How effective is recovery from meniscus ligament injuries

How well you recover from a meniscus ligament injury is determined primarily by the severity of the injury. Most mild injuries can be fully recovered without treatment, most moderate injuries can be recovered with medication, and most severe injuries can be recovered with surgery. 1. Mild injury: If the meniscus ligament is mildly injured, usually there will be no obvious structural changes. Early attention should be paid to brake and rest, do not exercise too early, and avoid standing for a long time, in order to reduce the pressure on the knee, to prevent symptoms from aggravating, and later can be treated by quadriceps muscle contraction and other methods of exercise rehabilitation, most of which can be fully recovered. 2. Moderate injury: If the meniscus ligament is moderately injured, it will usually cause joint pain, swelling and other symptoms. We can consider applying medication that nourishes the articular cartilage as prescribed by the doctor, and in the later stage, we can cooperate with hot compresses, massages, magnetic heat therapy and other treatments to alleviate the pain and accelerate the dissipation of swelling, so as to promote the recovery of the condition. 3. Severe injury: when meniscus ligament suffers severe injury, it usually produces structural changes, and in the early stage, it is usually necessary to repair the local structure through knee arthroscopy surgical incision method. In the later stage, after the injury is restored and stabilized, it is recommended to carry out motor function exercises such as quadriceps contraction to promote the restoration of its function and prevent motor dysfunction. After the meniscus ligament injury, we should pay attention to the local warmth, can eat more calcium-containing food and high-protein food, such as milk, tofu, etc., in the condition of the condition is not fully recovered, do not carry out weight-bearing exercise, otherwise it is prone to cause local structural re-injury.