# Injured knee from September to new year? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 28, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/injured-knee-from-september-to-new-year/750489 "2016-03-28T21:56:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![sweat209](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@sweat209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweat209)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2016, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/injured-knee-from-september-to-new-year/750489/41 "2016-04-20T22:31:59Z")
> [@](#): > > Get another doctor. This isn’t a normal response. As general rule they feel if you can walk, stand and go up the staircase you are too healthy for knee treatment. I known people that fell down on ground and hurt their knee and other people their hip and they will not pay for treatment. Some cough up the money for surgery. It not the doctor at all but the bad health care plan. The doctor has to prove you have a problem and need MRI. In their eye you too healthy. I known people that had injuries and bit in pain and they will not cover surgery. They feel if you can not do every day to day tasks and in lot pain that only than we will do surgery. Other than that you have pay for your tests and surgery. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/injured-knee-from-september-to-new-year/750489/42 "2016-04-21T02:08:22Z")
> [@sweat209](#): > > As general rule they feel if you can walk, stand and go up the staircase you are too healthy for knee treatment. No, this is not true, at least not in the US. There is no general rule about what doctors will or won’t recommend. Yes, you may have to advocate for your own medical care, but it’s certainly possible to get an MRI and surgery for damage that doesn’t prevent you from walking. Getting random strangers’ opinions on the internet is no replacement for hands on medical care. There is nothing people here can tell you that will help you. Your health plan may have restrictions, but TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/injured-knee-from-september-to-new-year/750489/43 "2016-04-21T13:51:10Z")
> [@sweat209](#): > > why is ACL or Meniscus tears never heel on their own and require surgery? That I can answer. With ACL tears , they’re constantly bathed in synovial fluid. So they never get a chance to build up that blood clot for repair cells to migrate into, so it doesn’t heal back like other tissue in the body does. Bleeding will stop, but that’s about it. Meniscal tears tend to heal poorly because knee cartilage isn’t highly vascularized and don’t get the blood flow that they’d need to heal well. Plus, there’s that synovial fluid again. > [@sweat209](#): > > A Knee Arthroscopy can diagnose and treat most knee problems. But this is knee surgery. > > surgeon will make a very small incision and insert a tiny camera. > [Knee Arthroscopy: Reasons, Procedure & Benefits](http://www.healthline.com/health/knee-arthroscopy) I know exactly what it is; I’ve had it done twice. I wouldn’t sweat getting your knee scoped; even my 66 year old mom was up and about on her knee a day or two after getting a meniscus tear cleaned up. It really is pretty minor surgery; more people I’ve known have had more trouble with root canals in my experience than with having knee arthroscopies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/injured-knee-from-september-to-new-year/750489.md?page=2)