Torn Meniscus?

Hi all!

I'm hoping someone can help me, first of all let me explain how the injury happened

I was running down the right wing with the ball and I took a heavy touch (not uncommon for me!) and attempted to stretch for the ball (im quite gangly) as I just touched the ball with the tip of my toe (my leg was fairly relaxed as I hadn't actully planted my foot) the defender smashed the ball with quite a lot of force and I felt a sharp pain in my knee and I couldn't help but fall over, I got helped off (as it was painfull to stand) and I sat on the sideline for about 10 minutes rubbing and holding my knee the pain stopped for a while so I thought "Hey it's just an impact injury" and signaled I wanted to come back on the ball came to me and i faked going left (left foot planted right foot swinging towards my left as if im gonna take the ball that way) and my knee went weak again! so i got carried off and sort of half hobbled (in a lot of pain) to the changing room, when I got home my knee was quite swollen so i phoned the nhs and they asked me questions and advised me to go and a and e, i turned up i was told 6 hour wait so I thought Ill see my gp monday instead... went to see her ... she did some knee test on me (straighten your left leg and bring your right leg as close to your body as you can etc) and determined that I may have torn my meniscus cartillage so I was given Naprosyn (500mg) and told to come back in 6-8 weeks and if the swelling hadn't reduced or the pain was still there she'd send me for an MRI, so since then (02-11-2013) i've been taking the naprosyn and originally putting iced peas on my knee for an hour or so (for the first couple of nights) and know I do (2 minutes with peas) and then (2 minutes with a warm cloth) - I was told to do this by someone who claimed to be a sports physio (not sure if it's valid advice or not) well since then i no longer fall to the floor involuntarily when I tweak my knee but there is still pain there (like a burning toothache) and it's fairly painfull but it seems to have improved.

the movements that I can recall that caused my knee to hurt since the initial injury were

facing one way in the kitchen went to turn around and face the door in one movement (140 degree turn maybe) and felt the same shooting pain in my knee as originally happened (this was about two days after the original injury)

quite a few times in bed I was lying on my right side (went to turn to the left) (left foot planted on bed and holding and twisting my right leg towards my left side - caused pain in my knee)

kicked ball with side of foot (no real pain although felt tight) attempted to kick with laces (knee went weak)

and most recently today went to stand up from my seat in work and stood up quickly (with my right foot kind of dangling) and felt a tootache pain in my knee.

also when i try and recreate a movement to try and discover what caused the pain it never really hurts the second time

Also the pain is on the inside of my right knee

apologies for the essay my question is I know it's hard without examining but what does it seem that I have done? meniscus? or.... any advice greatly appreciated! :)



I am going back to see my doctor in 6-8 weeks, i'm going to see a physio next week (when I get paid) but I just want

Sounds like a torn meniscus or a ruptured ACL

I would definitely seek a sports doctor or physiotherapist

Hey Achillesknee, Did you consult a physio? And what did he say about your injury?