4 year old girl knee will not fully extend please help

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Hi Please Help

I have a 4 year girl who is having difficulty extending her right knee to full extension, she has had a MRI and arthroscopy which did not reveal anything apart from a discoid lateral meniscus, the surgeon recommended physio treatment which we have been doing for 4 months with no results, can anyone please HELP, I dont know what to do. I can be contacted via email on [e-mail] or you can call me on 07980585243. Please get in touch

Answer 1

seems to me you need to talk to another dr.

obvs there is something wrong...or maybe you need to help her extend and do it little by little everyday

Answer 2

Does she fight to keep her knee from being bent during physical therapy?  If so this could prevent the therapist from being able to help her.  Physical therapy is often very painful and the bodys reaction is to tense up to prevent the painful movement.  This could be whats happing in physical therapy.  I had this happing to me with an ankle injury and no one realized.  I switched to a different therapist that would continue pushing despite the fact that he new I was hurting and withing a month I had full range of motion.  With her only being four yerars old I am sure that would be hard for her to go through, you to watch, and the therapist to do but it may be the only thing that is going to help.  Give more aggressive physical therapy a try.  Also maybe check your area and see if there is a childrens hospital. They misght be better since she is pediatric.

Answer 3

Get a second opinion. Call St. Jude's Children's hospital and see if they have any suggestions, too.

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