot walk but slowly returns, using a crutch at work to take the strike out of my stride and have only taken a bit of time off, which seemed to help a little. I have ordered an immobilizing brace. I message each evening with castor oil and that pain is still radiating from that inside spot in line with knee center. This morning my foot on that leg, and not the other is swollen or retaining water? I hate going to the hospital and have no insurance.
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Hey Doc, thanks for the video. A question: you generally CAN walk on MCL injury but is it recommended? My doc gave me crutches. Should i use them as much as possible or should i be trying to walk so i don’t lose muscle mass?
It has been 8 weeks since my MCL tear....level 2 I absolutely could not walk using the affected knee My biggest problem now is pain while lying in my bed I often wake up in pain if I sleep on my side Also putting weight on my knee while fully bent really hurts Physio made things worse and seemed to bring on nerve related shooting pain Could there also be meniscus injury? I had x-ray and ultrasound
I have a MCL injury but the orthopedic surgeon didn’t say what grade, just preferably recommended a straight knee brace (or hinged brace) to immobilize it but couldn’t put it on because I can’t straighten my knee. This is day 11 after the injury. He said to use crutches without a brace or wrap & come back when I can straighten it.
hey same thing with me, I can't straighten my leg, how long did it take for you to fully straighten it? please let me know as I am so depressed at the fact that I am unable to walk properly.
Hi Dr. David Geier, I suffered a complete MCL tear and a slight PCL tear at the same time in Football. Thus was 5 months ago and I can currently run but I still feel uneasy on it. I'd say its still healing right now but I'm not sure. Is this normal to still feel wobbly on it?
Got grade 2 mcl injury while playing football, it didnt pain but seemed like my leg lost the entire balance it was pretty bad until my doctor adviced the knee support , some calcium medications along with regular exercise and ice therapy. Took around 3 months to heal completely and its ok now, sometimes if i jog or run for long i do feel something is giving me trouble however its much better
Hey did you tear any other ligaments along with it or it was just MCL ? Is your physical fitness like before ?? And from where did you take physical therapy?
I got a car accident. Doctor suspected MCL injury. But I changed the doctor because I want to visit nearest one. He did x ray. Gave me bed rest. After 4 and half months, I was told that I need no further treatment. But after that 4 months has gone and can't run properly and when I climb stairs, I feel pain
It’s been five months since my injury and I’m still in pain. My doctor keep trying to downplay everything or make it seem like I’m faking it, but they did not even give me an MRI until months after the injury and saw that it was completely severed.
Hello Dr. Geier. I am 56 and I injured my knee on haloween by walking backwards and sliding side/backward and extending my lower leg. I and am waiting for my MRI this coming monday. I think I torn my MCL badly. I am walking in a hinged brace and I have no pain, but if I put inward preasure on my lower leg I can feel knee joint movement with a sharp pain if I do it unkowingly that goes away quickly. Also if I take my weight off my leg, dangle it and lightly sway it side to side my knee moves and feels like it opens on the inside or would pop out of place if I did it hard enough. It has been 3 weeks today. There is less movement thab=n there was 2 weeks ago but I still wouldnt walk around for any amount of time without my brace on. With covid I cannot get in to see any specialist and my MRI I am paying at a private clinic because the wait time to go through the normal channels is approx 4 months. Thought? Many Thanks.
I have been diagnosed with an MCL sprain. Now, 6 weeks after my injury, I am doing therapy. Both knees hurt; unable to get up properly from a kneeling position, and legs hurt from the inside of my thighs to my groin. I am a fit and active 70 year old. Or was. Is there something else going on here or is it more severe than priviously diagnosed?
6 months after grade 2 MCL , still I can't run , can't lift or do free body , can't jump , can't do anything physical.......... Just walk , so I'm going for surgery very soon.
I got knocked down on the deck by our sweet two-year-old Golden retriever and ended up with a grade two MCL injury and a bone bruise. It has been almost three weeks and I have not yet been able to put full weight on the injured knee due to pain and a wobbly feeling knee. This feels very scary to me as I have an underlying Muscular Dystrophy diagnosis which puts me at risk for irreversible atrophy of my muscles. The injured knee was my stronger, more reliable leg, so overall this is a hard pill to swallow. Yesterday I got in the therapy pool I go to and was able to walk in the water with some pain and stiffness. The shallower water was very difficult. I will be starting to work on walking on a treadmill with a hoist to keep me from falling or putting too much weight. I have been working on straightening with exercises. I am praying that walking and doing other strengthening exercises in the pool, will get me back to walking again.
I'm going through a MCL injury but I can't get hooked up with a orthopedic. I can straighten my knee but it's hard to bend my knee. My biggest question is this if I had a grade 3 injury would my knee be black or blue? The muscle right above my knee is really swollen an the hospital gave me a full knee brace how can I get one of the braces ur talking about??
My mcl partial torn 75 % (after ultra sound) and cartilage knee hernia . It happend dec 15 2020. Waiting for mri. Surgeon want too know for sure no pieces of bone are under my knee cap. I wear a hinged ortho knee brace, but not a robotcop brace. Do exercise, but can only bend knee 45 degrees. Mostly pain at night en when. wearing the brace on the inside of my knee . What is this telling me? Could it be torn more or never heelt yet. Lots of time knee locked up en pops back.
I sprained my knee during basketball, after 2 weeks i can walk a little, how do i know if i need to do a surgery for my knee ligamets or i should just carry on?
I am entering month 5 This is taking forever The pain is minimal but mechanics of knee is messed up My doctor wanted me out of a brace (drug store) and walking I am noticing weakness side to side and definite preference to lean toward injured side Now my hip is giving me trouble as well There is a suspected meniscus injury so I am waiting on MRI I really don't think doctors know how to treat
broke my ankle (trimolluer) and injured my MCL back in September. My breaks have all healed, but still have pain in the MCL. Any suggestions for PT or healing?
1. if i got click/pain/limp but no swelling might it be less severe and easier to heel? 2. with low/distal MCL clicking, what is the ligament catching on to cause the click? got 10+ year old MCL at times with pain/click/limp, specially when straight and a knee that gives-out descending stairs, other times with no pain/click/limp/give-out. i can walk one minute with pain, clicks and half stride limp; the next with no pain, clicks or limp. i know i'm reinjuring MCL with my routine mobility: by ill-pivoting to get in/out of car, odd change of direction with leg cross-over, and have quasi pigeon-toe stride. i now get pain when leg straight so needing a pillow under knee to sleep. some are neurological/elderly/overweight ex parkinsons which can make dressing and pulling on/off spandex sleeves difficult so we may need the wrap-around (no sleeve) type knee brace that we can strap-on over pants. let's hope this can provide 'enough' protection for the ligament.
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Hello Dr 👋😊 I'm basketball player and i got knee injury issues. It's been a year since i got the injury. It felt like a half dislocated and i decided go to hospital and got x-ray for is there any bone injury? There was no bone cracked. And i didn't know about MRI and i healed with traditional medical and it was very successful. Few days ago in April 24th i jumped from a very high and again i just pumped my knee it goes to inside i think it didn't dislocated but it get tension or maybe torn MCL so a lot of medical thing i used pain killer some kind of little bit effective also i drink tablet for against the sore and now I'm using band to avoid my knee goes to side to side. Now I'm walking, no running no fast walking only walk please doc give me some information help me
Hi doctor, thanks for the info . I have a ligament tear since 2 months, the first month I didn’t know that i had a ligament tear just at that moment when I strained my knee I heard my thigh bone make a sound moving sideway from my down leg bone And it got back to the opposite side at that moment, after that I didn’t complain from anything unless when i bend my knee it makes a sound and hurts unless it got back to as it was , so the first month i walked on it without caution, then I went to a doctor he told me I should use a knee brace, so i did ,then it begins to swell a little, i went to another doctor he injected my knee with hyaluronic injection, after this injection for two weeks till now I can’t step on my knee still swollen and i fell insecure about walking even with my knee brace on , he told me to start knee training after two weeks of absolutely no stepping on it . What should i do and why it’s still swollen after the injection?
thanks for such useful video! i had a mcl grade 1 or possibly 2 not sure lol , doing martial arts on a sparring class, i have done the same kick like 1000 times over many years and i could feel how the bone was sliding to the other side 0:15 😢 i went home walking and there was a minor pain but could walk but the next morning holy jesus pain was unbearable and i was limping but the next day i was able to walk with pain and after a week and half i was perfectly fine walking , now my question is ? how i mnow if is fully healed !? i started all rehab and now weights on legs with moderate weight with zero pain or any thing and i feels strong like if nothing have happened but still there is something that still bother me on the side knee and i dont know what it is should wait before full activity or is it normal as i do more and more heavy rehab? now i move heavy objects with my knee side to side with zero pain but i keep reading shouldn’t take more than 6 weeks and still am not 100% i would say am at 90-95% so everyday is better and better but am so desperate to fo back 😅 to sparring also ive been stretching a lot my knee and it went from 100 pain to 5% and i do lunges in all directions and jumping squats and zero pain am on the right track ????it will be 2 months now and still have 5-10 % to be completely healed
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Oops sent before finishing last post…my question is: 1.wouldn’t it be better to wear some protective brace or wrap while on crutches until I get full leg extension 2. Wouldn’t a hinged brace be better than a straight brace to allow forward & back motion while it heals so the knee won’t freeze up?
The biggest challenge I'm facing with my mcl injury is getting ANY medical help from my doctor, I injured my knee last november and I can't get physio until december a year later and I can't get an mri to diagnose it until next fucking january, over a year after the injury. Should I be suing my doctor for malpractice?
Mcl strain was doing better. I had knee extension and was doing light jumping etc.. I cut the grass and now I can't bend my knee to do leg lunges..Why? U think it's torn?
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I was cycling and fell on my bike, sprained both knees but one knee stopped hurting after about 2 weeks. The other knee though, I got diagnosed with a grade 2 MCL, and a small fracture in the lateral femoral condyle. Between waiting to see how I felt after a week, doctors appointments, MRI appointments, and being referred to an orthopedic surgeon, was about 4 weeks after I jury before I saw an orthopedic. He has me wearing a hinged brace now for 6-8 weeks, I was only wearing a cheap brace from Walmart before, but their strongest available. Was doing some light cycling every few days before, but orthopedic surgeon now says to stop all exercise for 3 weeks until a follow up visit
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I'm on the 4° day of my MCL injury. It hapened in a BJJ match, and I'm gonna do a image exam to determine the gravity of the damage on monday. Hope to get well and walk without support soon..
Your injury happens almost the same times as mine. We should keep up with each other or keep a journey of healing or something? What is your grade of MCL and did you do a MRI?
Julliana Dardanha in the morning today someone in training put on a leg lock and after the release i went on my knees and it popped. It felt like it was going to hurt for a sec but it didnt. Its the evening now but it hurts. Hope its not too serieus bc im competing this month. Lets see how it feels tomorrow
@@craig19193 I had to wobble around and walk as slow as possible without putting pressure on my knees. Everyone is different and I didn’t get any therapy or a surgery
I completely tore my mcl and it took 3 days for me to be able to walk on it and it took one month until I had minimal pain however I couldn’t completely straighten my knee
Doctor I just had an operation on all ligaments ACL PCL AND MCL doctors advised me to not even touch down my leg for about 6 weeks , and after to start slowly touching. I wanna know what is the ideal recovery plan for my injuries as I understand it’s not very common to tear them all. I really hope you get this post and reply me back.
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My MCL tore 4 months after total knee replacement how will that affect my knee replacement if at all im on a knee brace right now. not sure of the grade but my leg is really swollen, i have pain down to my foot pain wakes me up at night. my knee gives out often im really concerned.
Grade 2 Mcl tear plus chondromalacia patella grade 4 had arthroscopic surgery on knee 2019 still buckles, pain still in middle of inner knee were originally pain started after several different injections to area knee still hurts now have pain on other side little puffy fluid quarter size bumps, injury work related while doing security taking down student someone steeping on foot ,toes pointed left body got twisted in right different direction.I was recommended to have knee replacement by Dr. Who did injections the knee replacement Dr.said it's premature for a total knee replacement at this time.I can't put all my weight on knee causing pain when I try to walk normal. 2018 October injury happened.
I am looking at having an MCL surgery done. I have had two other knee surgeries. One was an ACL surgery with the graft from the patellar tendon. The other was just an exploratory surgery and removal of torn cartilage. My main question is, I have always healed from traditional surgery much faster than through arthroscopic. Would someone like yourself be comfortable doing a traditional MCL surgery with the traditional longer incision? I have a grade three and it is been there for quite some time. I mean over two to three years. My knee has motion from side to side, and it will also lock up and pop. I am assuming this is all normal behavior for a torn MCL. I have had not much pain, but I have had my whole knee migrating in towards my other knee and the inside of my right knee, the affectived knee, is quite swollen and we'll never go down. My question is, how long would recovery take with that significant of an injury and my history of knee surgery?
My doctor said it is a grade 1 MCL tear and told me to rest for 21 days but he hasn’t asked me do get a MRI done ! Does MRI help to get information about how much healing has been done ??
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The doctor at my local hospital said I had an MCL tear. My therapist thinks the same and gave me strengthening exercises to do until our next appointment. He is also going to put me in a back-brace as he reckons my Degenerative Disk Disease (app. 12 years now) is causing my knees extra work, therefore I do not recover fast enough from the MCL injury. It has now been 6-weeks and although I walk short distances without help, I still suffer from severe pain by night time. Prior to my injury I was walking 12 - 15km per day, at least 3 times a week, now I can barely walk to the gate. (ie: I am from South Africa, do not have a medical aid and therefore have to make use of our Government Hospital for treatment.)
I am 65 years old ,I was hit by a car while standing resulted in MCL tear, used knee immobilizer not the hinged type for 8 weaks , repeated MRI ,showed 70 % healed , the orthopedic surgeon wants me to use knee immobilizer for another 4 weeks , I am not convinced because I can walk without knee immobilizer , what is your recommendation
hi Dr.David, my MCL injured recover and come back again but even i can still practice soccer most of the time i feel a bit of pain, the doctor told is level 1 but it will always come if i don't do surgery, what can you suggest me to do, i play soccer on hight level
I went to sports chiropractor or medicine doctor. They press on my ligament to relieve pain. I don’t think it’s working for me been doing it for 2 1/2 weeks with not much to show for it if any. So I want to know if pressing on the ligament is supposed to be done? And also when I lay down the pain goes from mild to radiating and pulsating in waves. I haven’t gotten an MRI. I don’t want a steroid shot But will it aid in the healing process
is not on the knee cap but side inner knee, i think its the one he described in the video only hard like a biitch my knee twists does not hurt when bending aka sitting and standing. if i put try to walk side ways aka trying to turn around or make turns then the side or twisting motion has to happens and my legs hurt and i get pain and it feels like it locks and my body reacts i am really scared if its serious and if i ever will walk and play basketball ball or even run or even function as a man i do not walk to walk like people with leg issues i do not i am scared i think im going to .. myself.. help do i have a mcl or something else. am i getting the right or wrong info
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Good morning was diagnosed with a medial MCL strain I have done 12 weeks of PT wear the knee brace use KT tape do exercises daily I’m still in pain especially when I am walking and ice after exercise for 15-20 mins as well the inner of my knee is painful but the top and bottom the most can not bend all the way can not squat like the beginning of a squat to bend I’m having pain the injury happened with me stepping down off a step that was about the hight of a curb my knee went to the left and my leg went to the right it felt like my knee gave away very unstable after about 30 mins I couldn’t walk on it at all still since February 28th 2023 till today May 26,2023 I’m limping have stuck to doing everything my PT has taught and done with me when I go weekly she has now recommended that I get a second opinion and another MRI she thinks something was over looked due to my progress results so far please help what do you recommend? This is not fun at all my hubby is a cross fit coach and before this I was in good shape workout 6 days a week and now I definitely can’t do the things I loved to do squats , snatches box jumps ect nothing that calls for a lot of any weight bearing
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I partially tore my mcl almost 4 weeks ago. I could walk on it but mainly on my toes but with a brace I could use my foot. I have a limp, can’t bend my knee in certain angles, and can’t straighten my knee. It’s been a pain and I miss having full activity.
I don’t know if I have an MCL injury, but it feel a lot of pain in the inner side of my knee, and walking is a little bit painful, turning side to side hurts and pushing it against something or kneeling hurts too. Do I have an MCL injury? I will be going to the doctor in a couple of days
Luciano Rodriguez I went to the doctor 4 days ago, and they said I just stretched a tendon. I have a knee brace (not hinged) and that helps with stability, and no activity for 10 days and then they said if it still hurts after that 10 days I would go to a sports & medicine doc. As of now I still have pain and it hasn’t gotten that much better just a little bit better Edit: nothing as gotten better or worse just has stayed the same for 2 months. I have been icing my knee everyday and that helps at that moment but then all the pain comes back a couple hours later
Luciano Rodriguez is it ok if I use crutches until I see a doctor? I have to walk around a lot at school and I don’t think I can have that sensation of feeling like I’m going to fall all day
Its been more than 2months since i dislocate my left knee... It get swollen for like 2 weeks and now became normal in size.. But it still hurts sometimes now and i feel its going to pop out again while running or doing some work... Is that normal for knee dislocate injury taking so much time to heal??
I feel the same with me knee like it wants to popped often just had a accident and my knee completely popped its super swollen finally going down a little bit how is your doing and any input you can give me
Anyone know where you ask questions? I have a grade 1 strain. It’s tender but i want to go walk. Level ground with low risk of MCL injury. Can I walk long distances?
I have the same on my right knee and it’s tender . I am on anti inflammatory meds at the moment . I am avoiding walking for 2-3 weeks but instead doing few leg exercises to strengthen the knee and also doing light yoga n stretches :)
I'm going on my 3rd week after injury. Count bend knee, not even the slightest pressure after injury but now I can place my toe down with small pressure. I can extend my leg almost fully now. Waiting on mri to see what kind of damage my knee has. I overextended my knee popped about 2 years ago. I did not rest it more than two weeks two yrs ago. And it would pop out if place every now and then , then 3 weeks ago I was getting my car the car door slowly closed on me. My knee buckled and I couldn't use it since then
My right leg completely run over by a vehicle. The accident caused grade three MCL tear, torn ACL, damage to the patella, Meniscus tear. My Orthopedic doctor said I will heal on my own. 1 year later, I am still in a hinged knee brace because I have a fear of more damage. My doctor said my MCL healed very tight. It has a very small give. He also said, Me still being in a brace is more mental than physical. I have no pain, but I am tired of the brace.
I have an accident. In that mcl, acl ,pcl tear will occur. last week mcl surgery done for me. Is it possible to walk as before after all surgeries.pls tell me
Grade 3 mcl tear 7 weeks ago while doing squats. Reduced running from 80-100km per week to 30-40, very painful but managable with icing afterwards. Did aggressive rehab from day 1. Just got back to normal running volume again and the pain is under control.
My doc said I have torn my MCL (grade 3) through the joint line which he said is unusual compared to tears off the attachment points that they can normally go in straight away and operate. I got told I have to wear a brace and on crutches for 12 weeks before they operate on my ACL (grade 3), I also have torn my lateral meniscus. It sucks. I'm not weight bearing on this leg till I get surgery I don't feel confident otherwise.
I’m sorry to hear! I’m not sure what I’ve done to my knee yet. But I cannot walk either or I’m scared it will buckle from under me again. How are you doing now?
Hi ashlee, wish you a fast recovery, did you receive any operation for your mcl? Or it’s just for acl? I torn my mcl 3 hours ago in a wrestling match 😬
I just tore my left Mcl grade 3 and Acl grade 3 meniscus grade 2 on Atv accident. I also dislocated my Left Shoulder. So basically half my body is out. So depressing! Looks like I need surgery for both left knee and shoulder. I have no insurance since I’m self employed. This one is going to make me Homeless 😞
I've got a grade 3 mcl, grade 2 pcl tear 3 weeks into it, I've got an pcl knee brace i wear. Whats the best way to sleep, i sleep on my side and can i take the knee brace off when i sleep? In a lot of pain hard to sleep!! Any advice would be much appreciated.
Mine is only grade 1 so I can only imagine your pain, I heard it best (and when it hurt the most this was the best way) to elevate your knee with pillows and just sleep face up. I typically don’t wear a brace when I sleep because it feels better and more comfortable. Also try to take ibuprofen 800 mg when you can to help with pain and inflammation.
I suffered from MCL injury on June 11th. Had 10 physio treatments, and I do have a brace (suggested by physiotherapist.) Brace makes knee and inside of knee worse. Xray a couple days ago says: mild medial compartment predominant OA. Questionable soft tissue swelling near MCL origin. I'm still in pain. Had gotten better, but they discharged me. How much longer am I going to suffer? I'm 59. Nobody is treating me anymore. 😂
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If I get one of these braces could I wrestle with it on? I just got a grade 2 in a match and I can’t be out for 2 weeks. Is their anything I can do so I will be able to wrestle as quickly as possible.
Hi I just watched your video on an MCL tear which I have since getting caught in a high tidal wave at the Jersey shore. Came down on on my knee after being tossed around like a rag doll. I immediatly had pain and hard time getting out of the water because I could not walk. Once I did get back to my beach chair it started turning blue and pain going down the side of my leg. My husband took me to the nearest Medi Center where they determinded I did not have a fracture but they did see something in there. They put me on crutches and a knee brace with the advice to see my otho dr at home. Dr home said I have a grade 2 tear. Which I have to wear a hinged knee brace for 8 weeks and then physical therapy . My question is the type of brace i am in moves around to the side. I strap it tight as can be but then it is too tight. At times i get a popping noise and terrible pain. I called Doc. He said use the crutches and stay off it. For 8 weeks ? !!! What do you think
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Its been a year now ... Though i could walk and drive ..it still likely to be popping out easily, i could not go to the doctor for further treatment because of the corona virus.
Nice! I have a grade I tear after what should have been nothing more than a really slow, irrelevant snowboard fall. I felt the pain immediately, and severe point tenderness remains three weeks later at a tiny point at the most proximal area of the femoral medial epicondyle. There is no laxity or other dysfunction other than due to pain, which remains a big problem: It's my Left leg, so I can't lift my leg into the car after I first get in (too painful--must use arm to 'put' it in). Can't really exercise, so I thought I'd do some swimming: and made the mistake of taking a single breaststroke kick--which is dependent upon two intact MCLs! HURT like hell! I had to signal to the lifeguard it was just my knee when he heard me scream and was halfway into the water after me.
Well I have a medial tear and a tear in the MCL, it's been 2 months and I am just now fixing to see an orthopedic doctor, because of everything that is going on right now with the covid-19 thing, but I had went and bought a cane and a hinged knee brace. I do walk on it but like I said it's been 2 months and it still hurts, not as bad as the first month, but enough sometimes to almost buckle me, do u think the orthopedic will do surgery since, to me, it's not really getting any better, and one more thing, the medial tear how bad is that usually.
No need of surgery...I have grade 3 MCL ligament injury n am walking now...it takes 1 year to heel completely..we can walk...but we should do physiotherapy.... atleast 6 months to walk normally,if we stand for many hours,we will get pain in knee...n am a lady of small 2 little kids...I really cry that how much problem they will face due to my injury when they need me....n my bro is a doctor,he said that no need of surgery... when I get age 86,if needed only they will operate n till then if am fine means it's enough know he said...n who knows who will survive n this is carona time n am very unlucky women from childhood to till now in all aspects...
@@sharadam9822 I think I have a grade 1 MCL, how long will that take to heal? I got it from cycling but I walked normally the day it happened but the 2nd day I could feel the pain. I'm resting it now and walking with pressure on my other leg
I had a grade 2 MCL sprain, and didn't get any instructions on how to treat it. After a long time, I was told that i should have been in a brace (don joy?), but never got one. After most of the pain went away I was unable to strecth and bend my knee fully. It took me 4 years to be able to run 10 km again. I just got a new sprain of the other knee two weeks ago and I'm really scared how long it is gonna take this time :(
Im a 59 year old female with osteoarthritis and bone on bone in both knees.... I am able to get around and do things for the most part but cannot walk for a long lenghts of time. I recently had an MCL injury on my left knee I have no idea how it happened I was walking that day later that night and was sitting on my reclining chair when I got up I could barely walk. I went to the doctor was put on steroids to help with the swelling and I could not put any weight on that knee at all it’s been about two weeks and I’m just now being able to walk somewhat with the help of a crutch but I can tell it’s slowly getting better. . I cannot do my stationary bike as it hurts to bend it too far so I’m doing some exercises I have learned in the past from my physical therapist. I have to say this has been a very painful experience. It’s also hard to know when you can start doing more exercises without redamaging the ligament.
I am 69 and extra weight and have an injury inside of right knee..I suspect mcl..??? I still work and stand for a living...how long did it take you to recover? I’m having a problem walking...so much pain..
Hi Dr. I have got grade 3 mcl and acl tear on my left knee. A surgery happened 2 weeks ago for mcl repair and required a surgey for acl reconstruction. How long it will take for me to come back in normal condition? Can I walk after my acl reconstruction surgery?
I messed my MCL up after colliding with another player during soccer and the only major issue im having is while turning. obv i cant play soccer for now but working out has been no porblem
Its been 4 weeks and I am in a brace and still on crutches. It is a grade 2 mcl tear and still very swollen. When will I be able to straighten my leg and walk on it? Also I show jump competitively so how long do you thing it will be before i can ride again
I had strain MCL injury and it is not recovering. I had taken More than 1 month rest but also it is not fixed I had shown to the doctor also he said that it is just a normal strain in your MCL. I'm a footballer and i feel pain in my MCL only while hitting the ball. What should I do doctor??
I also have same problem .. And just i have done my surgery last few days ago...and now i dont know how many time to need heal my mcl and acl... Pls help me ...pls reply...
I have MCL, ACL & PCL complete tear and my MCL operation is done around four weeks ago and doctor are waiting to heal my MCL tear so after that they can do ACL and PCL tear operation. Can you tell me how much total time will take to walk me after my 2nd operation of both the tear. As my doctor said it will take 6 months to recover. It will tak that much time to heal and can you make a video on three of this tear recovery.
I fell and they done x ray and I am hurting so bad still in my knee, I can walk but it painful getting up and bending it ,and I get shocking pain in it .they saw nothing but I know something is wrong because I feel differently after my fall.
I hurt my knee 3 wks. ago today. Went to a Ortho after 10 days, had a X-ray, no broken bones. Intense pain, especially at night. 2 days later had an ultrasound and it was neg. for blood clots. I will have a MRI this wk. Pain below the knee on the inside. Throbbing, burning pain that seems to radiate from the injury 1st diagnosis was knee sprain or bruised knee.. I was given a brace.I want to pain to go away, and hope to get a correct diagnosis, so I can get better.
I have a grade 3 injury that happened in airborne school and after my 4th jump it completely tore. I still jumped out of a plane while it was injured the very next day so yes you can walk right after.
Walker is used to increase your stability and off loading the painful limb. If you walk funny, with pain or afraid to fall, YES, use a walker until things change, and they will if you act wisely.
When did u realize your knee started hurting , I awkwardly jerked my knee while I was changing my direction on unstable turf abs it’s slipped from under me and it started to hurt a few hours after
@@bradselc3618 yes you need surgery for ACL and MCL, I seen this one flag football chip go all natural but that’s not the proper way to heal. You need surgery. And take PT as serious as possible with home workouts.
So I was using my punching bag and my leg bent to the side wher the inner part of my knee bent In but it rolled out when I fell the rest of the day idk if I tore it or not but I do need advice
I'm 4 months post injury. Came off push bike around 30mph and have a grade 2 MCL grade 2 ACL and grade 1 ALL. My surgeon has just recommended surgery as mcl has healed long and I still have instability. MRI scan to see how ACL has healed will say if I need surgery on ACL
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MCL Injury (probably grade 1 as almost nil swelling)... Not completely healed ..over 6 weeks now.... Walking comfortably but very mild pain and if I sit for long at one place, can't stand immediately on both legs...need to get up slowly.. also longer walks increases the discomfort...want to start jogging..can I start now??
After a week's I haven't find any relief 😢 I hope the orthopedic surgeon can really do something my primer doctor fail to sent me to one from the beginning
It’s been 3 weeks since I had my mcl tear which is in grade 2 and initially it was painful when I press on it now I don’t get that pain and it decrease every day on doin excercises like knee press and hold .Does this mean that it was recovering ???
@@desirousdreamer3983 yes I can still feel laxity when I move inside and without brace initial first week it was buckled while walking after rest I don’t feel .
I got injury about a year ago and. think its.MCL and every time I go to my doctor says that I don't need a surgery but knee is not get any better and I can't run or even do much movements what should I do 😭😭😪😪😪
I got my MCL torn on a motorcycle accident. I had a huge bruise on the side of my knee. After several weeks I noticed my lower leg was very unstable and like I could not control my foot. I went to the Dr and after all testing and everything it was determined my MCL was torn. Because of testing my surgery was delayed like over a month and the knee seemed to be getting worse. I got the MCL surgery done today and I am walking on crutches and I have an ice pack machine to the knee. The orthopedic said it was going to be a 3 month recovery. Right now because of stitches I have to have it wrapped for 3 days to avoid infection. By this video I can say I got the worst kind of MCL injury. In addition to the MCL my ACL is also sprained. I got pictures of it in surgery but I don't know how bad it is yet until my follow up appointment. I know it's not torn but in the pictures it looks like it has hairs coming out of it.
@@AmazingChinaToday I recovered from the surgery. One side of the knee is permanently numb. I can walk fine and do just about everything including short runs, jumping and even dancing. However I still sometimes feel pain in the knee and I have to always do knee exercises that I learned during physical therapy. I was told by the physical therapist that ligament damage is permanent and that the knee would never be the same. I am sure it's a lot better than if I had not had surgery. Before surgery I had lost control of my foot when walking and could not walk on a straight line.
I am 82 years old and although I have rheumatoid arthritis I am usually fairly active. Just waiting to see my rheumatologist next week as I am experiencing what sounds like mcl injury pain. Other arthritis does not seem to be active. I will of course take my rheumatologist’s advice but wondering if cortisone injection has an application in these situations.
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Hello doc. I had partial damage a month before in my mcl. I used my cast for one month, but i still walked using the cast. I removed the cast today, Now my leg hurts when i bend it back. Is it normal to have pain cause there was no moment for more than 4 weeks
Am at work now. But its hurting me so much. It is over two weeks now
@@denzilmckenzie9336 im alright now. I started playing football again. There was pain for more than a week. But now im fine
Dr. David Geier I wen to the emergency room and they told my it might be a MCL sprain but want me to do physical therapy first.? Wondering if that’s even okay when the doctors really don’t know if my MCL is fully torn.?
I suffered a mcl injury about 5 months ago, i did not treat it right and now a have little hurt there especially when i drag something back with my foot.
I sprained my knee last winter while slipping on some ice. I couldn’t put it ounce of pressure on it or walk on it without being in tremendous pain. Recovery took around 6 weeks, until I could comfortably walk on it without any pain
How did you heal it? @samwiseman
@@nycqueenisme Rice method, patience, and slowly doing small exercises to strengthen the tissue. I also wore a huge leg brace almost 24/7 so the tissues could grow back properly.
@@samwiseman8864 Thank you for replying Sam! My question is this : 1. When did you start doing the exercises & which ones? 2. Some people wear braces but others don’t. So confusing if it’s necessary. Did you go to the doctor & he gave you a brace to wear? I’m happy you’re doing great!
hey, same thing happened to me, but I twisted my knee 3 days ago from skating, and I can't straighten my leg, is this normal or only me?
@@nycqueenisme I started doing exercises that would help strengthen the area around my knee, so a lot of walking, going up and down stairs, and air squats.
I picked up an MCL injury refereeing a football game just over a week ago . I turned near the end of a game & felt a slight uncomfort.. My knee swelled slightly overnight so I used 'Deep Freeze' to cool the knee. I have not had too much pain but after a week I discoverd the knee exercises on the internet which I have have found extremely useful to get the knee working again & get rid of the stiffness. Thankfully my MCL seems to be just a Grade 1 Injury !
How many days did you get fully recover? Thank you
Just tore my mcl and acl and I limp around and can put about 80% pressure on it. Never really hurts just uncomfortable and tight and side to side/ straightening out my leg is impossible
How long did it take to fully recover sounds like what I have.
Same here ,are u gud now?
Just did the same. Had a mri done today. No pain really I can walk on it almost fine just not twisting it side movements. I tore my acl 18 years ago in my other knee and I couldn’t do anything with it and it took months to recovery. Hurt constantly. Crazy as this one is worse but doesn’t feel bad at all
I sprained my knee I can't put any pressure barely can move it and hurts so much even when i limp
Dear Doc Geier,
I was up and down a tall ladder in a high end home, and I had to be in sox but I chose Crocs and footies. Up and down again and again till I missed a rung terribly twisted
at the knee joint and came away with a sore MCL area. More a sore spot about the size of a dime. I am almost 65 but in very good shape, a non-competitive bodybuilder.
Then, for weeks I have not stopped, continuing to do the work I had to get done which involved more ladders, staging, crawling kneeling and so forth. I went to a hinged brace right away but after a week of hard work it started to wear a spot in my calf. My knee, inside MCL area went to an 11 for pain. Here we are a month later, the spot on my calf has healed, I am back in the brace but I am still in pain, get up from bed cannot walk but slowly returns, using a crutch at work to take the strike out of my stride and have only taken a bit of time off, which seemed to help a little. I have ordered an immobilizing brace. I message each evening with castor oil and that pain is still radiating from that inside spot in line with knee center.
This morning my foot on that leg, and not the other is swollen or retaining water? I hate going to the hospital and have no insurance.
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Hey Doc, thanks for the video. A question: you generally CAN walk on MCL injury but is it recommended? My doc gave me crutches. Should i use them as much as possible or should i be trying to walk so i don’t lose muscle mass?
if you dont have pain, you can walk normaly
It has been 8 weeks since my MCL tear....level 2 I absolutely could not walk using the affected knee My biggest problem now is pain while lying in my bed I often wake up in pain if I sleep on my side Also putting weight on my knee while fully bent really hurts Physio made things worse and seemed to bring on nerve related shooting pain Could there also be meniscus injury? I had x-ray and ultrasound
I have the same, did it heal fast?
I have a MCL injury but the orthopedic surgeon didn’t say what grade, just preferably recommended a straight knee brace (or hinged brace) to immobilize it but couldn’t put it on because I can’t straighten my knee. This is day 11 after the injury. He said to use crutches without a brace or wrap & come back when I can straighten it.
hey same thing with me, I can't straighten my leg, how long did it take for you to fully straighten it? please let me know as I am so depressed at the fact that I am unable to walk properly.
Hi Dr. David Geier, I suffered a complete MCL tear and a slight PCL tear at the same time in Football. Thus was 5 months ago and I can currently run but I still feel uneasy on it. I'd say its still healing right now but I'm not sure. Is this normal to still feel wobbly on it?
Are you able to do shooting like you used to?
Got grade 2 mcl injury while playing football, it didnt pain but seemed like my leg lost the entire balance it was pretty bad until my doctor adviced the knee support , some calcium medications along with regular exercise and ice therapy. Took around 3 months to heal completely and its ok now, sometimes if i jog or run for long i do feel something is giving me trouble however its much better
Hey did you tear any other ligaments along with it or it was just MCL ? Is your physical fitness like before ?? And from where did you take physical therapy?
I got a car accident. Doctor suspected MCL injury. But I changed the doctor because I want to visit nearest one. He did x ray. Gave me bed rest. After 4 and half months, I was told that I need no further treatment. But after that 4 months has gone and can't run properly and when I climb stairs, I feel pain
It’s been five months since my injury and I’m still in pain. My doctor keep trying to downplay everything or make it seem like I’m faking it, but they did not even give me an MRI until months after the injury and saw that it was completely severed.
they literally said the same thing to me man smh. i have to go back for a second opinion.
Hello Dr. Geier. I am 56 and I injured my knee on haloween by walking backwards and sliding side/backward and extending my lower leg. I and am waiting for my MRI this coming monday. I think I torn my MCL badly. I am walking in a hinged brace and I have no pain, but if I put inward preasure on my lower leg I can feel knee joint movement with a sharp pain if I do it unkowingly that goes away quickly. Also if I take my weight off my leg, dangle it and lightly sway it side to side my knee moves and feels like it opens on the inside or would pop out of place if I did it hard enough. It has been 3 weeks today. There is less movement thab=n there was 2 weeks ago but I still wouldnt walk around for any amount of time without my brace on. With covid I cannot get in to see any specialist and my MRI I am paying at a private clinic because the wait time to go through the normal channels is approx 4 months. Thought? Many Thanks.
I have been diagnosed with an MCL sprain. Now, 6 weeks after my injury, I am doing therapy. Both knees hurt; unable to get up properly from a kneeling position, and legs hurt from the inside of my thighs to my groin. I am a fit and active 70 year old. Or was. Is there something else going on here or is it more severe than priviously diagnosed?
I have a grade 2 MCL injury now. 5 weeks on braces , my second week without braces and still feeling pain
6 months after grade 2 MCL , still I can't run , can't lift or do free body , can't jump , can't do anything physical.......... Just walk , so I'm going for surgery very soon.
I got knocked down on the deck by our sweet two-year-old Golden retriever and ended up with a grade two MCL injury and a bone bruise. It has been almost three weeks and I have not yet been able to put full weight on the injured knee due to pain and a wobbly feeling knee. This feels very scary to me as I have an underlying Muscular Dystrophy diagnosis which puts me at risk for irreversible atrophy of my muscles. The injured knee was my stronger, more reliable leg, so overall this is a hard pill to swallow. Yesterday I got in the therapy pool I go to and was able to walk in the water with some pain and stiffness. The shallower water was very difficult. I will be starting to work on walking on a treadmill with a hoist to keep me from falling or putting too much weight. I have been working on straightening with exercises. I am praying that walking and doing other strengthening exercises in the pool, will get me back to walking again.
I'm going through a MCL injury but I can't get hooked up with a orthopedic. I can straighten my knee but it's hard to bend my knee. My biggest question is this if I had a grade 3 injury would my knee be black or blue? The muscle right above my knee is really swollen an the hospital gave me a full knee brace how can I get one of the braces ur talking about??
My mcl partial torn 75 % (after ultra sound) and cartilage knee hernia . It happend dec 15 2020. Waiting for mri. Surgeon want too know for sure no pieces of bone are under my knee cap. I wear a hinged ortho knee brace, but not a robotcop brace. Do exercise, but can only bend knee 45 degrees. Mostly pain at night en when. wearing the brace on the inside of my knee . What is this telling me? Could it be torn more or never heelt yet. Lots of time knee locked up en pops back.
I sprained my knee during basketball, after 2 weeks i can walk a little, how do i know if i need to do a surgery for my knee ligamets or i should just carry on?
Sprained my MCL two weeks ago and I still can’t fully walk without support
Does it get swollen??
@angiem How did you heal it?
I am entering month 5 This is taking forever The pain is minimal but mechanics of knee is messed up My doctor wanted me out of a brace (drug store) and walking I am noticing weakness side to side and definite preference to lean toward injured side Now my hip is giving me trouble as well There is a suspected meniscus injury so I am waiting on MRI I really don't think doctors know how to treat
broke my ankle (trimolluer) and injured my MCL back in September. My breaks have all healed, but still have pain in the MCL. Any suggestions for PT or healing?
1. if i got click/pain/limp but no swelling might it be less severe and easier to heel?
2. with low/distal MCL clicking, what is the ligament catching on to cause the click?
got 10+ year old MCL at times with pain/click/limp, specially when straight and a knee that gives-out descending stairs, other times with no pain/click/limp/give-out. i can walk one minute with pain, clicks and half stride limp; the next with no pain, clicks or limp.
i know i'm reinjuring MCL with my routine mobility: by ill-pivoting to get in/out of car, odd change of direction with leg cross-over, and have quasi pigeon-toe stride. i now get pain when leg straight so needing a pillow under knee to sleep.
some are neurological/elderly/overweight ex parkinsons which can make dressing and pulling on/off spandex sleeves difficult so we may need the wrap-around (no sleeve) type knee brace that we can strap-on over pants. let's hope this can provide 'enough' protection for the ligament.
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Hello Dr 👋😊
I'm basketball player and i got knee injury issues. It's been a year since i got the injury. It felt like a half dislocated and i decided go to hospital and got x-ray for is there any bone injury? There was no bone cracked. And i didn't know about MRI and i healed with traditional medical and it was very successful. Few days ago in April 24th i jumped from a very high and again i just pumped my knee it goes to inside i think it didn't dislocated but it get tension or maybe torn MCL so a lot of medical thing i used pain killer some kind of little bit effective also i drink tablet for against the sore and now I'm using band to avoid my knee goes to side to side. Now I'm walking, no running no fast walking only walk please doc give me some information help me
Hi doctor, thanks for the info . I have a ligament tear since 2 months, the first month I didn’t know that i had a ligament tear just at that moment when I strained my knee I heard my thigh bone make a sound moving sideway from my down leg bone
And it got back to the opposite side at that moment, after that I didn’t complain from anything unless when i bend my knee it makes a sound and hurts unless it got back to as it was , so the first month i walked on it without caution, then I went to a doctor he told me I should use a knee brace, so i did ,then it begins to swell a little, i went to another doctor he injected my knee with hyaluronic injection, after this injection for two weeks till now I can’t step on my knee still swollen and i fell insecure about walking even with my knee brace on , he told me to start knee training after two weeks of absolutely no stepping on it . What should i do and why it’s still swollen after the injection?
thanks for such useful video! i had a mcl grade 1 or possibly 2 not sure lol , doing martial arts on a sparring class, i have done the same kick like 1000 times over many years and i could feel how the bone was sliding to the other side 0:15 😢 i went home walking and there was a minor pain but could walk but the next morning holy jesus pain was unbearable and i was limping but the next day i was able to walk with pain and after a week and half i was perfectly fine walking , now my question is ? how i mnow if is fully healed !? i started all
rehab and now weights on legs with moderate weight with zero pain or any thing and i feels strong like if nothing have happened but still there is something that still bother me on the side knee and i dont know what it is should wait before full activity or is it normal as i do more and more heavy rehab? now i move heavy objects with my knee side to side with zero pain but i keep reading shouldn’t take more than 6 weeks and still am not 100% i would say am at 90-95% so everyday is better and better but am so desperate to fo back 😅 to sparring
also ive been stretching a lot my knee and it went from 100 pain to 5% and i do lunges in all
directions and jumping squats and zero pain am on the right track ????it will be 2 months now and still have 5-10 % to be completely healed
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Oops sent before finishing last post…my question is:
1.wouldn’t it be better to wear some protective brace or wrap while on crutches until I get full leg extension
2. Wouldn’t a hinged brace be better than a straight brace to allow forward & back motion while it heals so the knee won’t freeze up?
The biggest challenge I'm facing with my mcl injury is getting ANY medical help from my doctor, I injured my knee last november and I can't get physio until december a year later and I can't get an mri to diagnose it until next fucking january, over a year after the injury. Should I be suing my doctor for malpractice?
Mcl strain was doing better. I had knee extension and was doing light jumping etc.. I cut the grass and now I can't bend my knee to do leg lunges..Why? U think it's torn?
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I was cycling and fell on my bike, sprained both knees but one knee stopped hurting after about 2 weeks. The other knee though, I got diagnosed with a grade 2 MCL, and a small fracture in the lateral femoral condyle. Between waiting to see how I felt after a week, doctors appointments, MRI appointments, and being referred to an orthopedic surgeon, was about 4 weeks after I jury before I saw an orthopedic. He has me wearing a hinged brace now for 6-8 weeks, I was only wearing a cheap brace from Walmart before, but their strongest available. Was doing some light cycling every few days before, but orthopedic surgeon now says to stop all exercise for 3 weeks until a follow up visit
I have got MCL before two months but not healed up to now. It is just 10 weeks. What should I Do then?
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Thx Doctor, thank you for your sharing and knowledge. Now I am more clear about what to do.
I'm on the 4° day of my MCL injury. It hapened in a BJJ match, and I'm gonna do a image exam to determine the gravity of the damage on monday. Hope to get well and walk without support soon..
Your injury happens almost the same times as mine. We should keep up with each other or keep a journey of healing or something? What is your grade of MCL and did you do a MRI?
Exact same situation, heard the pop and was more upset about not getting to train.
I got an mcl injury through heelhook two weeks ago it sucks...
Mine happened in wrestling
Julliana Dardanha in the morning today someone in training put on a leg lock and after the release i went on my knees and it popped. It felt like it was going to hurt for a sec but it didnt. Its the evening now but it hurts. Hope its not too serieus bc im competing this month. Lets see how it feels tomorrow
I tore my mcl almost a year and 2 months ago and I’m probably 60% recovered and don’t think it’ll get any better
Could you walk with your mcl tear
@@craig19193 I had to wobble around and walk as slow as possible without putting pressure on my knees. Everyone is different and I didn’t get any therapy or a surgery
I completely tore my mcl and it took 3 days for me to be able to walk on it and it took one month until I had minimal pain however I couldn’t completely straighten my knee
Till now?
How did you completely tear it?
Did you use any support like walker, clutch or cane?
Doctor I just had an operation on all ligaments ACL PCL AND MCL doctors advised me to not even touch down my leg for about 6 weeks , and after to start slowly touching. I wanna know what is the ideal recovery plan for my injuries as I understand it’s not very common to tear them all. I really hope you get this post and reply me back.
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My MCL tore 4 months after total knee replacement how will that affect my knee replacement if at all im on a knee brace right now. not sure of the grade but my leg is really swollen, i have pain down to my foot pain wakes me up at night. my knee gives out often im really concerned.
Hello doctor I mathi
High grade proximal MCL tear extending into medial patellofemoral ligament . For me
What I do now
Grade 2 Mcl tear plus chondromalacia patella grade 4 had arthroscopic surgery on knee 2019 still buckles, pain still in middle of inner knee were originally pain started after several different injections to area knee still hurts now have pain on other side little puffy fluid quarter size bumps, injury work related while doing security taking down student someone steeping on foot ,toes pointed left body got twisted in right different direction.I was recommended to have knee replacement by Dr. Who did injections the knee replacement Dr.said it's premature for a total knee replacement at this time.I can't put all my weight on knee causing pain when I try to walk normal. 2018 October injury happened.
I am looking at having an MCL surgery done. I have had two other knee surgeries. One was an ACL surgery with the graft from the patellar tendon. The other was just an exploratory surgery and removal of torn cartilage. My main question is, I have always healed from traditional surgery much faster than through arthroscopic. Would someone like yourself be comfortable doing a traditional MCL surgery with the traditional longer incision? I have a grade three and it is been there for quite some time. I mean over two to three years. My knee has motion from side to side, and it will also lock up and pop. I am assuming this is all normal behavior for a torn MCL. I have had not much pain, but I have had my whole knee migrating in towards my other knee and the inside of my right knee, the affectived knee, is quite swollen and we'll never go down. My question is, how long would recovery take with that significant of an injury and my history of knee surgery?
As of right now they don’t want me on my knee at all they want the swelling to go down so we can do an mri as soon as possible
My doctor said it is a grade 1 MCL tear and told me to rest for 21 days but he hasn’t asked me do get a MRI done ! Does MRI help to get information about how much healing has been done ??
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You gave me much confidence
The doctor at my local hospital said I had an MCL tear. My therapist thinks the same and gave me strengthening exercises to do until our next appointment. He is also going to put me in a back-brace as he reckons my Degenerative Disk Disease (app. 12 years now) is causing my knees extra work, therefore I do not recover fast enough from the MCL injury. It has now been 6-weeks and although I walk short distances without help, I still suffer from severe pain by night time. Prior to my injury I was walking 12 - 15km per day, at least 3 times a week, now I can barely walk to the gate. (ie: I am from South Africa, do not have a medical aid and therefore have to make use of our Government Hospital for treatment.)
I am 65 years old ,I was hit by a car while standing resulted in MCL tear, used knee immobilizer not the hinged type for 8 weaks , repeated MRI ,showed 70 % healed , the orthopedic surgeon wants me to use knee immobilizer for another 4 weeks , I am not convinced because I can walk without knee immobilizer , what is your recommendation
hi Dr.David, my MCL injured recover and come back again but even i can still practice soccer most of the time i feel a bit of pain, the doctor told is level 1 but it will always come if i don't do surgery, what can you suggest me to do, i play soccer on hight level
How did you recover?
Time ?
Thank you
I went to sports chiropractor or medicine doctor. They press on my ligament to relieve pain. I don’t think it’s working for me been doing it for 2 1/2 weeks with not much to show for it if any. So I want to know if pressing on the ligament is supposed to be done? And also when I lay down the pain goes from mild to radiating and pulsating in waves. I haven’t gotten an MRI. I don’t want a steroid shot But will it aid in the healing process
Did u take steroids injection?? I'll wait your answer bro??
is not on the knee cap but side inner knee, i think its the one he described in the video
only hard like a biitch my knee twists
does not hurt when bending aka sitting and standing.
if i put try to walk side ways aka trying to turn around or make turns then the side or twisting motion has to happens and
my legs hurt and i get pain and it feels like it locks and my body reacts
i am really scared
if its serious and if i ever will walk and play basketball ball or even run or even function as a man
i do not walk to walk like people with leg issues
i do not
i am scared
i think im going to .. myself..
help
do i have a mcl
or something else.
am i getting the right or wrong info
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I am PPP (post poliomyelitis paralysis) . Now due to falling, i m hving MCL rupture (grade III). Any special precautions for PPP during MCL rupture.
Good morning was diagnosed with a medial MCL strain I have done 12 weeks of PT wear the knee brace use KT tape do exercises daily I’m still in pain especially when I am walking and ice after exercise for 15-20 mins as well the inner of my knee is painful but the top and bottom the most can not bend all the way can not squat like the beginning of a squat to bend I’m having pain the injury happened with me stepping down off a step that was about the hight of a curb my knee went to the left and my leg went to the right it felt like my knee gave away very unstable after about 30 mins I couldn’t walk on it at all still since February 28th 2023 till today May 26,2023 I’m limping have stuck to doing everything my PT has taught and done with me when I go weekly she has now recommended that I get a second opinion and another MRI she thinks something was over looked due to my progress results so far please help what do you recommend? This is not fun at all my hubby is a cross fit coach and before this I was in good shape workout 6 days a week and now I definitely can’t do the things I loved to do squats , snatches box jumps ect nothing that calls for a lot of any weight bearing
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I partially tore my mcl almost 4 weeks ago. I could walk on it but mainly on my toes but with a brace I could use my foot. I have a limp, can’t bend my knee in certain angles, and can’t straighten my knee. It’s been a pain and I miss having full activity.
I don’t know if I have an MCL injury, but it feel a lot of pain in the inner side of my knee, and walking is a little bit painful, turning side to side hurts and pushing it against something or kneeling hurts too. Do I have an MCL injury? I will be going to the doctor in a couple of days
ThatGirlToni most likely have some grade of MCL injury, I’d go to a doctor sooner than later
Luciano Rodriguez I went to the doctor 4 days ago, and they said I just stretched a tendon. I have a knee brace (not hinged) and that helps with stability, and no activity for 10 days and then they said if it still hurts after that 10 days I would go to a sports & medicine doc. As of now I still have pain and it hasn’t gotten that much better just a little bit better Edit: nothing as gotten better or worse just has stayed the same for 2 months. I have been icing my knee everyday and that helps at that moment but then all the pain comes back a couple hours later
ThatGirlToni yeah there’s no reason you should be icing something that long, see a specialist
Luciano Rodriguez Alright, I will be going to the sports and medicine doctor probably sometime this week
Luciano Rodriguez is it ok if I use crutches until I see a doctor? I have to walk around a lot at school and I don’t think I can have that sensation of feeling like I’m going to fall all day
Sir MCL Surgery after how day want i can Walking normal
Its been more than 2months since i dislocate my left knee... It get swollen for like 2 weeks and now became normal in size.. But it still hurts sometimes now and i feel its going to pop out again while running or doing some work... Is that normal for knee dislocate injury taking so much time to heal??
I feel the same with me knee like it wants to popped often just had a accident and my knee completely popped its super swollen finally going down a little bit how is your doing and any input you can give me
Anyone know where you ask questions? I have a grade 1 strain. It’s tender but i want to go walk. Level ground with low risk of MCL injury. Can I walk long distances?
I have the same on my right knee and it’s tender . I am on anti inflammatory meds at the moment . I am avoiding walking for 2-3 weeks but instead doing few leg exercises to strengthen the knee and also doing light yoga n stretches :)
@@ridimagulati848 Which leg exercises?
I got surgery this Thursday mine is a key hole surgery home same day they said hope I can walk out without crouches
I'm going on my 3rd week after injury. Count bend knee, not even the slightest pressure after injury but now I can place my toe down with small pressure. I can extend my leg almost fully now.
Waiting on mri to see what kind of damage my knee has. I overextended my knee popped about 2 years ago. I did not rest it more than two weeks two yrs ago. And it would pop out if place every now and then , then 3 weeks ago I was getting my car the car door slowly closed on me. My knee buckled and I couldn't use it since then
My right leg completely run over by a vehicle. The accident caused grade three MCL tear, torn ACL, damage to the patella, Meniscus tear. My Orthopedic doctor said I will heal on my own. 1 year later, I am still in a hinged knee brace because I have a fear of more damage. My doctor said my MCL healed very tight. It has a very small give. He also said, Me still being in a brace is more mental than physical. I have no pain, but I am tired of the brace.
Would love to hear how you’re holding up now
"Grade three MCL tear, torn ACL, damage to the patella, Meniscus tear. " There's no way you can heal on your own with grade 3.
I have an accident. In that mcl, acl ,pcl tear will occur. last week mcl surgery done for me. Is it possible to walk as before after all surgeries.pls tell me
So i did something to my mcl about 2 months ago and it getting worse what should i do?
Grade 3 mcl tear 7 weeks ago while doing squats. Reduced running from 80-100km per week to 30-40, very painful but managable with icing afterwards. Did aggressive rehab from day 1. Just got back to normal running volume again and the pain is under control.
Hey did you have any other ligament issues or only the MCL ?
My doc said I have torn my MCL (grade 3) through the joint line which he said is unusual compared to tears off the attachment points that they can normally go in straight away and operate.
I got told I have to wear a brace and on crutches for 12 weeks before they operate on my ACL (grade 3), I also have torn my lateral meniscus. It sucks. I'm not weight bearing on this leg till I get surgery I don't feel confident otherwise.
I’m sorry to hear! I’m not sure what I’ve done to my knee yet. But I cannot walk either or I’m scared it will buckle from under me again. How are you doing now?
Hi ashlee, wish you a fast recovery, did you receive any operation for your mcl? Or it’s just for acl? I torn my mcl 3 hours ago in a wrestling match 😬
I just tore my left Mcl grade 3 and Acl grade 3 meniscus grade 2 on Atv accident. I also dislocated my Left Shoulder. So basically half my body is out. So depressing! Looks like I need surgery for both left knee and shoulder. I have no insurance since I’m self employed. This one is going to make me Homeless 😞
I've got a grade 3 mcl, grade 2 pcl tear 3 weeks into it, I've got an pcl knee brace i wear. Whats the best way to sleep, i sleep on my side and can i take the knee brace off when i sleep? In a lot of pain hard to sleep!! Any advice would be much appreciated.
Mine is only grade 1 so I can only imagine your pain, I heard it best (and when it hurt the most this was the best way) to elevate your knee with pillows and just sleep face up. I typically don’t wear a brace when I sleep because it feels better and more comfortable. Also try to take ibuprofen 800 mg when you can to help with pain and inflammation.
@@10HJR thanks for your advice, I'll give that a shot.
How did you heal it?
I suffered from MCL injury on June 11th. Had 10 physio treatments, and I do have a brace (suggested by physiotherapist.) Brace makes knee and inside of knee worse. Xray a couple days ago says: mild medial compartment predominant OA. Questionable soft tissue swelling near MCL origin. I'm still in pain. Had gotten better, but they discharged me. How much longer am I going to suffer? I'm 59. Nobody is treating me anymore. 😂
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Partial tear in a hinged brace with crutches it’s been 2 weeks. How long will it take to heal?
how long did it take to walk normally?
Tell us your story
I’m not sure what’s wrong with my knee my school trainer told me it may be my mcl it’s been a year and it’s still bothering me
Hey. This is netco mann. I sprung my knee. What can I do
Is it possible for a old MCL injury old meaning 13 years ago come back
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If I get one of these braces could I wrestle with it on? I just got a grade 2 in a match and I can’t be out for 2 weeks. Is their anything I can do so I will be able to wrestle as quickly as possible.
Skyler Scott hey what did you end up doing in the same problem right now
Hi I just watched your video on an MCL tear which I have since getting caught in a high tidal wave at the Jersey shore. Came down on on my knee after being tossed around like a rag doll. I immediatly had pain and hard time getting out of the water because I could not walk. Once I did get back to my beach chair it started turning blue and pain going down the side of my leg. My husband took me to the nearest Medi Center where they determinded I did not have a fracture but they did see something in there. They put me on crutches and a knee brace with the advice to see my otho dr at home. Dr home said I have a grade 2 tear. Which I have to wear a hinged knee brace for 8 weeks and then physical therapy . My question is the type of brace i am in moves around to the side. I strap it tight as can be but then it is too tight. At times i get a popping noise and terrible pain. I called Doc. He said use the crutches and stay off it. For 8 weeks ? !!! What do you think
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Its been a year now ... Though i could walk and drive ..it still likely to be popping out easily, i could not go to the doctor for further treatment because of the corona virus.
Nice! I have a grade I tear after what should have been nothing more than a really slow, irrelevant snowboard fall. I felt the pain immediately, and severe point tenderness remains three weeks later at a tiny point at the most proximal area of the femoral medial epicondyle. There is no laxity or other dysfunction other than due to pain, which remains a big problem: It's my Left leg, so I can't lift my leg into the car after I first get in (too painful--must use arm to 'put' it in). Can't really exercise, so I thought I'd do some swimming: and made the mistake of taking a single breaststroke kick--which is dependent upon two intact MCLs! HURT like hell! I had to signal to the lifeguard it was just my knee when he heard me scream and was halfway into the water after me.
Same here ,are u good now?
Well I have a medial tear and a tear in the MCL, it's been 2 months and I am just now fixing to see an orthopedic doctor, because of everything that is going on right now with the covid-19 thing, but I had went and bought a cane and a hinged knee brace. I do walk on it but like I said it's been 2 months and it still hurts, not as bad as the first month, but enough sometimes to almost buckle me, do u think the orthopedic will do surgery since, to me, it's not really getting any better, and one more thing, the medial tear how bad is that usually.
No need of surgery...I have grade 3 MCL ligament injury n am walking now...it takes 1 year to heel completely..we can walk...but we should do physiotherapy.... atleast 6 months to walk normally,if we stand for many hours,we will get pain in knee...n am a lady of small 2 little kids...I really cry that how much problem they will face due to my injury when they need me....n my bro is a doctor,he said that no need of surgery... when I get age 86,if needed only they will operate n till then if am fine means it's enough know he said...n who knows who will survive n this is carona time n am very unlucky women from childhood to till now in all aspects...
@@sharadam9822 I think I have a grade 1 MCL, how long will that take to heal? I got it from cycling but I walked normally the day it happened but the 2nd day I could feel the pain. I'm resting it now and walking with pressure on my other leg
@@gummybear41283 How did you heal it?
I had a grade 2 MCL sprain, and didn't get any instructions on how to treat it. After a long time, I was told that i should have been in a brace (don joy?), but never got one. After most of the pain went away I was unable to strecth and bend my knee fully. It took me 4 years to be able to run 10 km again.
I just got a new sprain of the other knee two weeks ago and I'm really scared how long it is gonna take this time :(
My MCL grade2 tear
God bless you 🙏
Im a 59 year old female with osteoarthritis and bone on bone in both knees.... I am able to get around and do things for the most part but cannot walk for a long lenghts of time. I recently had an MCL injury on my left knee I have no idea how it happened I was walking that day later that night and was sitting on my reclining chair when I got up I could barely walk. I went to the doctor was put on steroids to help with the swelling and I could not put any weight on that knee at all it’s been about two weeks and I’m just now being able to walk somewhat with the help of a crutch but I can tell it’s slowly getting better. . I cannot do my stationary bike as it hurts to bend it too far so I’m doing some exercises I have learned in the past from my physical therapist. I have to say this has been a very painful experience. It’s also hard to know when you can start doing more exercises without redamaging the ligament.
I am 69 and extra weight and have an injury inside of right knee..I suspect mcl..??? I still work and stand for a living...how long did it take you to recover? I’m having a problem walking...so much pain..
Hi Dr. I have got grade 3 mcl and acl tear on my left knee. A surgery happened 2 weeks ago for mcl repair and required a surgey for acl reconstruction. How long it will take for me to come back in normal condition? Can I walk after my acl reconstruction surgery?
I have the same injury, how you doing now?
@@bradselc3618 I am better now, but have difficult and discomfort while running and while placing my leg in some positions.
I messed my MCL up after colliding with another player during soccer and the only major issue im having is while turning. obv i cant play soccer for now but working out has been no porblem
Same bro
Its been 4 weeks and I am in a brace and still on crutches. It is a grade 2 mcl tear and still very swollen. When will I be able to straighten my leg and walk on it? Also I show jump competitively so how long do you thing it will be before i can ride again
how has it been for you since ? I have an mcl grade 2 like you and still can't walk ...
@@cranos666 any update
Any update
Yes you can
I had strain MCL injury and it is not recovering. I had taken More than 1 month rest but also it is not fixed I had shown to the doctor also he said that it is just a normal strain in your MCL. I'm a footballer and i feel pain in my MCL only while hitting the ball. What should I do doctor??
How much time taken to recover your strain
Are you fine now
I just tore my mcl alongside a tibial plateau fracture. And I believe I just injured my mcl again after 8 weeks
Just partially tore my mcl I can walk perfect but can’t bend my knee a whole lot
I have problem with Complete MCL and partial ACL , I need the surgery ?!
Waiting your reply
Thank you
I also have same problem
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And just i have done my surgery last few days ago...and now i dont know how many time to need heal my mcl and acl... Pls help me ...pls reply...
I have MCL, ACL & PCL complete tear and my MCL operation is done around four weeks ago and doctor are waiting to heal my MCL tear so after that they can do ACL and PCL tear operation. Can you tell me how much total time will take to walk me after my 2nd operation of both the tear. As my doctor said it will take 6 months to recover. It will tak that much time to heal and can you make a video on three of this tear recovery.
I fell and they done x ray and I am hurting so bad still in my knee, I can walk but it painful getting up and bending it ,and I get shocking pain in it .they saw nothing but I know something is wrong because I feel differently after my fall.
When I put pressure on it I have to something walk on my toes
I hurt my knee 3 wks. ago today. Went to a Ortho after 10 days, had a X-ray, no broken bones. Intense pain, especially at night. 2 days later had an ultrasound and it was neg. for blood clots. I will have a MRI this wk. Pain below the knee on the inside. Throbbing, burning pain that seems to radiate from the injury 1st diagnosis was knee sprain or bruised knee.. I was given a brace.I want to pain to go away, and hope to get a correct diagnosis, so I can get better.
I have a grade 3 injury that happened in airborne school and after my 4th jump it completely tore. I still jumped out of a plane while it was injured the very next day so yes you can walk right after.
Did you have any surgery or did it heal on its own ?
I have a little bit of a scratch on my left knee from fall on black ice & a car hitting me on the side of the knee. Bummer . Do I need to have walker?
Walker is used to increase your stability and off loading the painful limb.
If you walk funny, with pain or afraid to fall, YES, use a walker until things change, and they will if you act wisely.
Tore my ACL MCL and one of my meniscus and I’m walking but it’s a weird limp (before my surgey in a week)
When did u realize your knee started hurting , I awkwardly jerked my knee while I was changing my direction on unstable turf abs it’s slipped from under me and it started to hurt a few hours after
I have same injury Acl /Mcl / meniscus. Did you end up needing surgery??
@@bradselc3618 yes you need surgery for ACL and MCL, I seen this one flag football chip go all natural but that’s not the proper way to heal. You need surgery. And take PT as serious as possible with home workouts.
man I tore my MCL and meniscus on Dec 8 and did not get it repaired because of workers comp. i had to wait 2 month for surgery and get ab MRI
So I was using my punching bag and my leg bent to the side wher the inner part of my knee bent In but it rolled out when I fell the rest of the day idk if I tore it or not but I do need advice
I'm 4 months post injury. Came off push bike around 30mph and have a grade 2 MCL grade 2 ACL and grade 1 ALL. My surgeon has just recommended surgery as mcl has healed long and I still have instability. MRI scan to see how ACL has healed will say if I need surgery on ACL
Can a meniscotibial ligament can heal on its own.can you pleased tell me what i need to do
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Mainly struggling with pain even though the swelling not so bad
Same glad to hear other people in servior pain makes me think everything is okay
MCL Injury (probably grade 1 as almost nil swelling)... Not completely healed ..over 6 weeks now.... Walking comfortably but very mild pain and if I sit for long at one place, can't stand immediately on both legs...need to get up slowly.. also longer walks increases the discomfort...want to start jogging..can I start now??
Has it heal finally?
Were you able to walk on it right after the injury?
After a week's I haven't find any relief 😢 I hope the orthopedic surgeon can really do something my primer doctor fail to sent me to one from the beginning
It’s been 3 weeks since I had my mcl tear which is in grade 2 and initially it was painful when I press on it now I don’t get that pain and it decrease every day on doin excercises like knee press and hold .Does this mean that it was recovering ???
Can any one answer me ?
@@saikrishnamunjala8695it is healing but checkout also... does ur knee buckling without brace and do y feel laxity while moving ur leg inside way.....
@@desirousdreamer3983 yes I can still feel laxity when I move inside and without brace initial first week it was buckled while walking after rest I don’t feel .
@@saikrishnamunjala8695 How did you heal it?
I got injury about a year ago and. think its.MCL and every time I go to my doctor says that I don't need a surgery but knee is not get any better and I can't run or even do much movements what should I do 😭😭😪😪😪
May need to check another sports doctor. Do you have the MRI?
Get another doctor.
zeko abdala strengthen it bro! Go see a Physio, mine took bout 3-4 weeks to recover from
I got my MCL torn on a motorcycle accident. I had a huge bruise on the side of my knee. After several weeks I noticed my lower leg was very unstable and like I could not control my foot. I went to the Dr and after all testing and everything it was determined my MCL was torn. Because of testing my surgery was delayed like over a month and the knee seemed to be getting worse. I got the MCL surgery done today and I am walking on crutches and I have an ice pack machine to the knee. The orthopedic said it was going to be a 3 month recovery. Right now because of stitches I have to have it wrapped for 3 days to avoid infection. By this video I can say I got the worst kind of MCL injury. In addition to the MCL my ACL is also sprained. I got pictures of it in surgery but I don't know how bad it is yet until my follow up appointment. I know it's not torn but in the pictures it looks like it has hairs coming out of it.
Are you fully recovered now 100%?
@@AmazingChinaToday I recovered from the surgery. One side of the knee is permanently numb. I can walk fine and do just about everything including short runs, jumping and even dancing. However I still sometimes feel pain in the knee and I have to always do knee exercises that I learned during physical therapy. I was told by the physical therapist that ligament damage is permanent and that the knee would never be the same. I am sure it's a lot better than if I had not had surgery. Before surgery I had lost control of my foot when walking and could not walk on a straight line.
@@simplerider3159 Thanks for the update, hope the injury doesn't hold you back much! 👍
@@simplerider3159 " ligament damage is permanent and that the knee would never be the same." 😥😥
I am 82 years old and although I have rheumatoid arthritis I am usually fairly active. Just waiting to see my rheumatologist next week as I am experiencing what sounds like mcl injury pain. Other arthritis does not seem to be active. I will of course take my rheumatologist’s advice but wondering if cortisone injection has an application in these situations.
hey , are you there ? how do u feel now ?