Right now it does hurt, but not much in the meniscus area. For me it is the calf, the patella tendon and behind the knee. The calf I think is strained from use. The patella is from trying to engage the quads. I am not sure what the pain behind the knee is. They say I need to stretch more, but I stretch all the time and it does not seem any better. But it has been all of a week and 2 PT sessions so. I am definitely listening to the doctors and doing everything they say. It is frustrating going from very active to a standstill essentially. But I am trying to be patient and do the things. Thanks for all the advice!!
Maybe you’re not stretching effectively enough. Get the physio to confirm your technique and that your stretches are targeting all of the right muscles. Use heat to warm up the muscles before stretching and ice on the knee afterwards. Assuming no tolerability issues, as well as ice massage around the patella tendon and fat pad), you could try an anti inflammatory gel like Voltaren. Get the physio to do deep tissue massage on your calves (that should hurt if the tightness is effectively released!)
Tightness behind the knee could be calf or hamstring or post op swelling in the knee.
Meniscus shouldn’t hurt as they’ve taken the bad bits away!
Get in the pool for physio exercises and swimming for fitness once ok from physio and asssuming stitches out and incisions healed
3-6 months to recover fully from arthroscopy not days....