What are the symptoms of a meniscus tear?
I think that I may have a meniscus tear (maybe medial plica problem), but was wondering what the symptoms are. I tore my MCL 2.5 years ago and think that I may have torn my meniscus because my MCL seemed to heal and I don’t have pain on the inner part of my knee anymore. The MRI report didn’t mention a meniscus tear (I know that they don’t always show everything), but I am having my knee scoped next month to find out what is going on as well as drain the water on my knee and do some clean-up. The MRI just confirmed an MCL tear, showed water on the knee and showed that I have chondromalacia. The doctor wants me to be awake for the surgery so that I can tighten and relax my muscles on my own. My symptoms are: -pain going up and downstairs (more pain going up) -pain under my kneecap in general (kind of in the center) -pain in the joint when doing a simple straight leg lift while laying down -my knee pops when I straighten my leg out -a lot of swelling under the kneecap -I swell-up after w
