well i dislocated my knee last night. just popped right on out. Fun in the ER and I might need surgery. Awesome.

ohhh, nooo. you have to get it fixed.

i think i'll be fine. today the swelling is down even more... and I was able to lift my leg, woohoo! and i have an appt. with an orthopedic surgeon tomorrow to assess the damage. I'm very hopeful.

did it swell up like crazy right after it happened? when i tore my ACL my knee swelled up like mad immediately after. that's because if you tear a ligament it starts bleeding, and all of that blood...

yeah it swelled up pretty bad.. but today the swelling went down even more, and i can lift my leg, and i can bend my knee pretty far. I duno i just keep hoping i won't need surgery.

well even if your ACL is torn, which it doesn't sound like it is, you may not even need surgery. the ACL will never heal by itself if it is totally torn, but plenty of people get by without getting...

Anyone who is young and plans on being active, needs an ACL. You can't play sports without it.

yeah you can. if you strengthen your quads and hamstrings enough they will compensate for it. but the risk of injuring something else is greater if you don't get surgery, and you can't play sports ...

Its a stabilizing ligament. Without it you can lose balance more easily and yes hurt something else.

i don't think stabilizing ligament is a technical term. anyway most people don't play a lot of sports so the surgery would not be worth it for them, because of the down time and the rehab. it's lik...