Knee pain can be one of the most debilitating injuries that can happen to you. Without the ability to move our knees, we can not walk, not to mention run. The knee joint is the largest and most complex of the hinge joints in our body. In addition to bending and straightening, they must twist and rotate. This makes the knee joint, on the average, the most vulnerable joint in the body to injury.
If you have an injury, one of the options available to you is arthroscopic surgery. Your doctor or orthopedic surgeon will examine your injury and determine if you qualify for arthroscopic surgery. Arthroscopic surgery is a technique that involves a few small incisions in the area of the knee. It may be used to remove loose bodies from your knee joint, or to repair torn or damaged cartilage, reconstruct torn ligaments, and occasionally correct damage from degenerative joint diseases such as arthritis.
One of the major advantages to arthroscopic surgery is that it is less invasive and the healing time is shorter. Because it is less invasive the pain will be much less. Even so, recovery from ligament and meniscus surgery is often slow and will require a strong commitment from you for physical therapy.
Other options that are open to you include partial knee replacement surgery and total knee replacement. In addition to surgery, other options are open to you--including conventional and non-conventional treatments.
It is imperative that you have an open discussion with your surgeon, prior to having surgery, as to what options are available to you, the rehabilitation therapy needed after surgery, and the long term effects the surgery will have on you.
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