I've experienced this several times, in both knees. Finally the problem in the left led to three 'scopes, a reconstruction and finally to a joint replacement.

What I can say with some certainty is that time may well lead to less discomfort, and ibuprofin does help. But minisci - if indeed that is what the problem is - do not heal. They have no, or very little, blood flow. So any tear is a done deal.

If it were me, if the problem persists, I'd check with knee guy.

If you completely lay off of it for five days, you may find it heals itself. No bending under load, do not use on stairs, and don't try to ''exercise'' it. Keep leg straight and take short steps.

What have you got to lose ?

Hey Chris, how's the knee today? Didn't realize from your original posts what your background was. That said, despite all of the speculation on this thread, if you don't see improvement in a few days, do yourself a favor and seek a REAL professional assessment. As others have noted, accidents happen all the time, and even those without insurance coverage are not turned away (and those of us with insurance pay eventually :(). BTW, I've never waited more than a couple of days to see a specialist with knee injuries...don't know how it is where you live. Even with ins., your co-pay "down the road" could be more than what you'd be hit with now. Take care of yourself, and that knee, and QUIT WRESTLING 215LB'ers ya big dummy :)

ps: Any "sports medicine" facilities, med-schools, etc. in your area? Just thinking out loud..

thanks for the concern, the status today is limited swelling (it seems to have gone down)and minor pain, maybe a 1on a scale of 1-10, pedal and post tib pulses are strong and knee flexion from about 10*- 100*

Fantastic...:)

so, did you end up luckily dodging the big $$ bullet here???:)

I believe I did dodge the bullet.

Still have tenderness and a longish mass below the patella and to the median.

The swelling has gone down and the range of motion is almost normal, 0* - 130*.

I still don't trust the knee and from what I can tell there isn't a ligament or tendon where I feel the tenderness.

I figure I can test the knee in another week or so

Don't go training again until you are absolutely sure your knee is fine to train with.
it would be a shame to have a limp for the rest of yer life cause you couldn't wait to be sure.

In the 6-week wait time I mentioned in my first post, that was with the understanding (or maybe not) that you're supposed to take it easy on the knee for those 6 weeks.

Medicaid sounds great on paper...until you've really got to use it. Even if you qualify (and were able to process the paperwork overnight), you'd likely wait longer than 6 weeks trying to find an orthopedist who accepts it and can schedule you for a visit.

It's not impossible (nothing's impossible in the world of medicine), but it's pretty unlikely that you'll do much damage on your knee just walking around for the next 6 weeks. If you're paranoid enough, you can wear a knee splint during that time. Or at least stop wrestling.

You don't know John. His comments should have been in green text.

Maybe I got ahead of myself.

The knee feels greatly improved, the only issue is inside and below the kneecap, about 1-2 o'clock.

Thanks for putting the brakes on my competitive nature and my calendar has February 22 circled and starred.

Well, the majority of meniscal problems I see being surgically addressed are medial meniscal problems. The number of ways a meniscus can get messed up is pretty remarkable. It can tear and leave two ends attached, a bit of it can give way, a portion of it's thickness can come loose...on and on. I can't know if that is your problem but the meniscus has really poor blood supply so it tends to not heal really well and/or, if does, not quickly. It seems that by now, you'd have noticed some knee instability if you totally took out a ACL/PCL or MCL.

I'd keep my wrestling/twisting/stressing stuff to as little as possible until you can get it looked at. Good luck!!