well i dislocated my knee last night. just popped right on out. Fun in the ER and I might need surgery. Awesome.
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.
we have plenty of parts we don't need. like the appendix, or the tonsils.
so are you saying that because drs tell us that we dont need them means that jeh just was bored and threw a few spare parts into us just for the fun of it?
no, all im saying is that you can live without them. i would get the surgery because i like to play sports. a lot. most people don't play a lot of sports though, so the surgery might not be worth it for them. there is a lot of down time and rehab involved, that some people do not have the time for. some people can't afford to take that much time off...
so sit and rotate!
You can live without it, but any sports or activities that require pivoting and quick movements become difficult thereafter and you will mess up the bone structure of your knee over time.
yeah, that exactly what i said dum dum. do you even read other peoples posts before you start arguing with them?
I simplified it young one. I figured thats what you said, but you may have made it sound to some that you don't need an ACL at all. It has its purpose.
thanks, old one!