How to relieve meniscus pain

Meniscus pain can be relieved by medication, physical therapy and surgery. 1. Medication: For patients with mild symptoms and meniscal injuries below 2 degrees, oral medication can be taken to relieve symptoms, such as glucosamine capsules to promote cartilage repair, celecoxib tablets for anti-inflammatory and analgesic treatment, etc., so as to improve the pain symptoms. 2. Physical therapy: If the meniscus injury does not reach the joint surface, and the meniscus is not torn and the integrity of the meniscus is good, physical therapy, acupuncture, hot compresses and other methods can be taken to deal with the affected limb to avoid strenuous exercise, so as not to cause secondary injury, thus improving the pain symptoms. 3. Surgery: If the meniscus injury is more than 2 degrees, or by conservative treatment is ineffective, can take surgical treatment, surgical treatment methods have arthroscopic meniscus revision or partial resection, after surgery and need to knee support protection under the activities, so as to improve the pain symptoms. If the patient has meniscus pain, it is recommended that the patient go to the hospital in a timely manner, improve the knee MRI to understand the meniscus damage, to clarify the cause of the disease, and follow the doctor’s instructions for treatment.