Hello everyone-
I had arthroscopic surgery done on my right knee on September 1st to
remove a meniscal cyst (no meniscal tear was found). When I went for
my postop appt. 10 days later, my ortho diagnosed me as having
iliotibial band syndrome, as I was still having a lot of the same
symptoms I had prior to the surgery, such as a lot of pain going up
stairs, and pain over the IT band. I also still had a lot of
pressure in my knee from the surgery. So I went to physical therapy
for a few weeks and it helped a little but not too much, particularly
when it came to stretching the IT band, which the physical therapist
made so sore by doing a friction rub that I got a huge bruise and a
lot of swelling there.
My ortho said at my post op to wait 6 weeks before coming back to
give things a chance to heal. So now it's 29 days post surgery and
I'm still in as much pain as I was prior to the surgery, along with
the extra pain from the IT band. I'm just wondering if anyone else
had similar type problems and if I should go back to ortho early
because I'm having so much trouble.

Thanks.
jenn