I had just gotten done reading Kevin Beck's blog about not taking doctors' advice for PT, rehab, injury treatment and I decided to ask google if you (or I) can continue to run on a torn meniscus. I got into a letsrun thread, where I came across these gems:
"I'm a doctor (not in sports Med though) with over thirty years of running behind me. I've had almost every running injury but every time I get something more than a minor niggle, I post on here and I often get better insight than I do from seeing the actual specialists."
Read more:http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=7973307#ixzz4pkZpvDXP
and that set me up for this one:
"I've been running on one (torn meniscus) for about 5 years now. I found out as long as I ran everyday, the swelling stays minimal and I don't have any problem. When I would take a day or 2 off, my knee would get puffy and it was irritating to run though not really painful. It has never gotten worse and I would imagine it was from a fall on the trail but I couldn't pinpoint when it happened.
Read more:http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=7973307#ixzz4pkaNv5dN
Maybe basing my decision to train on something that I read on a letsrun thread is risky, but it also confirms my suspicion that some running every day is almost (and the almost is getting smaller) always better than not running.
We'll see how far this momentum carries me, but here's hoping I can successfully grind away whatever cartilage is in the way and keep my left knee bending under my moving body weight for a little while longer!
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