Today, we continue the conversation on the latest consensus for managing acute and degenerative meniscus tears.

We jump into non-surgical treatment, and all the return to sport considerations for athletes and active people with meniscus injury.

Dr Arielle Giordano (University of Delaware) shares the results of the EU-US Meniscus Rehabilitation Consensus.

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RESOURCES

EU-US Meniscus Rehabilitation Consensus on prevention, non-operative treatment and return to sport: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/josptopen.2025.13539

DREAM trial primary report: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38319181/

Should symptoms guide treatment choice in young patients? https://www.jospt.org/do/10.2519/jospt.blog.20240415/full/

Early surgery vs exercise therapy + education for traumatic and non-traumatic meniscus tears: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2024.12245

Ep 224: Saving the meniscus: https://pod.link/1522929437/episode/NTg3YTgzZWUtYTZjZC00ZDYwLWI2OTAtYTczMzAzNTEyNzgz

Ep 192: DREAMing of better care for meniscus tears: https://pod.link/1522929437/episode/Yzk2YzkyOWItMDk1MS00YWZkLWI2MjQtNmRlYjIwZGJmOTg0