Have you injured yourself playing sports, and what happened?
Sport: Football
Injured: Torn ACL, Strained PCL, Frayed Meniscus
Basically it was kick off and as I ran down the field I got hit while I tried to plant with my other leg my knee gave out. My leg was basically facing the other directions until I sat up and popped it back in place, and then I felt the pain. The knee swelled up pretty bad, and I couldn't bend it. I went to the doctor the next day (usually waiting a day for swelling to go down is better since they can see more), and he said I probably just tore my meniscus I would be back to football in a few weeks. I went to the actual knee doctor and he said I messed it up pretty bad. I had to get surgery which put me out for a year. It was a cadaver tendon from the tendon in front of peoples ankles. I decided to go with that since I play football and needed a strong ligament. My options were for them to take some of my hammstring muscles and make a ligament out of that or take some stuff out of my patella tendon from my other knee to make a ligament. I figured I would probably lose speed if I took out some hammstring muscle and if I used the patella tendon I would have two weak knees. Surgery was a pain (really bad after I ran out of the numbing medicine). Then I had Phsysical Therapy which wasn't too bad but frustrating when I couldn't even bend my leg and all I was trying to get my 90 degree bend and -10 degree something. After that I took running pretty easy but I gained a lot of weight and lost a lot of muscle in my legs. I ended up being quite a bit slower than I was and a little more heavier (maybe a lot 25 pounds). I still have pain my knees sometimes and I feel like its just gonna fall apart eventually. Its a 2 year recovery to be back at 100% and I would say I'm about 89% after a year.
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Sport: Football
Injured: Torn ACL, Strained PCL, Frayed Meniscus
Basically it was kick off and as I ran down the field I got hit while I tried to plant with my other leg my knee gave out. My leg was basically facing the other directions until I sat up and popped it back in place, and then I felt the pain. The knee swelled up pretty bad, and I couldn't bend it. I went to the doctor the next day (usually waiting a day for swelling to go down is better since they can see more), and he said I probably just tore my meniscus I would be back to football in a few weeks. I went to the actual knee doctor and he said I messed it up pretty bad. I had to get surgery which put me out for a year. It was a cadaver tendon from the tendon in front of peoples ankles. I decided to go with that since I play football and needed a strong ligament. My options were for them to take some of my hammstring muscles and make a ligament out of that or take some stuff out of my patella tendon from my other knee to make a ligament. I figured I would probably lose speed if I took out some hammstring muscle and if I used the patella tendon I would have two weak knees. Surgery was a pain (really bad after I ran out of the numbing medicine). Then I had Phsysical Therapy which wasn't too bad but frustrating when I couldn't even bend my leg and all I was trying to get my 90 degree bend and -10 degree something. After that I took running pretty easy but I gained a lot of weight and lost a lot of muscle in my legs. I ended up being quite a bit slower than I was and a little more heavier (maybe a lot 25 pounds). I still have pain my knees sometimes and I feel like its just gonna fall apart eventually. Its a 2 year recovery to be back at 100% and I would say I'm about 89% after a year.
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