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The knee joint is quite vulnerable to injuries. A knee injury can arise from a fall, overuse, a misstep, a sudden twist, etc. Athletes who play sports like soccer, football, and basketball are at risk of knee injuries. The knee joint is made up of four main components, i.e. bones (three bones, including femur, tibia, and patella participate here), C-shaped tough, rubbery cartilage (medial and lateral menisci that act as shock absorbers between femur and tibia), ligaments (collateral and cruciate ligaments that join bones together), and tendons (that connect muscles to the bones). An injury can occur to any of these components.
Homeopathy carries an excellent scope to manage cases of knee injuries. Knee injuries of various kinds can be treated with homeopathy. Homeopathic medicines for knee injuries help reduce the pain and swelling of the knee in case of injury and promote efficient healing. Homeopathy is recommended for treating minor knee injuries having mild to moderate intensity. But in cases of major and severe injuries like extended ligament tears, these medicines have a limited role to play. In such cases, these medicines can be used in conjunction with conventional help for symptomatic relief.
There are many highly effective homeopathic medicines to manage injuries related to tendons, ligaments, muscles, bones, and joints. These medicines are recommended for both acute (recent) and older cases of knee injuries. Homeopathy proves effective in both types of cases. The results vary from case to case as per the type of injury. Homeopathic medicines, along with symptom relief, also aid healing at the injured site.
Homeopathic medicines promote natural healing in cases of knee injuries. These medicines tend to boost the body’s natural healing mechanism. Once the self-restorative forces in the body are boosted, self-healing in the injured area begins, and gradually self-recovery happens along with symptomatic relief. To what extent homeopathy can help varies from case to case as per the nature and severity of the injury. One should follow a homeopathic doctor’s advice regarding proper homeopathic prescription in cases of knee injuries. To get the best results, a complete course of treatment for the time duration as guided by your physician needs to be followed.
It is a well-known fact that homeopathy is a natural healing science. It uses herbal medicines to treat health problems, including injuries. This makes them very safe to use with zero side effects. They never cause any harmful reaction.
Top 6 Homeopathic Medicines for Knee Injuries
The top remedies for knee injuries are Arnica, Rhus Tox, Ruta, Bryonia, Symphytum and Apis Mellifica.
1. Arnica — For Injury due to Fall, Blows, Trauma
Arnica is a natural top grade medicine for treating a knee injury arising from a fall, trauma, or blow by a blunt object. Arnica is helpful for both acute and old injuries of the knee. The knee feels extremely painful, sore, and bruised, and the person fears to touch the knee because of intense pain. The knee is also swollen and feels like it is dislocated. A weakness of the lower limb of the affected side is also felt and there seems to be no strength in the knee while walking.
When to use Arnica?
It is a leading homeopathic medicine to treat knee injuries. It is usually prescribed in the first place to start treatment of acute as well as old injuries to the knee from a fall, blow by a blunt object with marked pain and soreness. This medicine promotes effective healing and manages pain wonderfully.
How to use Arnica?
In the beginning of the treatment, Arnica 30C can be taken three to four times a day.
2. Rhus Tox — For Injury arising from Overuse, Misstep, Sudden Twist
Rhus Tox is an excellent medicine for treating knee injury arising from overuse, misstep and sudden twist. Cases of sprain and injury to the ligament of the knee are treated well with Rhus Tox. A person needing Rhus Tox may have pain and swelling in the knee. The pain may be tearing, stitching or burning type and tends to get worse at rest. Motion helps to relieve the pain and the knee may also feel intensely stiff. A tense and pulling sensation is also felt in the tendons of the knee. The hollow of the knee also feels heavy with the above symptoms.
When to use Rhus Tox?
Rhus Tox is a magnificent medicine to help cases of knee injuries, especially ligament injuries, sprains, injuries from overstraining, sudden twisting of knee or missteps. In cases needing it, there is marked stiffness along with marked pain and swelling.
How to use Rhus Tox?
Though it can be used in different potencies like 30C, 200C, 1M, it is advised to begin with 30C potency twice or thrice a day. Use of higher potencies should be done only under the supervision of a physician.
3. Ruta—For Treating Sprains of the Knee
Ruta is a superb medicine to treat knee injuries. It is highly recommended to treat injured tendons and ligaments. Ruta is a helpful medicine for treating sprains of the knee as well as inflamed tendons (tendinitis). There are sore, aching bruised pains in the knee. The person is unable to bend the knee joint and there is a sensation of contraction in the tendons of the knee. The knee joint also feels weak.
When to use Ruta?
Ruta is one of the best choices of medicine to manage injury to tendons and ligaments of the knee with sore bruised pains and weakness in the knee joint.
How to use Ruta?
Its use is mostly preferred in 30C power that can be taken two to three times a day.
4. Bryonia—When the Slightest Motion of the Knee is Painful
Bryonia is a beneficial medicine for knee injuries when the slightest motion of the knee is painful. While walking, knees tend to knock together. The knee is also painful to touch and complete rest is needed for getting relief in the knee pain. Warm applications also help relieve the knee pain. The pain may be drawing, tensive, shooting, cramp-like, or stitching in nature and may extend down the leg in some cases.
When to use Bryonia?
Bryonia is a highly valuable medicine to manage knee pain in cases of injuries. The key feature indicating its use is knee pain worse from the slightest movement of the knee and relief from an absolute rest.
How to use Bryonia?
Among its different available potencies from low to high, initially it is recommended to take it in 30C potency once or twice a day.
5. Symphytum—For Bone Cracks, Fracture of Knee Bones
Symphytum is the foremost medicine for managing cases of fractures. It is used as a prime remedy in homeopathy to aid healing of fractured bones. It boosts the activity of fibroblast cells to help joining of the fractured bone speedily. Symphytum can be used with conventional treatment for prompt healing of a fracture. Symphytum is also indicated for cases of fracture to resolve pain that remains at the fracture site even after complete bone healing.
When to use Symphytum?
Symphytum should be selected to manage cases of fracture of knee bones along with conventional treatment.
How to use Symphytum?
This medicine is mostly prescribed in Q (i.e. mother tincture) form. Symphytum Q can be used one to two times a day.
6. Apis Mellifica—For Marked Swelling of Knee
Apis Mellifica is a useful medicine to treat marked swelling of the knee in cases of an injury. There is marked swelling, soreness and sensitivity. Pain of stinging or shooting nature along with a burning sensation may also be felt in the knee with the above symptoms.
When to use Apis Mellifica?
This medicine should be considered to manage swelling of the knee that occurs in cases of injury along with stinging, shooting, burning-type pain.
How to use Apis Mellifica?
One can take this medicine in 30C potency one to two times a day.
Some common types of knee injuries
The injuries that are common to the knee include – fracture, ligament tear, dislocation, meniscal tear, tendon tear, sprains and patellar tendonitis.
Fracture – It refers to break in the bone either partial or complete. In case of the knee, it mainly affects the patella also called kneecap. It usually happens from a fall or an accident.
Ligament injuries – First among these is anterior cruciate ligament injury. This ligament is present in front of the knee. Its injuries commonly result from sports activities like playing football and soccer. Second is the posterior ligament injury. This ligament is present at the back of the knee. This ligament is usually injured from a high impact on front of the knee when knee gets bent as from a hard fall on bent knee or road accident, or injury while playing a certain sport. The third ligament injury is collateral ligament injury. These ligaments are located on the sides of the knee. This ligament usually gets injured from some hard impact on the sides of the knees.
Dislocation – Dislocation of knee results when the bones of the knee are partially or completely forced out of their place. This may occur from falling, motor vehicle accidents, or sports injuries.
Meniscal tear – Meniscus tear may occur suddenly from sports injuries or it may occur gradually as a part of ageing or arthritis.
Tendon tear – The tendon tear mainly affects quadriceps and patellar tendons when it comes to knee tendon tear. This may occur from a fall or an impact from being hit by something or in professional players.
Knee Sprain – It results from overstretching of one or more ligaments of the knee. This may occur from falling on the knee or being hit on the knee by something heavy.
Patellar tendonitis – This refers to injury to the tendon that joins the kneecap to the shinbone (tibia). This injury is also called jumper’s knee.
Dear Dr. Sharma,
My daughter (17.5 years old) has had knee problems for 4 years now. She has no former injuries or rhumatoid arthritis. Exercise, squatting, walking long, walking up and down steps give her pains so she must sit down or lie down but when she starts walking again it is terrbible but with time pain is not so bad. Her patellas seem to be in the wrong position because the muscles and the tendons are kind of shortened. her hips keep cracking and from hips down she has tingling, numb ,stiff and tearingfeeling. With kinesiotape on, her patellas are in the right place and has much less pain. Her diagnosis after MR examination is chondromalatia and plica synovialis. Please suggest treatment. Thank you very much, Lilla
Dear Sir,
I had a meniscus tear in my right knee in 2011, Dr. had treated it by doing knee surgery, but I still not got relief till now. Sometimes there is no problem in my knee but sometimes my knee get swollen, stif, painful starting from the top of the knee and going down the knee, and the knee feels like it will collapse to one side.
Please suggest me the treatment that could help me in heeling my knee and also for how much time I have to continue the treatment.
What should I take for a torn meniscus
I am 63 yrs old. I walk quite a bit. I am suffering from pain on left ankle since last 15 days.
I don’t remember any trauma or injury recently.
I have tried Rus tox 30 for 3 days no change.
I tried ledum pal 30 for a week no change.
Next I am going to try Ruta G 30.
Walking for half an hour continuously increases pain and swelling just below left ankle.
Suggest remedy.
Which medicine is more appropriate for my condition.
Should I take 30 or 200 potency?
Regards
Debashish
Hello doctor this is showkat Khan! I met with an accident a month ago… my right knee MRI is showing fracture and meniscus tear.. I have problem while walking and I’m unable to sit..doctors have suggested surgery which I dont want to do! Can I know what kinda treatment I need to take in homeopathy???
Regards;
Showkat khan
Dear sir,
I got injury in my right knee due to accident my right leg was twisted when my bike was skided .MRI report is injury and damage of ligament of inner side knee ,and fracture in inner side of knee .please tell me can it be recover by homeopathic treatment
Dear Dr. Sharma,
My son had 2 injuries 2 the same knee on his mcl. The first was stated that it was a minimally impacted osteochondral fracture peripheral porting of the medial femoral epiphysis. Partial avulsion of superficaial fibers mcl and perichondrium from the medical femoral epiphysis. Impaction injury anterior aspect lateral tibia w/o depression. Salter-Harris type injury lateral femoral epiphysis w/o displacement. Doctor told that it was bad briuse to continue PT and when they feel your ready you can go back on the bb court. Of course he got better but didn’t wear a brace and 2 months later go a hit in the same spot. MrI states the following redemostrated avulsion fracture at the MCL origin involving the medial femoral condyle/epicondyle witht he fracture measuring 25x15x4mm. There is a fracture diplacement of approximately 2 mm. There is an adjacent bone and soft tissue edema and scarring on the proximal MCL as weel as a probable MCL sprain. Feels the fracture has not fused or helaed compared to latst MRI due to chronic residual stress at the MCL entheiss or new injurty. Interval resolution of the lateral compartment bone bruising Normal cruciate ligaments, menisci, and knee articular cartilage and moderate effusion or hemarthrosis. So from 2nd MRI 1st pediatric doctor says we need to do surgery to staple the displacement together so it doesn’t occur again. Additionally went to my orthopedic and he states he is asytematic and it should heal on its own. Let him play with a brace and continue PT and it will heal on it’s own. Don’t want to do surgery, going with my doctor but feel that some type of homeopathic medicine can help him heal faster. Please let me know your thoughts. Thank you.
My nephew 24 injured his knee ligament while playing football. I have put him on Arnica 200 and Ruta 200 each in a half glass of water 3 times a day. Please advice
Hello Dr. Sharma. My friend has meniscus tear on her leg an dis advices by the doctor to do surgery. Can you please recommend the remedy that will heal and be suitable for her. Will it be possible that she doesn’t have to go through the surgery?
Best regards
Vandana
Findings of a recent MRI report.
I have Osteophytosos with in the Medial & Patellofemoral compartments. There is also subcortical low signal consistnat with Sclerosis on both sides of the medial compartment & there is subcortical oedema involving patellar facet.
Meniscus damage on both Lateral and Medial.
Medial collateral ligament is lax and swollen proximally with Oedema adjacent to its deep and superficial surfaces consistant with a sprain.
Conclusion: Degeneration and tears of both Menisci. Appearance consistant with collateral Ligament sprains.
Hi. I am a 46 years old male. I play golf. I have severe pain in both my knees (knee joints and ligaments) It gets aggravated with any sudden twist or with continuous exertion. Can’t walk properly, can’t climb stairs without aggravating the pain. I think Arnica and Rhus Tox can help my case but can you please recommend which medicine is better and what dosage? Thanks
Hello,
Our 20 year old daughter blew out her ACL playing competitive soccer this week. Had an MRI and is need of surgery.
I have her taking Arnica, Hypericum, Ruta, Rhus, Bryonia, staphysagria and symphytum.
Question is should she take ALL that and if so does it have to be 15 min between each one and not around food or drink?
Any insight is appreciated. Also how often each day?
We are devastated.
Sincerely,
Kerri Hartley
I have a complex medial meniscus tear in the left knee and pain is not subsiding since last two months.. Only little better , I have tried Arnica, Ruta, Rhustox and symphytum. Please suggest
Knee injury by sudden accident swelling in knee 3 month ago taking pain killer no benefit suggest some medicine
Hello,my name is Praveen I have a problem in my knee. my knee ligment was partial thickness tear.i don’t know which homeopathic medicine cure my problem for the rejoin of my knee ligment
Hello, my name is Rene. My daughter is an avid volleyball player she plays for both the school and travel. Eight months out of the year she’s playing. Six actual games two additional months just practice. She is the Libero, defense specialist meaning she does the diving and digging and passing the ball so she’s hitting her knee quite often. We have tried knee braces icing it but it remains swollen and painful for her. I’ve given her Arnica I truly don’t believe I get it often enough But I do know that there are a few others that I might possibly need to give her what would your recommendation be? I’ve grown up taking and using homeopathic remedies my mother was very active with that. I know how they work and that they work so I would really like to take this route before any other. Thank you
Hi…myself dr.deepak..im dentist.. actually this is regarding my mom’s case..she is having maniscus pain..grade 3 radial tear diagnosed one year ago.. physiotherapy going on as surgery cancelled due to arthritic changes n poor prognosis…. Physiotherapy give relief but aftr 45days its still not treated completely…can homeopathy have option to treat it completely
Meniscus tear medicine
Sir, my father is 56 years of age . After Chicken Gunya attack, he recovered from fever but his ankles had swelling and knees haves pain on movement. He stopped taking allopathic pain killer and started
Eupatorium Perfoliatum 200 ch before meals
and
Rhus Tox 200 ch after meals
Both 10 drops three times daily with a gap of 30 minutes
He is feeling much better and both the above medicines worked wonders
Please advise if the above medicines are good enough to continue and if there is some other complementary homeo medicines he should take together
Thank U and Kind Regards
Dear Sir,I have tenderness in medial meniscus in both the knees.I don’t have acute pain but I feel like my legs have lost all the strength and I feel shortened. Also,I have swelling in my left knee. Can this be treated with homeopathy even If it is a torn meniscus.Please reply!
i am 68 yrs.i have been dignosed meniscus tear in my left knee in MRI .my knee is locked when i standup to move from sitting or lying position .it is perhaps the result of jerk taken while playing game 10 yrs ago .i can walk easily but locking of knee is a big problem
Can we heal a torn meniscus with the help of homeopathic medicines? I met with an accident before 1.5 yrs which resulted in a torn meniscus
My mother is 84 years old and has meniscal tear of the left knee with severe pain. She has not responded to ruta , rhus tox, arnica , bryonia .
She is a Patient of stroke and MI
What can I give her for her shooting pain while walking . Pain is present also at rest