Recently I somehow injured my left knee, when i went to the dr he started with steroid inj. A month later my leg was swallon from my knee to and including my foot. Then he became concerned about bloodclots. We did an ultra and thank God it was not bloodclots.so now we're aat two months from onset and the pain is increasing. Also, there was someth ing very familiar about the pain. I've had mr right knee opt on twice.the firts time was for a torn acl and miniscus. I told him about this from the beginning and that we needed an mri because something is really wrong. I could barely walk w/out pain. Stairs were impossible and at this time, i cannot completely straighten my leg or bend it.we finally had the mri done. The findings were there is a diffuse high signalthroughout the acl.a few fibers appear to be intact.this is a non specific fiinding given no history of prior trauma.however,, it has the appearance of a partial tear or sprain. The pcl appears intact. High signal is seen w/in the anterior horn of the lateral miniscus most consistentw/ myxoid degeneration. There is also mild high signal w/in the posterior horn of thr med meniscus also consistent w/ myxoid degen. I am fully aware tthat i have psoriatic arth. and Osteoarthritis and I am also ANA positive.we did that test on several occasions and it was always Pos.. It has been recommended ,by my arthritis dr, that i continue w/ steroid inj, cont. The plan of care you are on, see you in three months. My dr sent me to a orthopedic surgeon for his opinion was that although there was a partial tear and the acl appeared sprained he didn't believe in jumping right into surgery..He wants me to do 6 wks of physical therapy. I start on Apr 1st.i guess my qestion is "What is you opinion of the mri info. These responses seemed weak. What if my osteoarthritis is causing this.what do I do? Why is not a partial concerning to anyone ? I just very confused because I am coming up on 3 months of this and i am no better? Sorry this was so long. Thank you for any advice. Lori Lyons. YYYY@YYYY