Re: Narrowed medial compartment

[Guest guest]

Well since I have no responce to this, I have to guess no one has

had this knee problem. If you don't know what it is, from what I

understand from reading, it means the cartilege has worn away

between the upper and lower leg bones on the inner side of the

joint. It is part of arthritis and can be caused by a miniscis

injury. I hade hoped to get some feedback from you guys, but I know

that sometimes new stuff comes up here that others haven't dealt

with. I guess we'll find out more from the MRI. C

> Hi all, Dylans' knee Xrays showed narrow medial compartment.

Well, I looked it up, looks kinda bad for just being a kid. Any body

been repaired for this? MRI in a week. I'm narrowing the Drs list I

want to take him to now, but insurance is fighting me every step.

C.

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[Guest guest]

> anti-inflammatories may also help to reduce any inflammation.

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If he is experiencing inflammation, particularly if there is any

swelling, I would recommend that you find a therapist trained

specifically in Lymphatic Drainage Therapy (Chikly method). There

are several different lymph drainage methods; I just happen to think

that LDT is the most effective of the lot.

At any rate, the protocol for doing it is fairly easy to learn. It

is also something that he would able to do on himself once he

learned how.

I am a big fan of LDT whenever inflammation is involved. Quite

frankly, I can drop the swelling from a sprained ankle/wrist/etc

faster with my hands doing LDT than you can by applying ice packs.

It also helps lessen any attendent pain.

[Guest guest]

Sorry I can't be of much help to you btu it sounds like Medial OA to

me and I have some friends with this complaint and they found that

unloader knee braces help (they do NOT have EDS) as it takes the load

off of the side with no or little cartliage. I have had menical

damage on the medial side as well as having an 8 mm hole in my

articulr cartliage (as well as an osteochondral fracture there), have

had my ACL reconstructed (replaced) twice using my knee's middle

1/3rd patella tendon as well as the hamstring tendon (and have for a

3rd time stretched or ripped out or torn the ligament) and this time

(I didn't know about my EDS or EDS at all then) they don't want to

try a 3rd reconstruction as they think (they being the OS's) that any

graft using me as the host will result in a graft that will only last

4 yrs at best (my best length so far).

OOPS soory I got off track.

Good Luck for the MRI and sorry I couldn't be of further help.

Sharon

> > Hi all, Dylans' knee Xrays showed narrow medial compartment.

> Well, I looked it up, looks kinda bad for just being a kid. Any

body

> been repaired for this? MRI in a week. I'm narrowing the Drs list

I

> want to take him to now, but insurance is fighting me every step.

> C.

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