They can be damaged or torn during activities that put pressure on or rotate the knee joint. Taking a hard tackle on the football field or a sudden pivot on the basketball court can result in a meniscus tear.

You don’t have to be an athlete to get a meniscus tear, though. Simply getting up too quickly from a squatting position can also cause a meniscal tear.
When a meniscus tear occurs, you may hear a popping sound around your knee joint. Afterward, you may experience:

• pain, especially when the area is touched
• swelling
• difficulty moving your knee or inability to move it in a full range of motion
• the feeling of your knee locking or catching
• the feeling that your knee is giving way or unable to support you
• You may also experience a slipping or popping sensation, which is usually an indication that a piece of cartilage has become loose and is blocking the knee joint.

TREATMENT AT ALLEVIATE:-

Depending on the clinical and MRI findings, either the patient will be put on a physical therapy and rehabilitation program alone or in more chronic and avanced cases it can be combined with Image guided Platelet Rich Plasma and prolotherapy.