Novak's medial meniscus tear and instant recovery?

[dannyslicer]

Anyone have experience with this injury?
I thought meniscus tear is a huge deal.
Novak got surgery and was playing ATP level tennis a few weeks later?
Is this injury really that trivial?

What does average adult need to know about this sort of injury?
Get surgery ASAP like Novak? Not worth dealing with chronic mild daily discomfort?

 

[Hitman]

Take it you didn't see it happened to Fritz before

 

[MeatTornado]

What a wonderful new topic to discuss.

 

[sherpa]

Had a repair done last year, walked out of the hospital the same day. It really only took a couple of weeks to feel pain free.

 

[Neptune]

Anyone have experience with this injury?
I thought meniscus tear is a huge deal.
Novak got surgery and was playing ATP level tennis a few weeks later?
Is this injury really that trivial?

What does average adult need to know about this sort of injury?
Get surgery ASAP like Novak? Not worth dealing with chronic mild daily discomfort?

An average adult should know to do a bit of research before spouting nonsense and making a fool of themselves.

 

[messiahrobins]

Anyone have experience with this injury?
I thought meniscus tear is a huge deal.
Novak got surgery and was playing ATP level tennis a few weeks later?
Is this injury really that trivial?

What does average adult need to know about this sort of injury?
Get surgery ASAP like Novak? Not worth dealing with chronic mild daily discomfort?

My 70 year old dad had a meniscus tear, back at the gym 3 weeks later! Its a minor injury and very minor clean up surgery. There is no heroic recovery process and no need to wear knee braces afterwards either. Less serious of an injury than a badly twisted ankle

 

[Nappa]

Had a repair done last year, walked out of the hospital the same day. It really only took a couple of weeks to feel pain free.

I tore my abdomen the other day and was still able to lift a trophy and air a tv documentary about it.

 

[Biotic]

I tore my abdomen the other day and was still able to lift a trophy and air a tv documentary about it.

I was there at the event and took some pics:

 

[Better_Call_Raul]

Novak got surgery and was playing ATP level tennis a few weeks later?
Is this injury really that trivial?

What does average adult need to know about this sort of injury?
Get surgery ASAP like Novak? Not worth dealing with chronic mild daily discomfort?

Our Djoker is not an ordinary human. He is a super-athlete who rehabbed 8 hours a day.
You cannot recover as quickly as him!

 

[Cortana]

Modern medicine can do wonders.

 

[norcal]

Modern medicine can do wonders.

I doubt modern health insurance would approve (aka pay for) surgery for such a minor tear - off to PT you go.

I know many guys who have had meniscus surgery but it's always been for a pretty severe problem.

 

[Mustard]

Djokovic is someone who apparently won the Australian Open in 2021 and 2023 with an abdominal tear and a torn hamstring respectively.

 

[ChaelAZ]

Millions of dollars and the best "medicine" money can design has created some serious GMO hybrids, eh?

 

[Cortana]

I doubt modern health insurance would approve (aka pay for) surgery for such a minor tear - off to PT you go.

I know many guys who have had meniscus surgery but it's always been for a pretty severe problem.

Depends where you live. In Norway and Switzerland for sure.

 

[travlerajm]

Djokovic is someone who apparently won the Australian Open in 2021 and 2023 with an abdominal tear and a torn hamstring respectively.

He’s going to become the first amputee to win the AO in 2025.

 

[Rosstour]

Had a repair done last year, walked out of the hospital the same day. It really only took a couple of weeks to feel pain free.

But were you able to do a full split on the tennis court with a meniscal tear?

The recovery time isn't the most suspicious part of the story, it's how he was performing while it was supposedly torn.

 

[norcal]

Depends where you live. In Norway and Switzerland for sure.

Yeah, I was speaking about the US. Healthcare is a mess here.

 

[big ted]

not all meniscus tears are the same is the obvious answer

 

[Rosstour]

not all meniscus tears are the same is the obvious answer

What kind of meniscus tear allows you to do a complete split on the court in the middle of a point?

 

[SonnyT]

Anyone have experience with this injury?
I thought meniscus tear is a huge deal.
Novak got surgery and was playing ATP level tennis a few weeks later?
Is this injury really that trivial?

What does average adult need to know about this sort of injury?
Get surgery ASAP like Novak? Not worth dealing with chronic mild daily discomfort?

Danny, why don't you defend yourself?

 

[norcal]

What kind of meniscus tear allows you to do a complete split on the court in the middle of a point?

The kind that is diagnosed by waving a slice of bread over his knee?

 

[Genie Of the Bank]

Anyone have experience with this injury?
I thought meniscus tear is a huge deal.
Novak got surgery and was playing ATP level tennis a few weeks later?
Is this injury really that trivial?

What does average adult need to know about this sort of injury?
Get surgery ASAP like Novak? Not worth dealing with chronic mild daily discomfort?

I had it , for a month I was slow as a snail. Chose not to go for surgery, from then my speed is probably 70% on that leg. Slight instability when I go uphill, occasional light pain when I jump from heights above one meter with the stiffness in the knee in the next day or two.

 

[Rosstour]

I had it , for a month I was slow as a snail. Chose not to go for surgery, from then my speed is probably 70% on that leg. Slight instability when I go uphill, occasional light pain when I jump from heights above one meter with the stiffness in the knee in the next day or two.

Smart

 

[dannyslicer]

Had a repair done last year, walked out of the hospital the same day. It really only took a couple of weeks to feel pain free.

How do they decide whether to repair or remove?

An average adult should know to do a bit of research before spouting nonsense and making a fool of themselves.

What nonsense did I spout?

My 70 year old dad had a meniscus tear, back at the gym 3 weeks later! Its a minor injury and very minor clean up surgery. There is no heroic recovery process and no need to wear knee braces afterwards either. Less serious of an injury than a badly twisted ankle

What did they do? Remove it? What about arthritis?

 

[big ted]

What kind of meniscus tear allows you to do a complete split on the court in the middle of a point?

the kind that doesn’t need stitches. and lets be honest his movement wasn’t 100% at wimbledon

 

[Genie Of the Bank]

Smart

 

[sherpa]

But were you able to do a full split on the tennis court with a meniscal tear?

The recovery time isn't the most suspicious part of the story, it's how he was performing while it was supposedly torn.

Mine was painful before surgery as the tear would 'catch' on the collateral ligament when my knee was bent. I'm pretty sure they don't remove your meniscus, just try and tidy up the damaged area. Recovery was surprising quick and was totally different to a previous surgery I had to repair the other knee many years ago, when I was required to stay in bed for a week and not allowed to put any weight on it when I left the hospital [same operation]