Fucked my knee up Sunday walking the dog. Seeing ortho on Monday. Xray turned up an effusion of the inner right knee "consistent with a sprained mcl." Anyone have any thoughts or experience with this?
Odd they could see effusion on radiograph unless they have previous films of the knee to compare it.
Valgus test and Swain test should have shown all they need. Hopefully they checked for medial meniscus and ACL as well. If you do not feel unstable, it's likely just a Grade I. Ligaments typically have poor blood supply so its going to take a bit longer to heal than a muscle strain. Probably 2 - 4 weeks healing.
If you know someone that has a BFR device, that will go a long way towards speeding up healing. Terminal knee extension, single leg RDL (provided you put weight on it), shallow range cossack squats, supine physioball leg roll-ins (think leg curl), single leg raise to 45deg with external rotation