ACL Rehab

[Ruddy]

Anyone done their acl and had or having rehab after surgery?

[scook]

whats ACL ???

[Ruddy]

Cruciate knee ligament sorry should of put that really dr ruddy thinkin hes big and clever

[dsh85]

i thought i had done that, had an mri scan and it turns out it was a torn cartilage, im on the waiting list for keyhole surgery, its also suspected ive done the same thing in the other knee aswell lol! just my luck, i think ill be having a scan and if it is, no doubt ill be having them both done in one op! ive had nothing but knee trouble for the last 9 months or so, i barely play any sports at all now

[Ruddy]

Lemmie know how you get on mate an il give you any advice you want. Just had a patella graft to make up a new cruciate, bad stuff, very frustrating! just have to stay positive i guess!

[dsh85]

ive an appointment on the 30th with a "pre assesment sister" sounds holy! about the surgery, the physio was on about getting the right knee checked out too so if it is a definate torn cartlilage as the left knee then no doubt both will be done at once,
i thhink it will be a while before the actual date, but im lookin at positives! (time off work/great hospital food)

[BenEd]

I split my patella into two pices nd torn my acial and dun loads of other bad things i wouldnt advise doin to your knee!! doin the recovery process now!!! muscles hav wasted away nd r soooo weak!!! keep on going dun give up!!!

[dsh85]

i still go the gym (when im not lazy) and planning on going bak to 5 a side in a week or so as its starting to feel a little better, im just not as quick as i was, reactions and movement

[Ruddy]

Positives = 2 Month off work, people running round after you and plenty of xbox/jeremy kyle time!

Negatives = losing nearly 2 stone!!!!! know what you mean about wasting muscle JEASUS its bad!!!

[sharpy24]

i have little to no cartilage in my left knee i smashed my knee when i was 13 came off a bike, and i used to play semi pro ice hockey, was quite good aswell and had to give it all up i was off school best part of the year, and now they think I'm getting arthritis in it...but I was reading in the news about possible cartilage replacement operations where they 'grow' new cartilage or something, have got the artiucle downstairs didnt read it properly at the time. Might go see what my doctor says

Worse thing was I twisted my good knee a few months ago at work and it still hurts so was putting more pressure on my left knee even though I had crutches, so they both started hurting lol

[saxooxas]

i had and still have osgood schlatters disease - anyone else have that - the shin bone grows too fast into the soft knee tissue or something... and i have a big lump! I had to quit fencing i was like representing the north west and stuff at fencing! i could have gone pro dammit