re: ACL Injuries: Tips and Things to Know - UPDATE PG. 3

I just tore my ACL and both meniscus in March playing basketball (age 35).

I had the surgery a month later. I opted for the allograft. My doctor informed me that there was less than a 1% chance of rejection when choosing this option. The advantages are that recovery is quicker and less painful, due to you not needing to rehab both your knee AND your hamstring, where they would have taken the tendon.

I was off of crutches just 2 days after surgery. It is VERY important to do your therapy. I started my therapy 3 days after surgery. My therapy was for 6 weeks (1 hour at 3 days/week for first 3 weeks, then 1 hour at 2 days/week for the final 3 weeks).

Doc said that it would be 4 months before I could "straight line jog" but I was on the treadmill at the therapist after only 2 months.

Tearing your ACL is inconvenient and taking a year off from certain sports while "fully" recovering will suck, but it's by no means the end of the world.

You'll be fine.