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Torn meniscus
A torn meniscus can pose problems especially to an active 17y/o. There are a few factors involved like mechanism of injury. Where is the tear, inner or outer meniscus? Medial or lateral? Large or small? An orthopedic surgeon must take these and other factors into account when treating this diagnosis. Bottom line is that working at Ruby Tuesday's is going to aggravate it and possibly make it worse. Swelling and pain is an indication of aggravation an worsening of the injury. It is hard to give you a definitive answer without knowing all the info. But, the best resolution is to have the surgery as soon a possible so he can get into rehab and into playing baseball. In the mean time try to decrease the activity as much as possible so as to avoid further injury.
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