Weight bearing, people immobilize their ankles with shoes/braces and that makes the knee hypermobile..frozen hip also does the same thing... the knee just takes the hit when the ankles and hips aren't working right, which is common for a lot of people, especially if you're more sedentary than active. and i believe it's shorter than that laterl and medial ligaments, which are probably already weakened/stretched, so maybe they give more on a knee twist and the ACL doesnt.
Yeah man I tore it up at ACL last year. My Morning Jacket, Kanye, Delta Spirit, Arcade Fire, wrecked that s**t.
Is there a way to prevent an ACL injury? I play basketball 3 times a week and that's kinda scary to think about.
My ex GF tore hers while we were dating. She was tumbling for cheerleading and DESTROYED her knee. I know she was trying to do a 'full', which is supposedly a pretty tough tumbling move where you do a 360 flip or something. Anyway, that was when she was a sophmore in high school.. this was 7 or 8 years ago, I'm no pedobear. She was tumbling again by the time she was a senior, but never got back to the level she was at before the accident. I'm sure a lot of it was mental. Apparently you could hear the pop of all the ligaments snapping etc..
Dude. I hear this is painful... I tore my MCL and didn't know it was torn for a while, until my meniscus was compensating and it tore, too, and I had pain. The orthopedist then recommended getting arthroscopic and so I did it, but now it's bothering me again. I had a choice to get a cadaver's ligament put in, but I didn't want that so I could continue to live normally. I think it's getting messed up again... but this time it's different pain. Get well soon, sir.
Keeping your leg muscles strong will always help. That being said my ACL randomly popped when my legs were still pretty strong.
I guess you could wear a brace on both knees..but thatll be somewhat restrictive.. Tearing an ACL can literally happen to anyone at anytime during an activity that requires quick change of direction/ lateral movements.. I tore mine with absolutely no contact playing bball. As for recovery, rehab is everything but it really sucks..also its really hard to get back to a 100% but I can play ball without pain and without any swelling (for the most part), but its really sad when your playing defense and guys who shouldn't be able to get by you are doing so. I dont go balls out 100% anymore like I used to, because Ive seen too many people tear their other acl. In fact, while your chances of tearing a replaced ACL are low the chances of tearing the other one increase, most likely because you are over compensating. It will probably be close to a year before you can trust the knee to fully play ball again, and thats with a good amount of rehab. My advice: Get surgery ASAP and then Go HARD on rehab, while at the same time working out the rest of your body.. do cardio if you can do so without putting too much strain on your knee (ie swimming, biking, elliptical) cause its really easy to put on weight as someone mentioned earlier. Make sure you give your knee plenty of rest as well as icing down when you have to and DO NOT try to play sports too early cause you can def injure something else.
like a couple of m60s going off in your knee. i was at a park with a bunch of rowdy kids when it happened and i could still hear it.
Sometimes you can't prevent it, an outside force may twist your knee or force u to.... Otherwise you need to have good stability, core muscle must be firing well, good mechanics, etc.. Strength won't matter as much if it's not in the right places and/or unevenly distributed int he leg.
Also, practice should help. I thnk a lot of times the problem is the muscle has no memory of how to do the movement, so it can't do it properly in the split second you try to do it. Practice spinning, pivoting, etc. make sure your muscle's know the movements. For girls, their knee to hip angles are screwy, so that alone puts them at greater risk.
That sounds like it shouldn't be the reason to have your ACL tear. Why do so many athletes tear theirs, if they've been "practicing" the same moves the entire lives? It's not like they're doing a new move. Does that make sense?
Not really, mine was on a steal at half court. Dude crossed over I tapped the ball away towards the sideline, we were both running/battling for the ball I got it threw it behind my back to my running teamate. I looked back to see the ball get to it's target planted my right leg with my body twisted and BOOM! Just the worst snap, crackle, pop you'll hear/feel!! Fell in a heap. Teamates picked me up took me to the bench. Knee was twitching and felt weak. I actually went back in, we went 2-3 zone they rotated the ball from side to side I tried to close out and my knee gave out. I took myself out and within minutes my knee looked like someone had stuffed a grapefruit in it. I'll never forget that evening.
Momemtum, weight, balance just gravity in general. Imagine a 220 pound athlete running full speed and planting their leg to change direction. The ACL has to stabilize all that weight, momemtum and load everytime this happens. Sometimes it just gets overloaded and snaps.
I didnt say it was the only reason or that it applied to everyone. I'm also assuming we're talking about pros and the average joe. Lack of muscle memory would apply to the average joe, especially those guys who rarely play or stay active. however, it could still apply to a pro athlete when the circumstances are changed. For example, a pro athlete practices their spins in "ideal" situations, but if during a game he over steps as he does it to avoid a defender/charge, then there's different stretching/tension there, which wouldn't be the same that the muscle remembers.
Headed out back to work, but quickly: If you're overweight, start working on that before you have surgery & begin rehab The constant-motion machine they'll make use constantly (and sleep with!) for the first week or so post-op will definitely suck but is incredibly important to keep scar tissue from building TIRR, if you're in Houston and your insurance is agreeable, is excellent. Do not slack on rehab Rehab will not be fun You'll be pretty much normal after 2 years if not sooner
i honestly don't remember all his reasons. have tried to put the details of that misery behind him. i know he had the most success with it, and probably found that there were the smallest risk of complications after. and maybe what he considers the most stable rebuild. what are your opinions? i'm guessing you are in the industry and a proponent of the cadaver?
the motion machine is a nuisance, but nothing to worry about. it will be an adjustment if you aren't one who normally sleeps on your back. everything pretty much sucks, but just keep things in perspective. it's a sports injury. you aren't terminal. also, you are constantly making rapid progress in your rehand, so it's kind of cool to go through in that regard. while i pretty much agree that rehab won't be fun, after a while (especially if your therapists are cool) it isn't miserable either. the only thing that really sucks about it is being unable to play sports for a while. and my biggest tip/regret: do whatever you can to not gain weight during your recovery.
There are pros and cons for both and there is no obvious winner. Clearly different doctors are comfortable iwth different ones. One thing about the cadaver is that you are inserting something foreign in your body, so it has to accept it. That said, I'd say most of the time it works(I haven't heard of it not working). Another thing for me, is I don't like taking away from my own body with the hamstring and you are also going to deal with soreness from surgery in two areas now from where you removed adn where you inserted.
