"Question: Is physical therapy noninferior to early surgery with arthroscopic partial meniscectomy for improving knee function among patients with nonobstructiv

"Question: Is physical therapy noninferior to early surgery with arthroscopic partial meniscectomy for improving knee function among patients with nonobstructive meniscal tears?" Vertical (deep, interior) meniscal tears can actually heal, since they have a blood supply, and the surgery for them is basically a coin flip - the results of which you only learn after a nine month recovery period. You should absolutely be pursuing a rigorous course of PT to heal such a vertical meniscal tear. You should specifically look into whether your adductors (inner leg) are weaker than, and being overpowered by, your abductors (outer leg) resulting in knee valgus.