Acl

i got surgery in june and my third day back i got cut off and partially tore it again.  my second acl surgery ot fix that is scheduled in march...it sucks a lot i dont even know if i will ever hit a jump again

Torn mine 3 times.  You can get it back 100% but you have to be very committed and work it hard.  Don't be lazy with the rehab and do the home exercises they give you.  The better rehab you do, the better it will heal.  I absolutley learned this the hard way.  I'm kicking ass in rehab with this one and will be skiing some green runs 12 weeks after surgery bc I'm not slacking.

ive never torn an ACL but i broke a hip, and hes totally right... it sucks at the time but if u cheat ANY of the rehab youre going to pay for it yourself. so work hard and push yourself and dont skip any excercises

you will kinda hesitate for a while cause you dont want it to happen again but you will build up confidence in a couple weeks and you will be back shreddin. good look to you.

About 6 or 7 years ago i partially tore my ACL while playing indoor soccer. Unbelievably painful and incredibly swollen. I was given a knee brace, minor surgery to clean it up and told to take it easy. Over the course of a few years my knee would randomly slip out. That resulted in quite a bit a pain, a lot of swelling and hobbling around like a gimp for 2 or 3 weeks. Even worse, i was literally paranoid all the time about it slipping out which was the worst as i couldn't really do anything sports related. After many slips, all from pivoting somehow i was sick of it, and i had finally fully torn it, along with more cartilage and a partially torn MCL.

I was givin the full reconstrutive ACL surgery. They took a ligament from your hamstring and screwed it in place. Let me tell you, that was fucking hell and the rehab was far too long, but i am damn glad i got it done. It took 6 months to get it to about 90% and then another 6 to get it to 100%. I have not had a single problem with my knee since, and it feels 100% to this day. However, when i am doing anything sports related i wear a custom made knee brace made for sports (panam will hook you up with the place, but they are nearly 1000$ without insurance).

Moral of the story is, you can live with a torn ACL or partially torn ACL with little trouble. However, if you wish to play sports again, or to be worry free - you will likely need surgery. Strengthing the muscles in your leg will help immensely, however that will only go so far. If you fail to take my advice, you will likely go through the same thing as me and have your knee slip out from time to time until you are sick of it.  As stated above....do your rehab religiously and you'll thankyourself later.  And for god sakes, there is absolutely NO point in going back extra early.  The last thing you need to do is catch an edge and tweak your knee because the muscles were weak and the knee wasnt fully recovered.

i tore my acl and meniscus in december of last year on a jump. i had surgery in may and am about 90% now. i just got back on skis this december and took it easy for the first few weeks. it was tough getting back and my knee was always pretty sore and swollen after skiing. just this weekend i started grinding rails again which was great. i've been so anxious to get back and do the freestyle thing. it's tough to get your confidence back tho. i was having trouble at first sliding the simplest of rails, but eventually i got the hang of it again. it's tough being out of the game for so long because it seems that all of my friends have progressed so much and i have to play catch up. i'm putiing off jumping for this season because my knee is still a little weak and i'd like to get a full season in before i risk anything.
my advice is stick to your rehab and don't rush anything. it's a shitty injury but if you do what you're supposed to you'll be back to 100% in no time. just be patient.

popped mine a 5 years ago skiing, DEFINITELY listen to your doctor and do your rehab and wear your brace like they said.  Mine really only felt 100% after maybe 2 years, and i had one of the best rehabs my doctor had ever seen.  If you dont feel comfortable doing something, dont do it, wailt til you feel confident in the strength of your knee and you should be fine.  its a huge bummer and a giant pain in the ass, but tough it out and work hard and you'll be a lot better off 

PS enjoy the opium high you will be on for weeks after your surgery

How did you pull that off? No brace?

tore mine playing football, had to wait for the swelling to go down then had surgery.  rehab sucks but it is alot like training, it suck but it is a neccesary evil.  Obviously I was out for the season both football and skiing.  Spent about eight months no contact, weight training, stationary bike, and PT have not had a problem since.  I got my new ACL from a cadaver(sp?).  Surgery sucks no matter what it's on but take your time, rehab the right way and you should not have any problems.  Alot of doctors say your knee ligaments can actually be stronger after replacement.  The bad thing with skiing especially is that there is ALOT of stress on your knee and the ligaments especially.  Just my experiance though, I'm sure it's different for everybody.

I just had my ACL surgery yesterday. I hve a friend who tore his ACL, he was out for about 6 months, and then he could play certain sports. You should start physical therapy before the surgery and after to strengthen your knee. The doctor said I cant ski for 12 months, but that might just be me because of my age.

i blew my acl about this time last year.......right around mid morning on feb 13th...boy that sucked. got the surgery in may and been shreding fairly hard so far this season

i blew mine in like march of 06 and the next season was the best of my life

yeah it was stupid i know but it was also stupid of some dumbass joey to get right in my way because he cant ski ice...fuck that guy

I tore mine in late February almost two years ago now.  When I was little, I was taught to basically be a hardass about injuries and not complain if something hurts. To just suck shit up and keep going. I have a pretty high pain threshold, I won't lie. After I initially tore it and heard a pop and everything, I thought that I just tweaked it or something so I actually hit another rail afterward. I straight up collapsed and it took me a while to get back up. I gues someone had called ski patrol but I gritted my teeth and told them i was fine. I had surgery on St. Patty's Day about a month later.  I'd say the most painful part was honestly when they drained it a few weeks before surgery. Either that or the few days after surgery when everything just aches really fucking bad and no amount of hycrocodine or whatever can make it go away. If you have big dogs that like to run into you, watch out haha. It's pretty damn sensitive right after surgery. But all that goes away fairly quickly.  I stopped using crutches a little under a week out.. I fucking hated them. I'd rather be gimpy as fuck..but that's just me.  I got a custom CTi brace about 5 months later or so? To be honest I was almost fully recovered by August that year, and I should have done a little moe rehab. I felt great by ski season but I still used my brace all of that year. Mental rehab's the most challenging part. I still won't hit down rails. But anyway, my knee has only bothered me a few times in the past year, and that's if I work it really hard. Like, long ass mountain bike ride, skiing 3 feet of pow in Alta a few weeks ago, that sort of thing.

OH I just remembered..with me anyway, about a year after I had surgery the scar tissue began to break up. And it happens at the most random times but holy fuck that is painful. My knee would give out and have the sharpest pain shoot through it. That lasted a month or two. It goes away. I'm not sure if that happens to everyone though.

I tore my ACL and my meniscus. I had a hamstring graft, and I reccomend it moreso than a patella graft..but that's just me.

All the evidence seems to point that acl braces are pretty ineffective, so I doubt that was really a significant factor.

I've missed 100% of this season and last season due to really unfortunate timing of two acl surgeries. I'm five months out of my second surgery now and my knee is feeling pretty strong. I've been working super super hard this time, and all I can say is don't push it.
Hopefully my knee will be in shape to through hike the pacific crest trail starting in april. (2660 miles). I should be cleared to start hiking seriously in less than a month if all goes well.