Anyone else busted their ACL

scamartist · 16 Jan 2009 at 07:42

What is the terrrible triad?

Is that where all the ligaments are damaged as oposed to just the one. :confused:

oneilldo · 16 Jan 2009 at 15:22

yeah Its a tear of the ACL and MCL (medial collateral ligament sp?) and tear of the minuscus (covering of bone within knee joint). Thankfully I didnt do that.

scamartist · 27 Jan 2009 at 18:45

Got my letter telling me the results of my most recent scan.

ACL is looking fine but there is some scar tissue on the front of the knee.

Consultant will clean it up and then I can get back on track with my rehab.

Also says the PCL has healed but at some point he would like to reconstruct that as well.

Anybody got any experience of PCL reconstruction?

Goodie · 6 Feb 2009 at 22:58

Found out this week that I've damaged the meniscus in my right knee. Gutted as its going to mean i miss the rest of the football season, what makes it worse is that my team is in three semi finals and topping the league, with one of the finals being played at the Britannia Stadium.

I knew I had done something more than sprained my knee which i was first diagnosed with, my knee feels generally week, ive got some swelling still (the initial injury was 7 weeks ago now) and anything that requires some impact on my leg hurts, with running and jumping something which i couldnt even contemplate doing.

Has anyone got any experience of damaging their meniscus and having to go down the surgery route? I know its only outpatients and nothing to what some of you folks have experienced but im still nervous all the same

BoomAM · 15 Feb 2009 at 12:27

Goodie said:
with one of the finals being played at the Britannia Stadium.

Dont worry about it, its a hole anyway!

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Seriously though, that sounds quite bad, really feel sorry for you there, playing at a proper footy stadium, whoever the team is, is a great experiance.

Goodie · 29 Mar 2009 at 14:35

After finally getting to see the specialist a couple of weeks ago it turns out that i have torn my cruciate and meniscus rather than what was origionally thought. It suprised me to be honest becuase although i still cant run I dont feel that bad at all really. I can walk around like normal without much pain as well as being able to jog lightly. Theres no pain really to stand and twist on my leg. However the specialist said that there is no doubt as to what ive done becuase there was no stability in my leg when he was doing some movements on it. So im in for a reconstruction on the 2nd April.

I must say that this thread has been helpful as to what to expect post op and its been good to read other folks experiences. Just a quick question though as i couldnt really see it written in already, what sort of duration are folks having to use crutches post op? Just trying to get a vague idea of what the first month post op is going to be like?

Azza · 29 Mar 2009 at 18:55

I used my crutches for two weeks sort of. In the 2nd week i was able to walk round pretty normally so i would use them on and off if i had to walk far or not.

im going to see surgeon / extended scope physio tomorrow for my second check up.

When I went last time they said everything was fine but the physio in Aber had been doing things too fast and that I wasnt allowed to do any jogging just yet, but I only went for a light jog once.

I try and go swimming and cycle when I can but it hard with the amount of work im doing at the moment. I'm just over 11 weeks post op.

Had a little problem last month when i slipped on ice when i was walking and I streching my hamstring so I couldn't do any exercises for a week or so until it got back to sort of normal.

Other than that everything is going fine so far.

Azza · 30 Mar 2009 at 14:28

Im officially allowed to run now.

a1ex2001 · 30 Mar 2009 at 21:29

Azza said:
Im officially allowed to run now.

Congrats, really feel for you guys. The only reason I pay for the private Healthcare at work is the fear of snapping my SCL playing footy.

Azza · 18 Jun 2009 at 15:08

Been to see the Advanced Scope Physio again today and she said everything is great and to come back in 6 months time.

She said I'm allowed to start training hard aiming to get back around September time as that will be 9 months.

Azza · 8 Jan 2010 at 13:02

So how we all doing?

Year since my OP.

Everything is fine, still a case of training hard and getting fitter and stronger. Not played any proper basketball yet but when term starts gonna book the court as much as I can.

oneilldo · 8 Jan 2010 at 18:01

well I was a bit lazy with the physio and need to train up some more. 18mths after my op I played footy on xmas eve and all was good. Gonna get back into squash and badminton and then footy weekly (once the snow goes).

scamartist · 8 Jan 2010 at 18:14

I'm about 18 months post op and have decided to give football a try this Monday.

Still get some pain from my knee but its possible its from the metalwork.

Seen an xray and it looks like something from the fixings rack at B&Q.

Surgeon keeps saying I need to get my quads built up but having great difficulty doing that.

Just hope the footy goes well and then I can get back into it.

Azza · 12 Apr 2010 at 11:44

Last week I played 20 mins of football for out towns reserve team which was good. Knee felt great running and kicking the ball, went in for a couple of tackles which was ok.

Hamstring feels a bit strange when I'm sprinting, not so that I'm going to pull it or anything, it just feels strange. I'm not sure if that is because it isn't as strong as my other leg or just because it's been operate on. We'll have to wait and see.

No point in joining any sports teams so late in the year, only got 5 weeks or so of term left until the summer, so I'm just going to carry on running and trying to get to the gym more before I sort myself out over the summer.

Hilly · 12 Apr 2010 at 12:16

How's every one doing now? Any of you playing your chosen sports again?

I found out last week that I've torn my ACL, which requires an operation - I'm booked in for the 5th of May.

Andybtsn · 12 Apr 2010 at 12:26

hilly said:
How's every one doing now? Any of you playing your chosen sports again?

I found out last week that I've torn my ACL, which requires an operation - I'm booked in for the 5th of May.

Good luck with it mate.

I have never done my ACL, but I did shatter my knee cap into a lot of peices when i was 17 and it took over a year before I could play football again! Still bothers me sometimes (8 years after) but can't fault the work the surgeon did.

Hilly · 12 Apr 2010 at 12:36

Andybtsn said:
Good luck with it mate.

I have never done my ACL, but I did shatter my knee cap into a lot of peices when i was 17 and it took over a year before I could play football again! Still bothers me sometimes (8 years after) but can't fault the work the surgeon did.

I'm just a bit worried I'll never get to play again.

I tore cartilage in my left knee, but was back after 6 weeks, this is a different kettle of fish though!

There was no one around me when I did it, I was in the middle of the park, opposite number had the ball and I was side stepping left, trying to anticipate where the ball was going, he's then reversed it to his left (my right) so I've stopped side stepping and pushed off on my right leg to close the ball down and it's just popped leaving me in a crumple on the floor

Gutted!

Azza · 12 Apr 2010 at 13:02

What graft are you having hilly?

Make sure you do every single thing the physio and surgeon tell you to do.

Hilly · 12 Apr 2010 at 13:23

Azza said:
What graft are you having hilly?

Make sure you do every single thing the physio and surgeon tell you to do.

Pretty sure I'm having the tendon graft from the patella. I don't remember the doc mentioning anything about my hammies!

how's your knee now Azza?

Zip · 12 Apr 2010 at 16:54

Im no doctor but ive been hearing of AFL(Australian Rules Football) Players getting new Synthetic ligaments used instead of using Actual Tendons or what ever they use out of your leg.

Ive looked it up and have found this for you lot.

http://www.lars-ligaments.com/
http://www.larsligament.com/

Over the last 2 years I have had experience with the LARS ligament which is a synthetic polyester scaffold developed in France. I have used this for patients who desire an early return to sport, or indeed to work. The advantages of this graft are that I do not need to take anything from the patient to use as a graft. What is left of the ACL is retained. The synthetic ligament is then placed through bony tunnels and fixed with titanium screws. This requires an overnight stay in hospital and a return home the following day. Because of the lack of concerns about weakening of the graft, rehabilitation is quicker than normal. A return to sporting activities may be possible within 3 months.

http://www.donohue.com.au/knee-reconstruction.html

CARLTON forward Brad Fisher is on track to return to the football field just 12 weeks after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament.

Six weeks after undergoing the same procedure as Swan Nick Malceski and Port's David Rodan - known as LARS (ligament augmentation and reconstruction system) - Fisher spent his 26th birthday, April 9, running laps at Visy Park.

It was only six laps, but as far as Fisher was concerned, it was the best present he received all day.

"The knee is going really well. I've been up and running for just over a week, I've pretty much got all the swelling out of it and I'm just trying to get the full extension and straighten my leg properly," he told afl.com.au.

"There's been a tiny little bit of muscle wastage, but other than that it's all systems go."

Fisher is already doing handball drills and some kicking on his left foot, but intends to spend the better part of this week convincing club medicos to let him start on the right boot.

He plans to be ready to play a half of football with VFL affiliate the Northern Bullants by round nine of the AFL fixture, which will give him plenty of time to push for senior selection in the second half of the season.

Out of favour last year and out of contract at the end of this one, Fisher is under no illusions as to the size of the task that lies ahead of him to keep his AFL dream alive.

"It was frustrating, but I had no one to blame but myself," he said of a 2009 season that saw him play just seven senior games to leave him stranded on 98 career matches.

"I just couldn't get up and going. I dislocated my elbow in the pre-season and that put me back a bit and I never really got going the way I wanted to.

"It was frustrating for me, but I was probably frustrating the coaches and the fans at the same time.

"I'm 26 years old and out of contract at the end of the year. I've always been a realist so I know what's going on - it made the decision [to undergo the LARS procedure] very easy for me.

"I understand that 26-year-old blokes who couldn't get a game aren't what other clubs are searching for, so I've absolutely got to prove my worth to Ratts and the other coaches.

"I'll be leaving no stone unturned to get back out there and play senior footy and hopefully everything else will take care of itself."

Fisher said he told the doctor he wanted the LARS procedure done 'about 20 seconds' after he was given the bad news in the Blacktown change rooms while his teammates played out the first-round NAB Cup clash against the Sydney Swans.

Even then he had a nervous few day's wait while doctors assessed his already-traditionally-reconstructed knee to determine if he was a suitable candidate.

He admitted to breathing a solid sigh of relief when he got the go-ahead and hasn't regretted his decision.

Of course there are always moments of doubt, but Fisher has taken great solace from the kind words of advice from both Malceski and Rodan, who is already back playing after undergoing his procedure in December.

"I've spoken to David and he's just rock solid with it," he said.

"He did every single possible thing he could as far as rehab is concerned and I will adopt the same attitude. Hopefully I can get back in similar time."

No time is a good time to suffer a major knee injury, but Fisher looked set to re-establish himself in the new look Blues' forward following the departure of Brendan Fevola.

On skipper Chris Judd's advice he did plenty of work with athletic and biomechanical experts outside the club this past pre-season and reaped the rewards in an eye-catching display in Carlton's intra-club match.

"It was by far and away the best pre-season I had done," he said.

"I hadn't missed a session just about, I got my body 100 per cent and I was really confident - I was ready to go.

"I loved playing alongside Fev and it was good to learn a few things off him, but with the footy coming inside 50 going to a few different options it probably gives three or four other forwards four or more shots at goal. So there's plenty of opportunity now.

"I was really disappointed, as anyone would be to get injured, but I don't have any time to waste on being flat or sulking about it. That won't do anyone any good, so I'm intent on just continuing to attack my rehab.

"I just love being around the footy club so it makes it easy for me to go in every day to do the work. There are a lot of people worse off than me - I get to play footy again in six weeks so I could be in a lot worse spot than that."

http://www.afl.com.au/news/blogarticlestandard/tabid/15692/newsid/92138/default.aspx

PORT Adelaide coach Mark Williams says he expects injured midfielder David Rodan to be back playing before the mid-season break.

Rodan joined his teammates at training on Tuesday for the first time since rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in December, but he is ineligible to play until at least round two as he has been placed on the club's long-term injury list.

But Williams said Rodan’s impressive training form was becoming hard to ignore.

“My heart was racing a little as David was going through a couple of those chicanes (cones and other obstacles),” Williams said after training on Thursday.

“He was starting to move sideways and do some of the great things everyone knows he can do in footy, so he doesn’t look too far away.”

Thursday marked exactly 11 weeks since Rodan had revolutionary LARS (Ligament Augmentation and Reconstructive System) to repair his torn ACL.

Sydney Swans’ defender Nick Malceski returned to the field in just 12 weeks after having the same procedure.

Williams admitted Rodan was close to being physically ready to play, but said he would also need to be mentally prepared before he could make his AFL comeback.

“You’d imagine David needs four or five weeks of really solid training where he’s getting tackled, smashing people and getting up with some confidence. I think his head’s more important now than his body,” Williams said.

“I would really expect that by the mid-season break he’d be playing. He definitely won’t be playing round one and it’ll be really up to when we think he’s 100 per cent ready.”

Rodan could battle to get his spot back with the fierce competition for spots developing at Alberton.

Defender Jackson Trengove, onballer Tom Logan and half-back Marlon Motlop have all been left out of the 26-man-team to take on the Western Bulldogs in the NAB Cup semi-final on Friday night.

They will be replaced by experienced quartet Warren Tredrea, Dean Brogan, Robbie Gray and Travis Boak.

Daniel Motlop is the only first-choice player missing from the line-up and Williams said it would be tough to trim the current squad back to 22 players come round one.

“I had to go and talk to a couple of players about not being in the side and they’ve actually been going okay [in the first two games],” he said.

Ruckman Matthew Lobbe has also been omitted from the team, so the coaches can have a good look at rookie-listed tall Cameron Cloke.

Cloke, Brogan and Justin Westhoff will do battle with Bulldogs Will Minson and Jordan Roughead at Etihad Stadium on Friday night.

Williams said he expected a tough challenge against the “most prepared” side in the competition.

“We’ve had a short week. We’ve come back from [playing in] 40 degree-heat and we have to fly two weeks-in-a-row… you can give us as many excuses as you like, but we’re not using any of them," he said.

"We’re going out there and really looking forward to playing at Etihad Stadium and getting a great result.”

http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6038/newsid/90194/default.aspx

Good luck and I hope this post can help some of you