re: Torn ACL Surgery

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You're talking out of your arse

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Yeah, what the frick do I know? I've only torn two of them. Hopefully he goes to Andrews and gets it done and has the same treatments that NFL players get.

I do hope that the OP is young and rebounds quickly.

Save pain pills for post-op rehab sessions.......

It's been 14 years since I tore mine but other than it swelling like a motherfricker I didn't use crutches leading up to the surgery.

Just test it out slowly.

You are fine to walk on the knee. You don’t need to do anything more strenuous than that leading up to surgery. Some of the Steadman-Hawkins trained guys are actually repairing acls as opposed to replacing them depending on MRI findings. Seems to be lowering incidence of post-traumatic and post-surgical complaints and arthritic findings on X-ray. Just an interesting shift in the thoughts of a small group of sports ortho guys.

I was playing football in college when I tore mine. Had bone-pt-bone. Did nothing more than walking before surgery, recovered on time without complications. Ran some scout team stuff that fall but used a medical redshirt and played the following year without a brace. Haven’t had issues since other than some altered sensation along the incision. I wouldn’t get too hung up on pre-habbing your knee. You’ll be fine.

The more I read these posts, the more I feel like I've torn mine before and not known it.

Occasionally, I'll be playing a sport or running around and "Nick" the inside of my knee. Then for the next few weeks, it hurts to get in and out of my car, go down stairs, get out of bed, etc.

But it's never prevented me from running in a straight line or even sprinting. And as long as I don't "Nick" it again before it "heals", I can go back to full mobility. Weird

Eta, all in the same knee for the last five years or so

If you have torn it you would know. Mine didn't hurt so much but I heard it. Plus I had knee surgery many years ago and lost most of my miniscus so pain is not a rare thing

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Had no idea people could function like normal without a fully functional acl

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Hines Ward tore his at age 8 during a bicycle accident. Doctor thought he just broke his kneecap. Had no idea he tore it. Played all the way through college with no ACL. They found out he didn't have one during the NFL pre draft physicals.

I tore mine in ‘12. Although it hurt the instability of the knee is what freaked me out. I finally went to the ortho a month or two later and sure enough it was torn. I could do everything leading up to my appt with the exception of quick lateral movements. Didn’t do any rehab before the surgery.
As far as the surgery itself...it hurts like a mofo when the anesthesia wears off. My doctors concern was not being able straighten out my knee so I did a lot of prone hangs and similar exercises and those sucked big time.
I went into surgery on a Wednesday , by Monday I was back at work. The first 3 days were the worse, then you’ll be fine.
Good luck.

I tore mine 9 years ago and did pt instead of surgery.i swore to put it off as long as it didn't bother me too bad.

Don’t trust ER with ortho. They are clueless.

Walk on it and bend it. You need to get quad control and range prior to surgery. Will make recovery easier