I did an anterior drawer test on myself and the doctor in the A&E did also did one this morning, both acl and pcl are intact. The x-ray done in A&E also came back normal, I also have a high pain tolerance (the kind to fall asleep at the dentist..) but this is a bad pain. The medial portion feel unsteady (not sure if actually 'unsteady, may be poor proprioception-i havent' fallen over or there's not giving way or anything like that) also the mcl is fine, I'm a bit confused by it all atm. Right now what I think it may be:
1. meniscal tear (due to the position of the pain, but I can full flex the knee no problems)
2. damaged plica
3. cartilage damage to the femur
4. Just a case of bad bruising (but as its now been a week it seems a long time for it to be going on if its just a bit of bruising I would have thought, then again my wrists are pretty cut up as well and if they are not yet healed then maybe the knee is not yet healed, if the soft tissues underneath are ripped-up.
Mechanism of injury : a fall while running, wet surface, slipped and fell onto knees and wrists (only superficial damage to the other structures thou)

(still taking anti-inflammatories trice daily and mobilising a little)


Quote Originally Posted by Emanuele View Post
Meniscal damage doesn't tend to swell up immediately but usually it tends to swell later on hours to days after the injury, the mechanism of injury is not clear, how did you exactly injury yourself? How come you are so sure that ACL is not involved?


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