Well, I had surgery two years ago on the meniscus and other internal knee goodies.......... Anyway, just did some damage to same knee, which felt like the pain with the meniscus injury..........except with some bruising and slight swelling on the lateral side of the knee. After researching, it sounds like a possible LCL strain........? I saw the doc the other day, and was given a referral to my Ortho. It will take a week minimum to get in, get X-rays and/or MRI..........SOOOOOO, my question is, how long of a recovery time is it for a possible grade one or grade two LCL strain, if in fact I won't need a surgical repair??? I feel rehab will do it, in that I can still hit the eliptical with little worry. It's the "lateral" movements that the pain/weakness occurs........ Thanks for any input!
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