Hello there,
I have been reading the post about meniscus on this forum and I find them very helpful, specially the one on the Prolotherapy option instead of taking on surgery. which I started to consider and already started to do research on it.
I tore my meniscus jogging, but i only realized it when I started yoga. I can walk , jump, but I don't jog anymore. A year ago, my physiotherapist looked at the MRI and said to wait the meniscus can get better, and that I am still young but i have to take care of it if not I would need surgery to avoid arthritis. Anyhow, I want to avoid surgery at all causes, specially when I hear that people only get surgery when they can't even walk. not my case.
I guess my concern is: I am scare the knee will give up on me. so I visit the knee specialist, who told me i should get surgery, even when the tear is small. I am having a hard time trusting his decision. For a year, i have been doing hip openers, and caring it with oil, and felt much better, but a week ago, for the first time I had to put ice on it, and it scared me, I thought my knee is getting worst? I don't know if I should give up and do surgery. I read comments of people here in the forum feeling better afterwards and feeling "normal", regenerated.
PS: I am curios if other yogis with meniscus have the same problem. So far I haven't met anyone in my environment with this problem: I still think it is all on the hips, but is it possible to adjust a half lotus position, putting the ankle on the groin? it depends on the hips right? i learn from my body immensely through my knee problem, analyzing the possibilities of rotation without putting stress on the knee, off course.
thank you for reading this.
Anita