Maven Sports Medicine effectively combines our high standard of orthopedic rehabilitation practice with our clear understanding of elite fitness and sports performance. Maven’s Doctors of Physical Therapy have decades of combined practice experience in orthopedic rehabilitation, sports strength/conditioning, fitness, and athletic training. Our dedication to providing excellent evidence-based care to all our active and athletic patients remains consistent.

Commonly known as the "shock absorbers" of the knee, the meniscus serves three functions- to improve the contact and congruency of the femoral condyles on the tibial plateau, reduce friction across the knee joint, and distribute force away from the articular cartilage1. The meniscus is relatively aneural, meaning that it does not have pain receptors. Thus, when a patient reports pain after mensical tear, it is most likely related to injury to the coronary ligaments, which are continuous with the meniscii or the subchondral bone, which is highly innervated.

Physical Therapy Intervention- Physical therapy cannot correct the structural damage on the actual meniscus, however, it can be an effective way to help manage knee symptoms (pain, swelling, weakness, click/locking) when a conservative route to surgery is desired. Joint mobilization and/or distraction are manual techniques that therapists often employ in attempting to temporarily clear a loose fragment from the joint region. Passive modalities (pulsed ultrasound) may be used to help decrease localized edema and promote healing of the tissue).