Comments on: If You’ve Had an Arthroscopy, Tell Me if I’m Crazy

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:16:00 +0000

Wow, great story! Thanks. That does give me hope.
–adam

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 13:40:00 +0000

I don’t know the severity of your ACL injury, but if you want to know about my experience it may give you some hope.
I tore mine, left knee, almost complete ( I was later to find out), skiing hard at Tremblant, last day of the season. Snap, crackle, pop. It took 11 months to get an MRI appointment ( I was probably bumped for some politician or person of influence) to confirm the injury and 12 months to see a surgeon, because no one would diagnose the injury until they had an MRI scan to look at.
So I took my recovery and therapy into my own hands. After 3 months hobbling around, plenty of ice and Vitamin A (advil) . I forced my self to walk straight instead of hunched over. My main exercise for the first three months was pushing in the clutch on my car. That was painful. Then after forcing my self to walk straight , I started to cycle. That more than anything reduced the swelling, dispersed the fluid buildup. And I started to feel better. Followed by light back extensions (not front) on the leg machine at the gym, then leg presses. Alternating the weight training with cycling. So a year later when I walked into the surgeons office , his eyes scanning the MRI report and watching me do some duck walks and testing my leg strength, he says ” I don’t see this very often. But it does happen. Your ACL was definitely torn, but it appears to have healed, and is as strong as the right leg.” This doctor is known for his conservative approach and avoids surgery if at all possible. (I was skiing again after 9 months into my own therapy).
That was three years ago and to this day, after many ski days, it remains strong.
Good luck and speedy recovery. I’m 51.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:14:00 +0000

I’ve had ACL reconstruction of both of my knees. The last one being last year at Thanksgiving. I’m way good to go this year. But be very careful with a partial tear and snowboarding pre-op. Before my surgeries, I would hurt myself occasionally while performing the simplest little tasks.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:23:00 +0000

That’s what I like to hear!
Nice site, btw, I added a link to it.
–adam

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:05:00 +0000

A friend of mine had an op on his ACL in February this year, and we just did a weekend snowboarding. No problems at all. So that’s about 9 months.
After about 4 or 5 months he was running and cycling again. Snowboarding now after 9 months. Wants to start playing football (soccer) again, but will leave that until after our 10 day snowboarding holiday over new year.