Acl troubles

could be a partial tear, but those arent too common

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yeah he said with the acl it is either in tact or totaly torn cause its so taught and shit, but if i do have a torn acl (which i highly dout) it prob means no ski camp in 2 weeks and no football AGAIN this year, yeah fucking knees

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yeah i had a very close call with my ACL, i was riding my dirtbike after this one race i had, and i like fell, and my leg went out and like twisted. but instead of my acl tearing, since i was so young (i think i was like 12), my bone gave way first. so it like hinged out of place and i couldnt straighten my leg, and then blah blah blah, normal emergency room crap, and then they had to straighten it by grinding the bone into place. yeah it sucked pretty hardcore, but i was totally boming morphine, haha the dude gave me 4 doses, i was like oooowww and then hes like "give him another dose" and then he repetted that like 3 more times.....yeah that was a pretty messed up night. trying to walk up stairs with that much morphine, a 20 pound full leg cast and crutches is not an easy task.

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I walked with no acl for 2 years before I got reconstructive surgery. It doesn't hurt at all, but I didnt have much balance till I strengthened the quads and such. If you get to a point where the pain isn't excrutiating, DO NOT GET SURGERY. Deal with the balance issue and get stronger.





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ok first off I have way too much experience with this. I tore my acl skiing in feb 04. proven by an mri and several doctors. then it miraculously healed. then i retore it completely. then it partially healed. then i had a scope. then i had surgery.

so basically what i've learned is that once it has been injured it's gonna be weak and tear again doing the littlest things unless you have it fixed. also all the extra movement in the joint is just wearing down your cartilage. cartilage can't be replaced, and therefore leads to osteoarthritis. acl's can be replaced very successfully. it's been 3 months since surgery and i feel completely normal. of course i'll wear my brace for the next 2 seasons of skiing but that's no problem.

i definitely suggest you get an mri, but be careful cause they're not always accurate. the only way to know for sure is to get a scope, where the dr goes in with a tiny camera. not as painful as it sounds. and if it is partially torn i would recommend surgery for sure. any more questions ask me I know a lot about this subject from my own experience, friends who have done theirs, and school, cause i'm 3rd year kinesiology and have taken lots of injury classes and wrote a huge paper on acl injuries.

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If everyone works out the hamstrings and keeps a good hamstring/ quad balance your alc will be more protected

Get it fixed! Find a good clinic though were they do several a day. You'll be glad in a few years when you can still ski. If you get it done now , you'll have no sking for 6 months. If you don't then you'll be fucked later, have damaged cartlidge and have done other little injuries which will add up.

First off, as long as you have good insurance and that's paying for stuff, listen to the doctors and get the MRI. I've torn my ACL and I was fine a few weeks after the initial tear but I still had the surgery to repair it. Like someone said above, once you do it once, it's weak and the only way to get it any close to being 100% again is by surgery and staying fit and strong. Don't begin to think you know more than the doctors and playing the tough guy role. I'm guessing your young and you don't want this injury to plague you as you get older.


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Fat skis, Tight trees

Yeah Even don't get surgery if you don't have trouble doing what you say you can do on it. That means no ski camp No Football and Possibly No skiing next year i think the doc is just tryin to fuck u up worse

Remember how much pain Wade was in after he tore his acl i don't think u compare 2 the pain he was in

that's the dumbest god damn thing I've heard...''the doc is trying to screw it up more'' I love how everyone on NS is a frickin' knee expert with a PhD in bullshit. Do whatever you want kid, but take it from someone who has torn their ACL, get it taken care of. Better safe than sorry.


Smuggs kicks ass

Fat skis, Tight trees

believe me, if it was torn you wouldnt be walking at all. ive torn my ACL and LCL, and you cannot walk on it or even touch your foot to the ground it hurst so bad, let alone ski on it






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Wrong, I did tear my ACL ( I have the pics to prove it from that little camera they put in there) and I was walking pretty much fine 1-2 weeks after I did it. The only time it hurt (and when it did, it hurt like a bitch) is when I twisted my knee somehow, or put all my weight and pressure on it. Like I said, do whatever you want, but don't listen to all tough-guy wannabes that say suck it up and you'll be fine. If you did tear it, then your knee overall is weaker and more prone to a full knee blow out.


Smuggs kicks ass

Fat skis, Tight trees

it's pretty common that people tear their acl's and don't even know it. in class we learned that the response is different for everyone. if the joint capsule doesn't tear as well there could be no obvious swelling and therefore no pain. it really depends.
listen to your doctors and get more than one opinion.

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