A bucket handle tear is a type of meniscus tear that affects your knee. According to the journal Arthroscopy Techniques, an estimated 10 percent of all meniscal tears are bucket handle tears.

For a better picture, imagine a beach ball sitting about halfway down inside a bucket. The beach ball ... Injury Possibility No. 1: Traumatic Acetabular Labral Tear Very generally speaking ...

Many times the meniscus will slip out, and the result is a bucket-handle tear. Usually those are pretty large C-shaped meniscus tears close to the periphery of the meniscus. This bucket handle ...