Quote Originally Posted by btufts View Post
Same deal with the miniscus tear I had in my right knee. wrapped the hell out of it from mid shin to mid femur tightly and I could squat full range again with minimal inflammation during training. Extensions were still painful however
About your meniscus tear :
1) how bad was it ? I am told mine is either partial or fully torn - I see a surgeon on May 31st to go over my MRI
2) how long did it take to heal ?
3) did you require surgery ?
4) what supplements/gear/ancillaries did you take to help with the healing process ?
5) how did you do it ?
6) do you train your legs differently now ?
7) are wraps just going to mask my injury or can they spare my meniscus in some way while I build my quads back up ? Never used wraps and I don't use a belt under 425 lbs.

Some history on mine - near as I can figure I tore it slipping in the bathtub OR possibly twisting at the top/lock out on leg extensions ( I go quite heavy - 350lbs). Whatever I did it wasn't painfull enough to where I knew when it happened. That was late January of this year. Took 2 months off of leg training. 4 weeks back in and I was squatting (just to parallel) 365 x 8 easily until I went too deep and felt it go. That was first week of May. So obviously I wasn't healed 100%. This time I hope I can convince the doctor that I need surgery but in the event I don't get it I need to do it right this time and not push things too much. Any advice you can offer would be great. My legs have lost about 1.5 inches since January.

Edit : sorry to the OP for the post hijacking