Topic: Knee Pain

[Arturo Gómez]

I think you need repare the fisure. Surgery or fisioterapy (probably leg extensions)

[Andy Dick]

Docs said surgery really isn't warranted and nothing will really make it go away.  Surgery is the only real recourse if it gets bad.

[Andy Dick]

I have been thinking on my situation some.  I think I am going to call the doctor Monday and have a real talk with him.  I think there has been some discussion around the real issue, as in the form of 2 differing views (me thinking oh I can make some modifications and still train to lift and them thinking my lifting days are over and just lift for health).  I think they are assuming I no longer lift heavy as to compete still.  So I am going to lay it down and explain I am not ready to hang up the towel on competing as I estimate maybe 15 years left of good competing in me.  So I will basically see if this is the case is surgery warrented or what can I do.

[Arturo Gómez]

good luck, And, and remember that many times is good to search for a second medical. Sometimes  one especializated  in sport.

[Andy Dick]

Agreed on the second opinion, the struggle is that I am limited on options because I am on the state health care.  The doc I saw I would say is pretty good because he is our team physician at the high school so he deals a great deal with sport.  But I am always of the opinion that doctors will always err on the side of less "problematic activites," not what I can do to do more of what they feel is a bad set of exercises.

[eli]

Badgercare copays are very low, much better than having private insurance!!

[Chris Ⓐ LeRoux]

The fissure they said was a result of just wear and tear probably from many heavy squats.

I find this to be unlikely. This sounds like an acute injury caused by one particular lift, not an overuse injury.

[Andy Dick]

Sorry I wasn't clear, when I said I didn't have much options it was not based on cost.  Its costs me almost nothing.  The problem is not all doctors take badgercare.  They make very little off of it, is it is hard to find a good doc that will take it.  The ortho I used to see was the Milwaukee Buck's guy but he and his orthopedic clinic do not take badger care.  Things like that.  I just need to do extra research.

So Chris are you saying that it was injured that caused the fissure not overuse of just repetative wear and tear of squats and squatting type activities?  It is possible it could have been from an injury but the pain just seemed to start one day after working out.  I do not really recall an incident were I hurt it.