They did play with a fully torn ACL. Wearing a ACL brace, we were told and I also read, that no more damage could be done.
This also came from the surgeon. What he was concerned about was the tear in the meniscus. On the MRI, they cannot tell or should I say couldn't tell how bad my DD's meniscus was torn. They wouldn't know until they went in. By playing on it, it could have torn it more. His concern was the potential arthritis she could develope in the knee when she gets older.
In my first post, I said it happened a week prior to high school starting. I didn't find out about it until 2 1/2 weeks after the fact. My DD hid it from me. She did it playing capture the flag. she went through the first week of practice with it like that, went to Florida for spring break, when we came back, her knee went out on her at practice, she got scared,and that is when I found out about it. We took her in to the family doctor, they said go to PT. I knew something more was wrong, went to Ortho, had MRI. Rest is history.
When she did have surgery, recovery time was 4-6 months if they had to cut away meniscus and replace the ACL with her patella tendon. If they repaired the meniscus, it would have been 5-7 months. She could not have put any weight on the knee for 4 weeks. Cutting meniscus away, she could put weight on it as soon as her knee would allow. They said she would be on crutches for 1-2 weeks. 2 days after surgery, she was done using the crutches. she pushed herself to get better as fast as she could. We followed the surgeons instructions, and the protocol. When it was time to hit the weights, that is what she did. She was fully cleared in 4 1/2 months.
with the torn ACL, the biggest risk is getting hit from the side, because their is no support in the knee. Like would happen in football or soccer. In our sport, that risk is very minimal.
I am not telling rubber biscuit what or how to proceed, I am speaking from our experience with this. I am saying, having a torn meniscus is not that bad to play on.
My daughter saw the things that I played with, and how I played through pain. Most likely that is where she got her mentality from. She saw me play with broken ribs, a broken bone in my hand, and a staph infection in my shoulder, it was so bad, during normal daily activities, I couldn't raise my throwing arm. During the games, I blocked it out. I was an idiot for that one, they ended up cutting part of the bone away in my shoulder, and I was on IV antibiotics for 2 months after the surgery. She saw me go through spinal fusion, fused 4 vertebrae. A month after surgery, I was out deer hunting.
This also came from the surgeon. What he was concerned about was the tear in the meniscus. On the MRI, they cannot tell or should I say couldn't tell how bad my DD's meniscus was torn. They wouldn't know until they went in. By playing on it, it could have torn it more. His concern was the potential arthritis she could develope in the knee when she gets older.
In my first post, I said it happened a week prior to high school starting. I didn't find out about it until 2 1/2 weeks after the fact. My DD hid it from me. She did it playing capture the flag. she went through the first week of practice with it like that, went to Florida for spring break, when we came back, her knee went out on her at practice, she got scared,and that is when I found out about it. We took her in to the family doctor, they said go to PT. I knew something more was wrong, went to Ortho, had MRI. Rest is history.
When she did have surgery, recovery time was 4-6 months if they had to cut away meniscus and replace the ACL with her patella tendon. If they repaired the meniscus, it would have been 5-7 months. She could not have put any weight on the knee for 4 weeks. Cutting meniscus away, she could put weight on it as soon as her knee would allow. They said she would be on crutches for 1-2 weeks. 2 days after surgery, she was done using the crutches. she pushed herself to get better as fast as she could. We followed the surgeons instructions, and the protocol. When it was time to hit the weights, that is what she did. She was fully cleared in 4 1/2 months.
with the torn ACL, the biggest risk is getting hit from the side, because their is no support in the knee. Like would happen in football or soccer. In our sport, that risk is very minimal.
I am not telling rubber biscuit what or how to proceed, I am speaking from our experience with this. I am saying, having a torn meniscus is not that bad to play on.
My daughter saw the things that I played with, and how I played through pain. Most likely that is where she got her mentality from. She saw me play with broken ribs, a broken bone in my hand, and a staph infection in my shoulder, it was so bad, during normal daily activities, I couldn't raise my throwing arm. During the games, I blocked it out. I was an idiot for that one, they ended up cutting part of the bone away in my shoulder, and I was on IV antibiotics for 2 months after the surgery. She saw me go through spinal fusion, fused 4 vertebrae. A month after surgery, I was out deer hunting.
