I have to be on crutches?!


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I have to be on crutches?

I'm 14 and I'm probably going to have to get surgery done on my knee. I don't know what people will say at school because it will probably be done during the school year. I also don't know if I will have a knee brace, or a long leg cast on after surgery. If you can can you tell me what happens during ACL Reconstruction Surgery. I don't know if the type of surgery I have makes a difference in what is put on the knee afterward


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Yes, you will, but you will get lots of attention and people will treat you like a movie star:} Not so bad:} I would recommend you do it this summer, because of rehab. Otherwise, you will have to go to PT after school, and also miss volleyball season. No cast..used to cast, but no more. You will have a brace, that more than likely will be adjustable for your range of motion. The rehab was very lengthy when they casted. It's much easier now. Everyone will ask how you did it..tell them playing football or skydiving...something more fun than falling off a bleacher:} Where do you live? I still suggest you get your MRI, and then you can decide with what you learn from your surgeon, as to when would be the best time for you. You will find that you can get around just fine with the crutches. You can wear a backpack to carry stuff, but it's hard to get a glass of water and carry it, you will need a water bottle. And people will always be happy to bring you things:} Do a search for ACL on the Internet..lots of stuff out there, and support boards too. The important thing is that you find a good doctor. The Sports Medicine guys are usually good looking too:} Lots of nice people in PT, and your knee will be better than new. I guarantee many of the elite athletes who compete in the Olympics have had ACL surgery. It's more common with women then men, because the space where the joint is is larger in women, and the knee is slightly looser on women to begin with. The newest thing is to make that space smaller and you should ask your guy about that. Dr Stedman, who has a clinic in Vail devised the operation. Too bad you're not in Colorado because that is the place to go. But there are many good sports medicine orthopods, you just have to find the right one. Like I said, ask the football players or the soccer players. Go on the internet and find some of the support boards. Maybe there is even a group in Yahoo. You will get a lot more info from people who have been there done that, or are waiting for surgery..just like you. I have a young friend who is your age, and she is training to be an Olympian on the US SKI Team. She did it racing last season and of course was bummed because she had to miss the rest of the race season, and she did it in January. I guarantee she will be kicking *** this season, and I hope she gets to the Olympics and wins a gold! She will be too young for the next winter Olympics but the one after that is waht she is aiming for. Her dad was a World Class skier in France, and she skis just like him! She beats kids that are 2 and 3 years older than she is. At least get the MRI, so you know what you are looking at. The problem is the possibility of further injury if your knee is unstable. You could fall and do something else...not a good thing. Have you felt it just give way..like there is nothing there to hold you up? ACL reconstructions are not the awful things that they used to be, and the good doctors make a very small incision on the inside of your knee, and do plastic surgery sutures so that the scar is practically invisible. Let me know where you live, that will give me some idea on how to find the right guy.




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