torn acl - help

Good Shape · May 19, 2005

Hey guys, just tore my acl and was wondering, those of you that have done the same.....did you rehab naturally? Or did you try to speed things up with aas? If so, what did you use? Just curious. Thanks.

VulgarDisplay · May 19, 2005

Depends.....

The length of rehabilitation will depend on what grade of tear it is. Grade 1 is conservatively managed (AAS) will help but will speed up healing time so the joint must be kept very mobile to prevent a condition known as frozen knee. Grade 2, there is still the possibility to conservatively manage but recovery will take longer. Grade 3 is a complete avulsion and requires surgery or your knee will never be as strong or as stable. Always better to avoid surgery, I have had 5 on one knee and it will never be the same and hurts constantly.

Hope this helps.

Iabadman · May 19, 2005

VulgarDisplay .......gave great advice . I have completly ruptured my ACL twice . [ same knee .....second time it trashed my football career as there was too much play in my knee and I couldn't pass an NFL physical any longer ] .My knee sucks and is quite abit weaker . My leg is also noticely smaller and not nearly as seperated as my good leg . This weakness causes me numerous back problems as well . Back in my day it was an 18 month rehab , but today if you do things right and have a great surgen you can get back to close to where you were in about 9 months .Good Luck with your recovery , I am sorry to hear of your injury ......I know how bad this one sucks .....

PHIL HERNON · May 20, 2005

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Good Shape said:
Hey guys, just tore my acl and was wondering, those of you that have done the same.....did you rehab naturally? Or did you try to speed things up with aas? If so, what did you use? Just curious. Thanks.

Your not Kellen Winslow are you?

Good Shape · May 20, 2005

nice phil

no i'm not......but it must be a cleveland thing.....by the way, it's a grade 3 and my surgery is june 1st. I was thinking to take my time with it and let things heal naturally and not try to speed things up chemically.

VulgarDisplay · May 20, 2005

3?

If it is a true grade 3 it will never heal properly on it own. It will be a mess of scar tissue and adhesions that will hurt forever. Get the Surgery and you should have great results if you rehab it correctly. Add the aas when the physical therapy is completed and you can work the leg lightly. This will not jeopardize tissue reconstruction and remodeling. Also adding large amounts of Glucosamine and Proteolytic enzymes before, during and after the surgery will increase the likleyhood of close to normal connective tissue regeneration.

Good Shape · May 20, 2005

thats what i was looking for...thanks brother

ringyramjet · May 20, 2005

i completely ruputured mine doing judo, had it operated on using the patellar tendon graft method (i think is the prefered method).

Rehab was quite slow at first but back jogging after 3 months, sports training at 6 months then was back playing sport at 9 months, have now played 2 seasons of rugby and i have not had a single problem. After the years check up the knee that had been operated on was more stable than my good knee.

The mian thing i have to say though is do not rush it, the graft is quite stron straight after the surgery but it starts to slowly die as it does not have a blood supply, at about 6 weeks the graft is at its weakest, from then on it begins to vascularise again and becomes stronger.

Only issue i have is i cannot kneel down on hard surfaces but that is it.

hope that helps