ACL Rupture
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26th Oct '09, 1:58pm
Looking for a bit of advice here,I received results of my MRI today and found out i have ruptured my ACL,grade 1 damage of MCL and torn my medial meniscus. I did this mid August playing football and since then have been having weekly physio,bike work,leg presses and step ups etc as well as doing work on my own at the gym.
The reason for my dilema is that my consultant seems to think i should continue my physio etc and return to see her in Feb,by which time she hopes my leg will be stronger,hamstrings etc and i'll be running again,therefore not requiring any surgery. I'm no expert on this subject but i feel that my knee has sustained a pretty bad injury and it'll take more than time to sort this out.
Should i be looking for a 2nd opinion or does her diagnosis sound correct?
Many thanks
Bobby
Knee Injury
31st Dec '09, 6:20pm
Hi Bobby
My first consultant took me in for surgery. When I woke up I was told it was still partly in tact and I returned to sport. Within 10 minutes of returning my knee went again.
When you have sustained such a serious injury you need it repaired and you dont want to be waiting months and months.
When famous sports people are injured they dont wait months to try and rehab it, they get it reconstructed as quickly as possible.
A small amount of people can function without an ACL - but do you really want to be participating in sport with it missing?
Personally I would not want to wait until Feb - I want want to be on a waiting list ASAP to get it reconstructed
Regards
Michael