Medial Meniscal Tear

Tear in the inner cartilage of the knee that cushions the femur as it presses down on the tibial plateua, e.g., in walking. BENEFICIAL POSES: Dandasana, Vasisthasana, Paripurna Navasana, Ardha Navasana. EXPLANATION: These poses activate and strengthen the vastus lateralis, the most lateral of the four muscles that form the quadriceps. If it can be made to work more strongly, it will mildly tilt the femoral condyles laterally, away from the medial meniscus, REFERENCE: Kise NJ, Risberg MA, Stensrud S, Ranstam J, Engebretsen L, Roos EM. Exercise therapy versus arthroscopic partial meniscectomy for degenerative meniscal tear in middle aged patients: randomised controlled trial with two year follow-up. BMJ. 2016 Jul 20;354:i3740. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i3740.