Can you play sports with a torn ACL?
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- ACL injuries and the surgeries to treat them - ACL reconstructions - are some of the most common surgeries in sports medicine. In this Ask Dr. Geier video, I answer the question of a reader who wonders if he can play sports with a torn ACL and get surgery later.
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Paul asks:
I am waiting to get an operation done for my anterior cruciate ligament, but at the moment I am able to run and kick balls around. Would I be able to play matches with a knee strap? I don’t know whether to risk it.
Generally the problem with an ACL injury is that the knee becomes unstable. It can give way with activities such as landing from a jump or changing directions while running. Those activities are critical for many sports.
In this video, I discuss how likely a patient can play contact or collision sports with an ACL-deficient knee. We also discuss whether a strap, sleeve or knee brace could help.
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Dr.Geier my knee hurts, i feel a pop sensation when i walk, when i squat my knee feels swollen, and sometimes when i bend my knee i feel discomfort
Can you tell me whats wrong
Dr. David Geier can we table tennis after an acl tear without surgery
I had ACL partial tear . All everything is normal. I am doing gym last 2 months. Can I play soccer professionally?
I tore mine 2/3 of the way 4 years ago I had an mri but my doctor failed to tell me it was torn he said I had pulled it bad and that I would be fine in a few weeks so I continued to play on it always hurt and swelled 4 years later I went in again and had my new doctor look at my 2014 mri and he noticed right away that it was torn 2/3 of the way and by how loose it is now that it is completely gone. I play lacrosse on it with a custom donjoy knee brace with little to no issue.
I tore my acl at the end of Oct 2018, I was a college athlete in my senior year and my season started in late February. I was allowed to play without surgery and just did a ton of knee strengthening/stabilization exercises and ate a good diet and water. Long story short I tore my acl and had about 80 days before my season started and i made it happen. If you put in the correct work and have confidence in yourself you should be able to pull it off if your looking to play without acl and with a brace ofcourse!
What is your sport.. And your acl totally tore..?and you still can play without acl..?
Hey some people only have a small tear and others have a bigger tear. If yours was big with just 80 days to recover and strengthen it would most definitely have given way again.
I hope i can make this with fencing…
Do you have a program?
What sports did you play?
Near-complete tear of left ACL in November 2009, I was 45 at that time and a serious skier and cyclist. My knee never buckled. With doc's advice, we tried PT and based on that success, I went on to my first season as member of the National Ski Patrol that winter, without surgery. I wear a brace when I ski, play soccer with my sons and shovel snow. I have gone on to become a ski instructor, certified in both alpine and telemark skiing. A few years ago I began training and competing in powerlifting. I believe the keys to my success being active without surgery are partly luck in having a stable knee, but also and more importantly, doing the work. Strength training has been key and too many people stop doing the work when the PT visits stop.
Tore my ACL 2 years ago when I was 16. Unfortunately, reconstruction costs a fortune and I haven't been able to do it. One day I'll earn good money and get my knee repaired.
that sucks man! i wish wherever you are from had free healthcare
Best of luck mate💪
Same man I tore my ACL in April 2018. I all haven't gotten surgery yet. I'm 21. I'm waiting to get health insurance to get surgery.
Same here bro tore my acl for the second time this past October but no longer have Insurance I’m not even looking to play again I just want it fixed.
Got it when i was 14 and now im 20 havent done the surgery for some reason but im mostly fine, i can walk and i can run but it feels a little bit scary to run tbh.
Tore my ACL from being tackled hard in a soccer match 2 years ago. Didn't really realise I tore it at the moment because I could get back up and continue. Sure there was some pain, but I thought it was normal from being tackled. Finished the whole 90mins game, and once I took out my socks, my knee was so swollen I couldn't even see my knee cap. Went for an MRI a week later and found out I tore my ACL, MCL and Meniscus. Couldn't get the necessary surgery done due to some financial difficulties (even until now), so I end up hanging up my cleats for good. Those young athletes out there, do take care of yourself in your sport. Nothing is more depressing than having to give up playing the sport you love. Not a day goes by where I wish I could play again :,)
Danial Lazarus iam in the same position and I refuse to give up on soccer and sure is very depressing not being able to play ball like I use to
Best of luck man hope you end up getting the operation.
Definitely explore your potential healthcare options.
A year ago I partially tore my ACL in my left knee while playing lacrosse, but continued to play the rest of the season with some pain but it was manageable. When I tore it, it swelled up and I could not walk properly nor could I extend or bend it all the way. Long story short, I had more pain in this knee than my actual torn ACL in my right knee. I couldn't sit criss-cross applesauce. This year, about three weeks ago is when I tore my ACL in my right knee. I heard a loud pop and went down crying. Had minimal swelling and a limp for about four to five days. My athletic trainers had me meet with a doctor who ordered an MRI to be done and confirmed that I have torn my ACL. It's about 95 percent torn... so I technically it's a grade three partial tear. I do need surgery but I asked if i could play my last year in college lacrosse and the answer was up to me, I just needed to be fitted with an ACL brace. During this time it had felt as if I didn't injure my knee at all which made me think I could go into practice as if nothing even happened. Yesterday was my first day back and I felt great through the first 1.5 hours so when we scrimmaged each other I decided to crease roll out of habit and I went down crying again with very severe pains. I'm not entirely sure what happened, rather I tore the little left of ACL fibers I had or if I strained my calf/hamstring muscles from compensating. I have a little swelling behind my knee more toward the tops of my calf, and a little bit of a ball like form there as well, and some bruising. I practiced again today and I'm very sore and can't go 100 percent, though I did make it through the entire practice. I'm interested to see how I feel after a competitive game and players who won't be "taking it easy" on me. I am very nervous to play especially after my first day back and already having that pain.
What happened then?
I injured my acl in the military. Twice. And went without surgery. I finished my tour just barely escaping an early medical separation. I then went about 6 more years of being a civilian mechanic, then construction contractor with it continuing to deteriorate until the last final shred of it gave way completely one day while walking around a corner inside a house I was building. I was unable to work for about 6 months, then tried working again, which lasted almost a year before the pain and instability was too much to bear. The VA decided instead of replacing my knee now, when I'm young, then having to do it again and and again as I work through my useful years, it would be better to just declare me "totally and permanently disabled" - at age 33. For anyone who is able - get the surgery and take care of yourself. You'll thank yourself sooner than you think. If my doctors in the military would have done their job correctly, I would have gotten the surgery when it was most crucial, healed properly, and have a normal life. However their focus was to just slap a bandaid on it, give me all the motrin I could eat, and get me back to work asap. don't ever do that to yourself.
Currently was debating getting a second surgery after tearing it again, your story helped a lot
As a basketball player. I torn my ACL over the summer but I didn't know till it was confirmed on September. So over the 3 months I still played basketball although it was was really difficult I wasn't reaching my full potential. Since basketball has alot of pivoting, shifting, etc. Every time my knee would keep twisting and poping out the pain was not pretty. I went to go check out with an orthopedic around September and it was fully torn ACL. My surgeon said I was lucky enough that I didn't torn my meniscus. And now I'm here recovering from ACL surgery, 2 months post operation.
I tore my acl in my right knee and tore some of the miniscus. I am 16 and awaiting surgery for a reconstruction. About a month after the accident I tried to get back into football, however this was just training with my team and we didn’t know the severity of the damage caused at this point. My shin bone shifted, as said in the video and I wasn’t able to walk for a further three days. I was offered an acl brace which can vary from about £200-£500 and attempted to play sport again. My knee felt week and unstable so I simply use it to stay in shape as all I can do now is go to the gym and do upper body workouts but no legs. The brace only helps me when jogging and is not worth it if you are aiming to get back into sport soon so I don’t recommend buying unless you can afford it or really need it to stay fit. The recovery for my injury has been an estimated 11-14 months. I suggest just try and stay away from competitive sports until the recovery is over after surgery
Hi, I am a sport climbing athlete come from Hong Kong China. My ACL was torn back in 2014 but I didn't recognize the seriousness of my knee injury at that time. But later I realized my knee had become unstable and always give way easily. Since then I hardly climb in bouldering gym as my knee hurts every time I jump down from the climbing wall. Not only does I suffer physically, but psychologically I felt weak and fearful as well. After having scanned by MRI, it was found that my ACL and meniscus was completely torn. Luckily, I underwent the ACL reconstruction surgery 2 weeks ago and I hope I can get back to sports very soon.
Hey, can I ask how your knee is now? Have you managed to get back to any climbing? I also knew something was wrong with my knee but I tried to just get stronger naturally but even if it gets stronger the instability is still there so I think its time to just get MRI and go from there.
There’s a great little book on natural healing written by an older man who cured himself of a number of maladies without medical intervention, called My Physician, Myself. I read it a couple of years ago but lost my copy. I’m going to Amazon right now to order one and be more careful with it. It’s more than worth the read. You might look into the work of Luigi Cornaro, a Venetian nobleman who lived to be 102.
Great video
I’m going into my senior year of football with a Completely torn ACL and the doctors are still letting me play. I’m scared but very excited to be given one more chance. Only play with a torn ACL if it’s your last chance ever to play your sport and you must be willing to assume the risk that you could be stiff legged the rest of your life. Wish me luck.- Montezuma Cortez High School Colorado
Hey hi I have a torn ACL too. How's it going with you I haven't had surgery? Are you still playing your sport
I did the same thing with basketball. Knee held up good all year. I had a custom made knee brace that I recalled 2-3 times during the season lock up on me as without my knee would of completely gave out on me. Had surgery after high school and all is well.
However now I have torn me left acl.. me and my damn knees haha
I tore my ACL last year May and i return to sports this january
I torn the ACL and tried to play soccer without surgery and ended up with torn meniscus as well, so don't follow my steps as it's downhill from there if you don't do surgery...
I faced the same problem. So were u able to resume soccer again after both Acl and meniscus tear?
@@nabilallyjaun5153 Hello, I personally didn't go back to play again but that is 100% my fault, I only did the post op physio and did not follow through the other steps like reconditioning, weight loss and muscle gain...if you follow all the right steps you should be back to the pitch in 9m to 1y! Good luck
I had a full mcl and partial back tear back in the 5th grade I was 10 and since then I’ve hurt it a few times with out a brace on but with it I play fine I’m 17 now and the best thing to do to prevent injuring the knee again is to increase the hamstring strength
Hi Dr. Geier,
I tore my acl, lcl, partial pcl tear and meniscus 40% left. So I tore it skiing for the first time when I crashed and my ski didn't eject the boot. Several years later after surgery I have skied a second time which I can say I experienced some worrisome buckling and a sore knee. My question is should I snowboard instead having never done it before and only having skied twice in my life, in order to reduce the risk of another knee injury. I think I would enjoy the sport that keeps me safer in regards to my knee. Thank you.
I have a partial torn ACL recently and I have not yet done a MRI. Anyway, my knee is just swelling and still I can sprint. Then I meet a physical professor and he says that it is not actually a tear in ACL, it is a tendonitis and you just have to rest and use an elastic band to stabilize your knee in order to give it more time to heal.
Hello doctor I have my acl torn on Feb 2019 while playing soccer, till this day I still play soccer as a goalkeeper. I use turf cleats it helps a lot on the stability of the floor. My question is what are the risk of still playing and contracting arthritis in the knee? Thank you so much for the response
hi sir, I had an ACL reconstruction 10 months before... but I feel little bit pain when compared to other knee... and I feel little discomfort with the surgical knee.....
Torn my acl 3years ago 2nd time and this time i didnt have suegery. My sport was basketball and its definietly possible to play, but you cant do pivots or crossovers at 100% speed. I would recommend knee compressor although it does not provide the stability needed, it does a great job of improving your prorpioception, because after tearing acl a lot of people lose the sense of where their knee is in the Space - which may cause them to injure again
36 now and completely tore my ACL at 30. I have been playing pick up soccer ever since. Since I played at a decent level I get by with one touch passing and not dribbling and changing direction. Feints are done on my solid leg. There are times when playing, always with a brace, that my knee buckles and I reinjure my knee. I take 2 weeks off and ice for first 2 days then I get to play for a few more months. Ideally, if you can afford it, have someone to help you and depending on which you tore, drive you around to PT, get the surgery. I did my left at 26yo and made a full recovery at a high level without thinking of reinjury at 11 months. I wqs physically good to go at 8 months but the mental hurdle is tough. Hope this helps.
Grade 11 I tore my acl. Played basketball in grade 12 with a brace and even had an offer to play for a college. Knee felt pretty good honestly all season.
Fast forward 12 or so years now and I tore my other acl now at age 30 playing Rec basketball. Knees not as happy this time around. I tried playing here and there but the knee is really unstable, plus I don’t have a brace for it. So now I wait for surgery number 2.
I tore my acl 3 years ago but i never knew until about 6 months ago when the pain was unbearable. during that time i was playing soccer and it was the worst mistake i could’ve made as i ended up tearing my meniscus as well. I felt good to run and all that but when it came down to changing direction and having to suddenly stop in a sprint, jump, or shoot, it was the hardest thing in the world. I didn’t know it was my acl but thankfully i got my surgery, i am 6 weeks after surgery and i feel progress coming along
How you doing now??
Hello Doctor David! Thanks for your video. I'm a 42 year old male. I tore the ACL on my right knee last July playing Soccer (non contact). My orthopedic doctor recommended Physical Therapy first. While doing PT, I made good progress and since I was not having any major knee stability issues like buckling or shifting and I had good strength in my knee, my Orthopedic doctor recommended perturbation training for 10 sessions. I was able to complete the training without any issues. Since then I haven't had any major issues and I'm able to do daily activities without any pain. I played Basketball after 4 months wearing the ACL brace and I recently played again and I didn't have any issues at all and I was able to play normal thankfully. I would like to get back into playing Soccer (Goal Keeping), Basketball, Tennis, Golf, etc. I'm a bit nervous, but having the support of the brace is really giving me the confidence to be active. I don't think I can make hard cuts/pivots without the support of the brace. Given my age and I would like to be some what active in playing sports, would you still recommend ACL reconstructive surgery or continue being active and playing sports with the ACL brace?
I have the same question. Did you get any answer?
I’m 49, just tore my ACL and MCL three weeks ago. I’ll be in a brace for another 4 or 6 weeks with therapy. I’m about to start therapy next week I have time to research, ask questions and request personal experiences from others before I decide if I want surgery.
So far I am 50/50 not decided. Everybody I ask love me with the same doubts
@@jorgecalderon5584 can you tell me more about your ACL tear now cause I torn mine
Hi Doctor
I have an High Grade ACL TEAR in my right knee but I am able to do all the basic activities and my knee is also stable. My age is 29, so can I avoid the surgery. Please advise thanks. And my left MRI doesn't show any damage but it pain some time what could be the reason. Please give your opinion.
Thanks a lot
Hi, I play soccer in a lower league (semipro) 3-4 times a week (2-3 practices, 1 game + gym 2-3 times a week + 60-90min of yoga) and (apparently) I torn my acl in Feb. I had my knee checked 3 weeks after the injury (after the pain and swelling receded) and the lachmann test was actually negative (the orthopedic doc wrote that all ligaments were firm) so I returned to soccer after about 5 weeks. I played in every game since April 1, (90mins) = for 2 months without ever having any instability issues. While I didn't feel 100% at first, now, after 3 months since the injury, the only reminder I have is a somewhat limited range of flexion (stretching my quads, I can bend the knee to about 90-95%). Now that the season is over I had an mri and the results show a discontinuation in the ACL and the radiologist concluded it was a complete tear of ACL with laxity. Based on this, should I consider a nonsurgical treatment or would you just really recommend an acl reconstruction if I want to keep playing? Thank you
I have acl tear for more than 15 years .. can't play right left movement sport .. but have been running for a while
Hi. I am a football player. And i have torn my ACL, high grade partial tear ACL and also lateral meniscus injury. It has been 8 months since i caught in the injury. But in my case, the doctor does not reccomend me to get a surgery. He just asked me to strenghten the quadriceps and also calves muscle so that it will help to support the knee while twisting or landing from jumping and running.
I have a completely torn ACL. I’ve yet to be cleared to play but I don’t plan on surgery until after I finish the current football season.
I torn my acl play football/soccer 4 years ago went successfully and carried on playing football for about 2 years and done the same knee again. I am now waiting for my 2nd surgery (been 10 months now) I am 25 years old. I keep fit and healthy I cycle a lot and go gym a lot and feeling good. I might play this weekend. Friendly match. I have been told before do not play contact sports with a torn ligament. You will cause further damage. But I miss playing football so much. I am also very fortunate I am from the uk and get free health care so I don’t have to pay for surgeries!!
Me too .im 15 years old bro I miss playing football
Hi doc..I am Bangladesh. a complete acl tear reconstruction without surjery? How can I remove my knee joint's minimal effusion. Please reply sir.
in hockey i went for a hit and i shifted all of my wieght to my back leg which on contact it buckeled and the same thing happened a couple months later when i was cleared to play. my doctor told me that i streched my mcl and i needed two weeks. So i took my two weeks off and got right back at it. This latest september i was also playing hockey when i was knocked to the ice when somebody kicked the outside of my knee which i felt the shin bone slip and a pop. I went to the same doctor and he told me that i could play in one weeks time. so i went back a week later. There were no further problems with my knee until last friday when i was recommeded to go see the glen sather clinic in the U of A hostipal. There ortho doctor told me that i tore my acl, so i was mis-dignosed and now i need surgery. P.S- Thank you glen sather clinic for your amazing hospitallity.
Without an mri there’s no proper way to actually know if it’s actually torn. I to was told a sprain. Then a months later maybe a partial tear. Then I saw a sports doctor and he thought it was a complete tear. Got an mri and he was correct
Hi doc i have an acl complete tear and total meniskus disect about 4 years ago... I play badminton all the year with a knee strap .. just good .. but lately i feel my knee always poping out even i use knee strap ... Is it help if i do an acl recon now ...how many years till i get an OA..
Sory for my bad english ..
On April 14 I was playing a basketball tournament with my team mates. Our coach forgot to do stretches. In a competition game I jumped up to block a shot from the opposing team and land straight kneed which gave me pain. I was still able to play and my mom gave me to some pain pills. However when I went to practice yesterday evening during scrimmage I noticed the knee was bothering more than usual from the stops and pressure on me knee. What did I injury and is it okay for me to go to swim practice?
Tore my acl my senior year and still finished my football season and track season I also went to state without it & doctors said my other tendons and muscles where strong enough to hold my leg
I'm 17 years old. I play professional basketball A month ago I tore off the ACL without hitting the meniscus with a stretch in the back. I was consulted by two sports doctors. One doctor said surgery needed to be restored with the pubic tendon and a second doctor said that because the knee in a physical examination looked stable, surgery could not be performed and only physotherapy treated. From your experience is it ever possible to go back to playing professional basketball without surgery? Can knee damage be sustained over time because no surgery has been performed?
Thanks a lot Guy
Acl tear gread2 & small redial tear at anterior horn of lateral meniscus no pain no swelling in knee what can I do
Its Been An Year I Had My ACL Surgery And Now I Trains In Gym Normally.. Intense Weight , Sharp Turns , Everything Great.. But Still I Hear Some Cracking And Poppin Sounds While Doing Some Squats Or Leg Bending Exercises .. Plus Now I Am Thinking To Start Playing Soccer With a Strap Or a Brace So That I Wont Injured My Ligament Again ..
After the ACL injury, Within how many days we should have surgery ?
I have total acl tear but I don’t feel any such kind of symptoms but doctors says need to do a surgery
The other day I played football and I lost my balance and I hared a crack in my knee. I felt a little pain at that moment and then tried to walk it off. The next day I felt pain in my knee I found it difficult to fold it but I can walk with a little limp. I had a partial acl tore before I dunno if this made it worse.
I'm 49, just tore my ACL and MCL three
weeks ago. I'll be in a brace for another 4 or
6 weeks with therapy. I'm about to start
therapy next week I have time to research,
ask questions and request personal
experiences from others before I decide if I
want surgery.
So far I am 50/50 not decided. Everybody I
ask love me with the same doubts
Did you make a decision?
I had a very successful quad graft and on my right knee and it is significantly stronger then before.. unfortunately fully tore acl/mcl and partial meniscus on the left knee couple months back playing pickup basketball. MCL has seemed to heal up somewhat well but acl/meniscus surgery next month :( - I skated and skii'd last week though :D
Hi Dr i torn my acl and meniscus 3 months ago i still feel pain and cant walk properly my question am i be able to walk again
Hello,
I tore my ACL 9 years ago, I am 25 years old now. I played soccer between age 18-20 and again started playing since the last 1 and a half years. My knee has never buckled, but recently it has been irritable and I am unable to stand with a normal stance(I tend to put more weight on my good knee). At the moment, I feel like I cannot play without further damaging my knee. I want to go for surgery but I am scared that I might not be able to return to full fitness to play soccer. I live in India where good physical therapy is hard to find. Any advice would be much appreciated.
my acl is torn right now and my season starts in august i’m able to sprint with a knee brace that was in the video abs it doesn’t really hurt just when i slow down it tickles i guess u could say abs i was also cutting on my torn acl too like running routes etc. i’m going to sit out for the whole month of july and hope it gets a little bit better
I had partial acl tear in my left knee the mri wasnt so effective because it can barely differentiate that how many a fibres of ny acl were lost. This was 5 years since the i went through a rehab now quad and calves are in good shape. Can i play football now.? And yeah how time does it require to fully heal the partial acl tear. I guess 5 years are more than enough can i play football i feel some instability in my knee when i play too much or when i become aggressive during the game. I guess playing it light and for fun purpose would be quite good
I have occured a complete torned acl in my right knee...is there any other solution rather than going for surgery
had a complete acl tear...didnt listen to my doctor and had a surgery ...did strength training around the knee are...after 4 months the knee felt constantly stable... then started to do a lot of plyometrics...its now 2 years and i play soccer 3 times a week ! no problems whatsoever ! in the other knee i did have surgery in 2004 and it never felt the same... this time i am better than before ...
Thanks for sharing your experience!
I completely tore my anterior cruciate ligament 2 months ago and my MRI report said that I also have mucoid degeneration seen on both the medial and lateral meniscus... but I dint have any swelling in my knee.. no buckling of knee not even a sensation of my knee giving way .. I got my MRI done twice to see the improvement of my knee my meniscus improved a bit ..
My doctor has suggested me for brisk walking and he said me to increase the speed day by day up to a month and he said he will let me play after one month.. so Dr can u plz suggest me something would it be possible for me to play without an ACL ... will I be able to play basketball without an ACL???
Is it cumpolsary to get the arthroscopy done.?? If not done will I have any impact on my knee ?? I'm just 20 years old.. does any protein rich foods .. foods rich in vitamin c which consists of collagen forming ingredients help me out??? I would be glad if u help me doctor since I have delayed my surgery .. should I undergo surgery or not??? Thank you 😊
Hllo sir , i torn my acl 2 years ago. Doctor suggest me for surgery .and after surgery i started palayed again like ,before the injury but yesterday my knee patella has dislocated , so please tell me the best treatment for that dislocation of knee.. Thnku pleaaasssee. Rply doctor
Hi,
I originally tore my cruciate over a year ago but due to lockdown, had no idea.. i saw a number of physios who presumed meniscus damage, i rehabed for 4 months and then came back before injuring it again 1 week after full training. Ive now rehabed again when i finally got an MRI, i then began to play games as i felt great, got my results before being told i had no Cruciate ligament and small meniscus damage, but that my legs ate strong and thats why ive been able to play. Im currently still going while waiting for surgery, but i get no pain or swelling. Its a little confusing
Hi Dr. david, i just want to ask if i can still play basketball? Because, last year I injured my right knee from jumping side ways and under go for therapy last month for strengthening. Is it possible that i can back in sports that i love?
Is pattellar dislocation can cause unstable knee ?
Meanwhile me who torn my ACL within the first 5 minutes of my rugby game and I played on for the other 75 minutes of the game. Yes I knew it happen straight away, but I continued to run, tackle, take the ball into contact, scrums and rucks. My knee and quad swelled up instantly, worst pain I've been in
I duplicate my kneecap playing soccer 15 years ago n I had the surgery n keep on playing for like 10 years but my knee keep on gave out on me so I stop playing the last time it happened the doctor say you lost all Cartledge in your left knee the knee i duplicate now i am a assistant coach for a division 2 women’s soccer team in Philadelphia since I can not play anymore
Hi, i tore my acl for about 6 months but didn't have a surgery because of financial problems, but now i still plau basketball. What is ur advice?
So I have possibly torn my ACL in my left leg (I’ve torn my ACL and meniscus in the right leg previously) and I’m waiting for an mri appointment... I’ve played basketball at a pretty intense level but not at 100% and the weird thing is my knee has not buckled yet my knee would swell up and go stiff after I got done playing but I haven’t felt any real pain like I did when I completely tore my other ACL
Hello sir im donald jae from Philippines. Id suffered acl injury 4 years ago in playing basketball. Until now my leg still popping out, it is so embarrassing that i cannot stand direct waking up in the morning because of my condition. I want to have an acl operation but i dont have the money for the payment of the operation. Can you help me to have a free operation sir? I have to have my legs back in normal and live life to the fullest.
I try to play football again, but the knee keep slipping, and doctors here in Greenland don’t want to do surgery. It’s so hard for me
I have a torn acl and mcl and have had it since 2019 so yes u can play sports with it but eventually you will have put so much pressure on ur knee that you will be in pain for about 1 week and it will hurt to walk but this happens maybe 1 once every month month and a half
My acl is torn. I’m about a year post injury..I’m not as active as I was because I don’t want to hurt it again. I was treated non surgically and still have trouble with full extension..it feels like my hamstring is tight. I am wondering if there’s a way I can tell the degree of instability or disability. I want to get back to wheelies on my dirtbike but don’t dare. Note: ortho did pull test manually and my tibea just moved forward about an inch it seemed. However m.r.I. Showed no acl damage. Ortho assured me it was gone.. thoughts??
Hi doc....i am vaibhav from india...my MRI just say that i have contusion in my ACL ...doc saya its not a tear....yet i am not being able to out weight on my knee and play active sports ..pleaae advice when i will be able to do so
I tore my ACL at the end of 2018, but because my insurance is dogshit, I haven't been able to get reconstruction surgery yet
I swear I'm not joking when I tell you this but I have a teammate who completely tore the ACL in his left knee (proven with MRI and other tests) and he came back after only three weeks. He wore a knee strap right below his patella which he claims kept his shin from popping out of place. He somehow managed to play an entire season of very competitive soccer and now, almost a year later he's going to get surgery to get it reconstructed. I'm not saying he made a good choice because playing any competitive sport with an ACL deficient knee is still very risky. FYI: it was his senior year of high school and he didn't want to miss it.
Ali Shah it’s going to effect him in the long run. Even if I wanted to play bad I know a acl tear can end careers especially in soccer.
Well it is doable. When your ACL breaks other ligaments have a bigger load on them. Also your leg muscles are really important, when strong can take the load off your ligaments. It is very much up to every persons anatomy, although more usually its for the worst.
For example my personal anatomy, as I found out, made my fibula bone slightly bent - that in turn meant some of my ligaments where extra strong and some overstretched as the knee was slightly off perfect balance. That in turn caused events to come together and I broke my ACL completely.
Still you are missing an important part if you have a broken ACL, then the next layer off your structure will take the brunt force. Probably other ligaments and more so meniscus plates. Also always the hidden risk off the next injury being a lot more worse as the ACL is not there to stop the force this time.
I myself had a 4 month period between the injury and surgery. In that time I played a little paintball even and as adrenaline took over I was rushing full speed in the arena without even feeling my ACL. Although I had already learned that my knee buckled in a certain angle and I guess I had it in my muscle memory to avoid that position. Of course soccer is a lot more dynamic and random in terms of leg movement and forces so that is a lot more dangerous but he might of lucked out. Still not recommended, the next injury will be a lot worse and you are already then grinding away your meniscus.
He is very tough player
dont blame him. had the same problem with my senior year of football
Razali1188 Zali thank u
Hello i am 16 and I love soccer so much I have tune my acl 6 weeks ago just wondering if I can play I think I need sergery can you give us some tips plssss
Hi my name is Tamia and I got a high grade torn ACL as well as a meniscus . I was wondering am I am to play track and field I'm currently a thrower (Shot Put and Discuss)? I'm got hurt playing flag football and my cleat got stuck and I throw my leg out and I heard it pop four times .
I'm currently waiting to speak with my doctor about surgery I'm able to run and bend my knee but of course my hard pivoting hurts my knee.
Please help I need an professional in look. But I also want to end my senior year with a bang.
I realy need help i thore my acl in a rugby mach early this year and i was on criches and some weird thing going around my leg that keeps my knee in plase i was on it for 2 months i startet rehab and my dockter told me in six months i can play again i did play and my knee twisted after the first step i took it was a bang sound in my knee and i feel fine once again should i wait one year or how long wil it take to fully recover
i was playing soccer as a goalie. there was a corner kick and i went out for the ball in the air and one of my own teammates came up behind me and my leg got caught in between hers and it twisted inward and completely popped. that’s the only thing i remember hearing at all is just the popping. this happened about 3 weeks ago and i get surgery in about 8 days but this past week i’ve been taking a small soccer ball and have been kicking it around my house. it doesn’t give me the same type of thrill of playing a real game of soccer but at least it’s something.
No ma'am if ur knee had twisted check with MRI because I also got ACL surgery very bad u can check my video
@@chanalopon633 where is your video Iam on fence about surgery
@@chanalopon633 okay 👍 I found your videos I will check them out
I have torn both ACLs. My left ACL was torn kickboxing and I had it repaired (using my patella tendon along with meniscus excised). I was able to fight 9 months late. I did have another procedure to break up some scar tissue as I could hardly bend it, Years later I had my right ACL torn (a gradual tear eventually becoming a complete tear). I am able to still compete (in Judo these days). I assume that scare tissue allows me to do so. My right knee works better than my left knee. It has better range of motion. I can do most things except heavy lifting (like a dead lift or anything thing that puts a lot of pressure against my right leg). Would be interested to know your thoughts on this Doc.
hey !! how is your knee now? is it good?? i wanna know
I has acl tear i dont know if its partial tear or grade 1 tear its been 6 weaks nearly and i limited my movement i dont know if i can retury to play football although my doctor told me a weal ago 6 month and u can play and i dont know whAt to do
A play football (sooccer)with an Acl torn for a 6 months period until my knee popped again. I used a braced but when the pitch start to be muddy the brace doesn’t do the job and my knee pop again. Know a had a meniscus injury😂. Doesn’t hearth to much but i’m unhappy
Can I run 100 meter dash as there is no horizontal movement?
Im a construction worker i tore my ACL i can not AFFORD the surgery do you think that i can make it doing what i do best for a living until i can afford my surgery and get my life back on track
Anyone else here cuz they tore their ACL? I have a complete tear...and am getting surgery soon...I tore it back in September...
i tore mine on my birthday this year jan 12th, i’m getting surgery this month on the 17th :/
@@romanmiddleton9690 I hope it goes well bro. My birthday just passed on the 2nd
Tore mine last month at softball practice getting surgery in April I’m pretty scared
@@priscillasanchez7392 I hope it goes well for you. If it's worrying you enough that you think need to talk about it i can give you my snap or ig.
@@romanmiddleton9690 worst birthday gift ever
hy im frm india,a month bac i had an Acl partial tear n doc told to me to do rehab exercises fr a month aftr a month my leg was stabl n slowly slowly i started playin soccer again started of wid practise sessions with SAQ'S n suddenly my leg gav away wile i tried to trap an arial ball its swollen a lil bit nd it gav a pain fr abt 7-8 mins aftr dat its juz swollen a bit in 3 weeks tym i hav my trials wat shld i do??????
I torn my acl playing in a soccer scrimmage I used ice for a week and got better, after that I continued running 15 to 18 miles a week and no problem, the problem was just even juggling the soccer ball or even stretching was painful, until at work in a simple pivoting to my left I torn my meniscus and that was the end my meniscus turned out to be a buckle tear which prevented to extend my leg. End of my story don't play or pivot if you know your acl is torn!
Hello my name is Torrey I tore my ACL back in either October or November and while it was still torn I continue to play high school football after three weeks of being out.
I played all the way in December because our team was known for entering the championship games and motherfucker did it hurt.
Because my knee didn’t shift like most people the trainers didn’t think I had an ACL tear but the doctors knew that it was Torn.
At this point I had no idea whether if it was torn or not but I can guarantee that my knee did it hurt.
I had some help from the trainers regaining my flexibility since I could bend my leg all the way but the thing that helped heal my leg the most was ice and 100% elevation every night above the heart.
Around February I was able to jog without a knee brace and then March I was able to sprint also without any knee brace. But any twisting and turning was a no-no.
Since the ACL tear was a very big thing it’s something that my parents wanted me to keep a secret from any of the colleges that I may have introduce myself to.
So now I am tending a college that doesn’t even know of my injury and I have no idea whether my parents will allow me to say anything or if I’ll just continue playing on a bad torn ACL.
I’m prepared for the worst to happen I’m just hoping that my parents know that I shouldn’t go out there with a torn ACL but at this point why bother with the surgery the season is about to start up.
Although It has been 8 months so that should mean that I should perhaps get a surgery but my parents have always been saying that I should wait until I get into college so that the surgery can be under their guidance or something.
Anyways that’s my story if I need to comment again making like an updater something.
i did twisted my knee back to 2010 and right there i knew it wast My acl ... i took 6 to 7 months off and get back on the pitch without a surgery , but my knee is not stable once a while i keep twisting it. and i think its time for a surgery . its juts im scared i guess .
I have pain in knees but i can run easily but if i increase speed i feel pain and after sometime there is swelling in knee
Torn my acl when i was 13. Doctor told me i shouldnt have surgery until i was fully grown. I am 33. No surgery. Knee hasnt been stable completly and have been carry off court 5-6 times. Usually takes a month of rest.
I can run. Prob is lateral moves and jumping too high. I still play recreational 3-3 or 5-5 but i know that i cant push it. I have a great sky hook.
Developing a sky hook is one way to deal with it!
Hello Doctor,
I have a torn ACL. After looking into my MRI my doctor said it might be a complete ACL Tear. I dont feel any symptoms of an ACL tear. My knee is stable. I could hear a small poping sound and which doesnt happen always. My doctor recommended me to go for few PT sessions and wear Knee braces. He suggested surgery but said it is not required immediately. Also He said i can return to sports.
Please advice if I can go ahead playing my sport (Badminton) with few PT sessions and the knee braces.
Thanks
Binoy Baby
I have no ACL, tore it in the ocean when a rip tide came and wiped me off my feet, my knee went 90° sideways and thought I broke it. Then, as I was "healing", I was getting into my car (the step into the car with one leg method), and went 90° again, this time with my full weight over it, and completely severed the ligament. I will likely need surgery at some point, but the docs say due to my age (too young), weight (obese) and profession (not physical, office work), they want to put it off and just have me try to do physical therapy exercises to strengthen the muscles around it to help support it.
But this weekend, my knee went backwards too far, and I've been in agony every day since. It's hard!
I bet! I hope it gets better!
No if u are playing any sports then only go for surgery
I tore my ACL 3 month ago, didn't know it was torn till few days ago after the MRI , I had a lot of pain after the injury for few days my range of motion was so limited but 2 weeks after I went mountain biking which the reason I tore my ACL in the 1st place. Now my knee feels really stable to me, I can do all my usual activities except dancing.
I do have really huge quads it seems to have held my knee together...
I'd like to ask you doctor if I should wait and see if my leg will adapt, cause my local orthopaedic seems to be pushing the surgery option to make money off of me...
Tore mine 4 months ago. Just had surgery 5 days ago.
I think every tear is unique in terms of your activities and your other anatomy. That is why I understand they do the "pulling" test to see where your knee gives away. The truth is your leg won't "adapt" in a sense if it is a complete tear, you have lost your ACL.
If you downgrade to less active activities it can be done. The only question I would have then is how fast would it speed up meniscus problems.
For that 3 months I was active again without an ACL I could probably do like 95% of the daily stuff. But sadly I had to cut out playing soccer and running. Also now and again I buckled my knee but my other ligaments or muscles actually learned to react so when I did I felt an automatic tension in my knee that "pushed" it to the correct place. After the ACL injury I remember it did feel like my knee was "falling off" for a long time and I used crutches.
Tore my acl 4 years ago, got my reconstruction on the knee and began healing, then 3 years later buckled my knee to find out my surgery never took and i been living without an acl all this time (meanwhile i been playing sports, running spartan races, etc.). Ive been living with the deficiency for about a year now and have conquered my buckling problem with an adjustment to my mind set of how im landing yet find it hard to build glute strength in the effected knee. if anyone has any advice let me know.
I think you should have yourself checked in Kamar-Taj
I tore my ACL in the military initially. I got surgery a YEAR after the injury. Then I ended up tearing the same knee again. I got second surgery…. I rehabilitated for a whole year and then sum and had yet another tear in the same knee.. I didn’t get a surgery this time. I got a custom knee brace and I completed the remainder of my semi pro football league. Brace helps ALOT! But still not perfect.
If you have hudl you can look at my highlights and how I was moving with the knee brace on my name is Isaiah Samuels
I tore ma acl 4 years ago and icompletely lost ma dream of becoming a soccer player and really caused kind of depression coz soccer was everything in my life 💔i even started smoking due to loss of hope all i want is just to pray for me🙏🏾
Don't give up!!! I know is hard to stop your dream but who knows, look at the midfielder Rapino she has torn her ACL's two or three times and look at the quality of player she is. KEEP ON WORKING HARD EVERYONE CAN! I will pray for you🙏
Thank you brother..that’s what I should I’ll keep fighting 🙏🏾💕
So I’ve torn my acl 3 times , first time I blew it grade 3 when I was 22 , I am an extreme snowboarder always hitting 50-80 ft jumps , i snowboarded for 7 years in a cti brace with minimal problems then finally got it replace at 29 , did quad tendon graft and blew it out again at 32 (grade 3 again ) snowboarder for 2 more years then got it fixed , now just did a partial tear grade 2 on the replaced acl , wondering if it’s even worth it getting it fixed again at this point since the replacement graphs don’t seem like they last long unless you don’t play hard
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Partially Tore my acl 3 weeks ago but it’s my senior year of hockey so I’m going to try to play with a brace
Brozy how did that go for you ?
I will tell you by experience ether way this was long ago commented playing with a brace isn’t going to help
I got high grade partial tear I can run slowly with out surgery
just tore mine yesterday
@@majora919 i wish someone told me this the moment i got injured but DONT FLIPPING PLAY shit! i played easy 5 v 5 and STILLL popped again tearing my meniscus so brodie don't do shut till after surgery
Hey David, my dad tore his Achilles playing basketball, and now he’s fine and can still dunk. Can you play sports with a torn Achilles’ tendon?
You have to let it heal first.
I Got a complete ACL rupture, just had a massive discussion with my surgeon regarding surgery , desperately want it reconstructed, I am high level aggressive downhill skier, I am a keen cyclists and I like to run, my knee does not show any instabilities whatsoever, all physical test , Lachman test and so fort are negative, but the MRI shows a complete rupture, I am still in moderate pain but that seems to be due to bone bruising they claim.
My surgeon is on the verge to refuse me surgery before I have proved instability issues ( oh yes, here in the UK under the NHS he couldn't open my MRI file to actually see the scan system is rubbish, he might not believe the report in the first place, I have a CD of the scan and can clearly see the rupture, BTW my CD that I have from the NHS doesn't work on the computers from the NHS)
Any professional advise? I skied twice after my injury, once with a knee brace and once before i had the MRI results withouth
David Wajsman You can have an operation to check if the acl is torn or not.
Hello. I tore my acl 2 years ago and had the allograft reconstructive surgery a couple months after. Before that surgery, my knee would routinely shift out of place to where I couldn't even pivot while walking slowly. Unfortunately I tore my same acl in the same knee again riding Motocross again when I landed a jump off balance with my leg off the bike and jammed my leg really bad. I even had my custom made brace on my knee when it happened this time, but that heavy impact was still too much. The first week my knee was swollen and painful and felt loose. Since then though, it's been better. There's still pain and it feels a little loose, but I'm able to ride again with it torn and it's nowhere near as bad as the first time. It doesn't shift out unless I forget and do things like push off too hard running up stairs when I forget it's torn again. It's so much less trouble this time that it's deceiving and sometimes I have to catch myself and not do too much. It's still pretty stable for the most part. I'll definitely be having surgery again in a couple months though still, so I'll be back to almost 100% next year. Thanks for these helpful videos! They've been very helpful
+Steven McClendon I'm glad they are helpful. Thanks for sharing your experience!
Steven McClendon I have same problem
I completely tore my acl along with meniscus snowboarding and I'm still boarding till my surgery whith a knee brace and duck tape
did you feel any pain while snowboarding? i have a torn acl and meniscus and i am a ski racer- hoping to ski this season without an acl
@@haidersohail9615 yes it hurts but you really can't perform good without your acl your knee just becomes really loose and you risk damaging your meniscus
@@collintaylor2539 ooh boy, its a risk than 😑
@@haidersohail9615 it is and I would highly recommend following everything your doctor says till your healed to prevent further injurie
Yesterday I got my ligament partial tear can i play badminton without surgery
you can play badminton with out legs
Dr Geier, I had a full ACL reconstruction, 1 year later another injury took me to the operation room for a second reconstruction. Now I am totally scared of playing soccer again. I have been playing with 13years old that I coach, but definitely, I am scared of playing with adults again. Do you think that if I train hard in all my legs muscles for around 4 months, is it possible to play with adults again?
+Pacha Mama It’s challenging for a patient to return after 2 ACL surgeries, but it’s possible.
bro I got the same acl injury don't worry about your knee just train harder strengthen your knee in the gym.and just do speed work,lunges, weight training and will be come back stronger in the field
I tore my ACL after playing football in March '19, by going for a shot at the same time as the other person blocked it, presumably he had a stronger leg than me and so the impact went directly through my knee and I heard two loud cracks. I didn't know I had done this at the time as I could walk properly a few days later, and after checking up at A&E they said I didnt have any knee problems after doing the ligament movements, and went skiing 5 days later (holiday had already been booked and did not want to miss this), but hadn't played football, only running, tennis and skiing until 3 years later
I then re-inured my ACL again playing football in September 2021, I had played about 4 weeks worth of matches until I got to a match where I was doing side steps and felt a slight buckle, but played on.. I then went in to block a shot and as my leg landed, the exact same two pops occurred and the same injury happened. It healed up again to the point I can run and play basic football, but sometimes moves out of place when I do certain movements. I had surgery on this a week ago where they grafted from my hamstring
I'm hoping I can get back to at least 80% of what it was, but i know it will take a long time. Let me know if you have had anything similar
Yep but rugby for me, but how come you chose the hamstring graft instead of the patella one?
And how’s ur knee now
@@prxstige6743 I think after the MRI scan they decided that the hamstring graft would be the best option as they didn't ask me where I wanted the graft to be taken from - I wasn't even sure you could take it from the patella but I wasn't concerned by this as I desperately needed the surgery
My knee is holding out well now, the first 2 weeks the swelling was so bad whenever I walked, but now I can walk fine and slowly working on getting back to a slow jogging pace
Ive been going to the gym everyday to build up leg strength again and stretching my hamstrings etc - still cannot get my leg to 0 degrees whereas my left leg can bend all the way back and more - physio said this would hopefully come later in the year and to work on building strength till then
I am playing football after a complete acl tear but my muscle is not strengthened like before what should I do???
soul journey bk meenu I am playing lacrosse on a torn ACL I have a heavy duty brace to help. Quad development in the muscle is important to keep it from slipping out again
Hello sir I'm sufring ACL injury in my left knee I'dnt want to operate please help
then you can’t play sports
Thanks for your info sir, it is very useful. My acl was completely torn 6 months ago now I am fit again and back to my base ball sport and 6 days intense workout and I am able to manage them without problem. So if I continue this way is my knee going to give me a problem in my 40s or 50s (now I am 27), please give me your response. :)
Thank you
Mach
Mahendra Satya how u were not able to walk properly i had torn my acl 3 months ago still feel pain and cant walk properly
Fardin Rahmany how are you now
@mahendra Satya. . how are you now ?
Did u had surgery ?
On Dec 2 of this year I completely ruptured my ACL and sprained my MCL during a basketball game. This happened on only our 3rd game of the season and I am a senior in high school. I had major swelling for about a week and a half after the incident, and then it began going down. Now I have barely any swelling and I can run on it and put weight on it though it still occasionally gives out when I extend my leg to far. I have reconstructive surgery for my ACL scheduled for Feb 8th, but I really want to play up until then with a brace because it is my senior year.. BUT I don't want to make it worse than it already is (meaning hurt or tear other ligaments). I'm just looking for any advice if anyone has went through anything similar. Thanks!!
Well played soccer and tore my ACL, sadly I simply quit such semi-contact sports until the surgery. I feared I would compromise the operation even further if I "won the lottery" and re-injured that knee. That fear of injurying my meniscus and other ligaments was too much. Sadly I would recommend staying safe until the operation. You will thank yourself in a year. (oh hell you posted it 4 weeks, ago so you are pretty much going to the operation already anyway =p )
I gave up playing football after I have torn my ACL ligament. I did not had the surgery. However I regret my decision now. I wish I can play football again.
I’m sure that’s hard.