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Post by Netter on Mar 16, 2010 21:49:12 GMT -5
I have heard between 9-12 months, but also depends if there are any MCL or meniscus tears too. The best advice I have heard is to find out from the athletic training staff of a nearby top college or of a nearby professional sports team which ortho surgeon they turn to for their athletes' knee surgeries, and if they take the parents' health insurance, turn to that local doctor, who would be considered top tier in sports medicine. I've heard that its best to go to the surgeon who has done many of these types of surgeries (1000's) over one who has not done as many (100's) if possible. The competency of the physical therapy place you go to also is a component to recovery. Best to do rehab at a place that is well versed in treating sports-related injuries (not all are).
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Post by MTC on Mar 16, 2010 22:09:29 GMT -5
By recovery do we mean can start practicing full time or can start in a match? It takes quite a bit of time to get into game shape even when you are 100% healthy.
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Post by nick7691 on Mar 16, 2010 22:15:05 GMT -5
Thanks to everyone for their helpful comments. The young lady with the injury has already been seen by an ortho surgeon recommended by her future college coach. The info on cadeaver vs patella is very helpful as well.
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Post by coachtrex on Mar 17, 2010 1:37:25 GMT -5
rehab, rehab, rehab...
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Post by tigger1 on Mar 17, 2010 2:18:11 GMT -5
For a jumping athlete, he feels that the cadaver graft is the best choice because jumping athletes can get a tendonitius or continued patellar pain with a patella tendon graft. Contemporary studies show no difference in the incidence of anterior knee pain. Ironically, the surgical treatment of jumper's knee (chronic patella tendinopathy) is a procedure somewhat similar to the patella tendon graft harvest for ACL reconstruction.
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Post by vbupnorth on Mar 17, 2010 14:19:50 GMT -5
Depends a bit on the extent of the injury. With just an ACL tear, have seen back in 6-8 months. The one at 6 months was religious with rehab, the one at 8 months did a great job of rehab as well but needed to correct the biomechanics that put her at risk for ACL in the first place.
Have seen one who had the triple threat...ACL/ MCL and PCL. She is still struggling after 2 years but has been impatient in rehab process and so consistency is an obstacle for her. Would like to see what would have happened if patience won out.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2010 21:05:08 GMT -5
Beckham actually tore his Achilles tendon, which is almost as equally devastating. From what I heard players generally return in about 8 months, but it takes far longer for them to feel comfortable and at full strength. That usually takes about a year to year and a half, maybe longer depending on things such as age and quality of rehab. One the best movie scenes of all time... the brat on Pet Cemetery hooking that up with a scalpel!! OUCH!! That little son-of-a-bitch's name was Gage! I'll never forget it!
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Post by sevb on Mar 17, 2010 22:23:50 GMT -5
One the best movie scenes of all time... the brat on Pet Cemetery hooking that up with a scalpel!! OUCH!! That little son-of-a-bitch's name was Gage! I'll never forget it! haha - nor I
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Post by asuvolley on Apr 12, 2010 11:26:27 GMT -5
Where are you located? I am looking for a post surgery ACL patient to help with rehab in AZ.
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Post by OuchMyBack on Apr 12, 2010 12:04:28 GMT -5
Thanks to everyone for their helpful comments. The young lady with the injury has already been seen by an ortho surgeon recommended by her future college coach. The info on cadeaver vs patella is very helpful as well. Did she choose the cadaver? I tore my ACL April 1st and I am struggling with this decision. I've read some articles where the cadaver is more likely to fail for younger more active patients, although there really isn't enough research to say for sure. I'd like to hear from other vball players that have had the cadaver to see how their experience is going.
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Post by dancingbear on Apr 12, 2010 12:10:53 GMT -5
On one hand having choices is good but on the other I feel it's a terrible position to have to decide where the host graft comes from. That said, the best advice we got was to use the method your trusted doctor prefers.
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Post by Semp12 on Apr 12, 2010 17:32:57 GMT -5
The rehab is very very important. You need to go to a athletic oriented physical therapist, not someone who will go at the same pace as they go with their 95 year old patients.
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Post by lonewolf on Apr 12, 2010 19:28:00 GMT -5
The rehab is very very important. You need to go to a athletic oriented physical therapist, not someone who will go at the same pace as they go with their 95 year old patients. Good point...find someone who primarily (or only) does ACL repairs on athletes. They have a better understanding of the elite athlete...what they need...and what works best.
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Post by volleymama on Apr 12, 2010 23:47:49 GMT -5
My daughter played Div. 1 volleyball, tore her ACL and her front & back meniscus. Just a freak accident during practice. No one touched her, just her change of direction. Under the care of the school ortho, great trainers and student trainers, she was cleared 100% in 6 months to play. It was brutal constant rehab and hard work but those student trainers love it and it is their job to make sure she followed her rehab submitted by her doctor. She chose her hamstring over the patella. It has been 4 1/2 years since the injury/surgery and she feels great. Doctor says it is the other knee that will go before the one he operated on. I think the bottom line was the rehab and of course the schools orthopedic surgeon who says he sees this injury quite frequently especially in females. good luck!!
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Post by ciscokeed on Apr 13, 2010 14:09:14 GMT -5
Physically most acl repairs can be cleared in around 6 months. Mentally it can take quite a bit longer. Rehab is as important, if not more important than the surgery itself. Chronic tendonitis as you fight through the first year is also common. You have to be mentally tough- do the rehab, and fight through pain in your first year back...
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