I am a 62-year-old woman, healthy and agile, and I enjoy yoga. When I want to sit on my left knee, it’s not like something in my knee slides to the left. That hurts a lot. What could that be?
Joris Bartstra, journalist with medical diploma
If something in your knee slips or slips, it’s almost always part of a damaged meniscus. In addition, the knee can sometimes also become ‘locked’. The GP can test the knee, but will probably refer you to the orthopedic surgeon. He will request an MRI scan and perhaps do keyhole surgery.
Meniscus
Small loose parts can be removed. A large tear in the meniscus often tries to suture. the meniscus is a kind of orange slice of cartilage, of which you have two in each knee. It serves to distribute the pressure of the round bone cusps of the upper leg on the flat plateau of the lower leg as evenly as possible. More than 90 percent of 90-year-olds have damage to one or more menisci. However, you have to be careful with it. If you lose them – in the past a damaged meniscus was simply removed – you quickly get osteoarthritis of the knee. I would have it looked at.
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