{"id":18628,"date":"2026-01-08T12:43:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T09:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drabdollahifard.com\/?p=18628"},"modified":"2026-01-08T12:44:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T09:14:32","slug":"acute-phase-meniscus-tear-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drabdollahifard.com\/en\/blog\/acute-phase-meniscus-tear-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Acute Phase Meniscus Tear Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"1219\" data-end=\"1395\">For all types of <a href=\"https:\/\/drabdollahifard.com\/en\/blog\/rehabilitation-after-meniscus-surgery\/\">meniscus<\/a> injuries, the first step is protective treatment, including rest, activity reduction, ice therapy, and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"1397\" data-end=\"1670\">During the acute phase, physiotherapy based on the individual&#8217;s age, activity level, injury type and severity, and symptom duration helps reduce joint effusion, prevent muscle atrophy, alleviate discomfort, and improve range of motion while preserving joint proprioception.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"1672\" data-end=\"1848\">Tears smaller than <strong data-start=\"1691\" data-end=\"1699\">1 cm<\/strong> and located in the vascular peripheral region of the meniscus with a longitudinal tear type may heal without surgery through conservative treatment.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"1850\" data-end=\"1869\">Important Note:<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"1870\" data-end=\"2011\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Magnetic_resonance_imaging\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MRI<\/a> grading is not a criterion for determining surgical indications; the primary criterion is <strong data-start=\"1964\" data-end=\"1985\">clinical symptoms<\/strong> and the patient&#8217;s issues.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"2013\" data-end=\"2056\"><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For all types of meniscus injuries, the first step is protective treatment, including rest, activity reduction, ice therapy, and non-steroidal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":18626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scientific-content"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drabdollahifard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drabdollahifard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drabdollahifard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drabdollahifard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drabdollahifard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18628"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/drabdollahifard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18629,"href":"https:\/\/drabdollahifard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18628\/revisions\/18629"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drabdollahifard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drabdollahifard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drabdollahifard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drabdollahifard.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}