Exercise vs. Surgery for Knee Pain: What Works

Exercise effective for meniscus tear knee pain

If you are considering arthroscopic surgery to fix knee pain and movement problems from degenerative meniscus tears, you might want to hold off. This is a very interesting article.

In summary the article, based on a study which also builds on previous studies, concludes that "Exercise therapy was as effective as surgery after a 2-year follow-up period and was superior in the short term for thigh muscle strength. "

Please click on the picture or on this link to go to the article. When can exercise supplant surgery for degenerative meniscal tears?

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