Meniscopathy
What does meniscopathy mean?
Meniscopathy is a disorder related to the knee and more precisely refers to meniscus injuries. In most cases, meniscopathy is evidenced by structural examinations, being a pathology that affects more than 50% of sportsmen. The meniscus is placed between the tibia and the femoral condyle is of fibro-cartilaginous structure and has the function of a bearing to cushion and absorb shocks and of a shock absorber for the uniform distribution of the applied loads. Inside each knee you can distinguish two types of meniscus: one lateral and one medial.
How it arises
Meniscopathy can be traumatic in nature or degenerative in nature. The traumatic one arises as a result of trauma or rather of stresses that being excessive compared to the maximum tolerance of resistance of the meniscus, create a series of injuries. The degenerative one, on the other hand, arises especially when the age is advanced and a process of deterioration of the fibrocartilaginous tissue that covers the meniscus occurs.
Symptoms and diagnostic tests
An experienced orthopedist can easily diagnose meniscopathy through the description of the symptoms by the patient, but the certainty is given mainly by an MRI or CT scan. Pain is certainly a wake-up call, but it does not always appear in an initial state. Sometimes it can manifest itself in a more advanced state, that is, when lesions of the menisci due to certain movements give joint stiffness, severe pain and swelling.
Indicated treatments
The applied therapeutic method for meniscopathy can be of two types: conservative or surgical. The first involves rest, ice packs and anti-inflammatories. The surgical intervention instead, to date, provides for the only suturing of the lesion or the partial removal of the affected part. In fact, as was the case in the past, the total removal of the meniscus induced patients to generate more easily arthrosis or degenerative diseases; therefore, only in the most severe cases is this type of intervention expected.
Osteoplus® therapy
In both cases, the Osteoplus® biostimulator is particularly effective on this pathology. The biostimulating action, in fact, produces a powerful anti-edema, anti-inflammatory and vascularizing effect with enormous benefits on pain already from the first applications.
