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Your meniscal tear will commonly take up to six or eight weeks to fully heal. As mentioned previously, some meniscal tears will require surgery. Your physiotherapist will guide you as to what is most likely for your knee injury.
Small tears located at the outer edge of the meniscus often heal on their own. Larger tears located toward the center of the meniscus may not heal well, because blood supply to that area is poor. In a young person, surgery to repair the tear may be the first choice, because it may restore function. Surgery to repair these kinds of tears may not work. 2  If you have a tear in the white zone of the meniscus, repair surgery usually isn't done, because the meniscus may not heal. 3  But partial meniscectomy may be done if torn pieces of meniscus are causing pain and swelling.