I was playing basketball last night and on a fast break got fouled from behind. The guy pushed/fell onto/stumbled onto me and increased the amount of weight on my leg as I tried to elevate for the layup.
I've been to the doctor who diagnosed it as an ACL injury, I have to get an MRI but have to wait another couple of days to get it done. Then we get to see whether or not I need surgery or if another method will be suitable.
I've done countless ankles, broken bones etc, dislocated shoulders. but I am so pissed I've got probably 6 months off before I can resume practice, and even then I never get it back. I mean I'm about 5'9 and rely solely on quickness to get to the basket and penetrate and at 20 I'm way to young to hang em up.
It's going to be a boring few months.
When I was 20, ligament damage was the kiss of death. Now, it's better to have a torn ligament than torn cartilage, which can only be shaved, smoothed or removed, never be repaired or replaced. You have a lot of options with ligaments, reattachment, cadaver replacement, etc. You should make it all the way back, but I'm not going to soft pedal the rehab or time.
I'm sorry to hear that. Feel better.
I know exactly what you're going through xcoriate. Hopefully you don't have to have surgery. good luck on your MRI.
Sorry to hear that bro. Hope you get better as fast as possible
Sorry to hear that, I fractured my scaphoid (navicular bone in the wrist) last week. I hope you feel better.
Speedy recovery wishes from me.
No offense but a fractured wrist is nothing like having your ACL torn out of your knee. It takes months of rehab and even after that... your knee is never the same again.
I know that, but mine got fractured at the proximal pole and that part of the scaphoid does not have a very good blood supply and it is more difficult to heal. so i got referred to an orthopedic surgeon, and on friday i'll find out if i'm going to need surgery.
That's not even true anymore. A repaired or replaced ligament knee can be stronger than it was before, but you MUST take your rehab and strengthening exercises seriously. Malik Rose's career took off after multiple ligament surgery in 2000.No offense but a fractured wrist is nothing like having your ACL torn out of your knee. It takes months of rehab and even after that... your knee is never the same again.
That sucks! I hope you don't need surgery.
Sorry about your knee xcoriate. Take your re-hab seriously. Get well soon.
ThisPego had a total shoulder replacement but has completely slacked off on his rehab. As a result, it dislocates with ease. Sucks, but yep I agree don't skimp out on that rehab.
I hope i don't need surgery either, but my doctor said that if i do need surgery that they will use a screw or wire to stabilize the scaphoid from the inside while the bone heals.
Zunni is correct in that ACL tears aren't nearly as bad as they were even three or four years ago. A lot of athletes are now able to get back to 100% and sometimes the knee ends up even stronger than it was before.
But yeah, it has to suck. Good luck, X.
Yeah, CAN is the key word. I've torn every ligament/cartilage you can tear in a knee on two different occasions. The first I was lucky enough not to need surgery and after it healed it did become even stronger. Later I tore my ACL in my other knee and had to have surgery. It's definitely true that the more you work at it, the better your knee will be, but I along with too many people I know still complain about their bum knee. It sucks.
Get well soon bro...no matter how long it takes to heal....it can't be fun.
Thanks for the kind words all,
I've been doing a fair bit of research today and it appears that techniques have come a long way in recent years.
Guess I just have to suck it up for the rehab and make sure I put in the hours required, hopefully it all comes good then.
Sorry to hear about your knee LuvBones, you've done pretty damn well to get through the drama twice, hope it keeps getting better
Blingy hope you don't need surgery! Best Wishes.
In any event looks like I'll have more time to spend here, since my normal life is going to be on hold for a bit
I'm sorry X, that sucks! I hope the MRI gives you fast-to-heal results!
Sounds like there's still a possibility it's just a strain and not blown out, in which case there won't be any surgery. Good luck on the MRI.
Hopefully the MRI will be all you need, couse sometimes doc's need to get into the knee (arthroscopy)to see what realy is damaged.
What kind of pain you had after blowing up your knee? You could walk? you could band your knee?
yeah I'm still holding out hope for a strain...
Doc didn't want to talk it up at all but thought I might be lucky. Problem is I felt the "pop" and went down straight away, I haven't yet been able to put any weight on it. If I try to bend or rotate it leaves me gasping thanks to the pain.
Good news is it hasn't swollen much... so I presume whatever occurred in there it happened cleanly.
I'll keep you all updated
Thanks again for the kind words.
Cartlige -something wrong (was shaved)
ACL - new one
meniscus - cutted
I don't think anyone is even considering it to be cartilage damage at this point, hopefully it stays that way.
Doctor took about 5 mins of testing the knee to be sure it was the ACL.
All other tendons seem to be in check.
Of course I'll know for sure with the MRI.
normal people dont blow out their acl... they broke something in their foot... were not supposed to know what an acl is...
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