DD (17) tore her ACL doing after landing funny doing conditioning drills two weeks ago.
She has ACL surgery in two weeks and the surgeon asked us which type of graft to perform, patellar or hamstring tendon. He does both and was happy to do either if we have a preference. We have tentatively decided on hamstring (we were still in shock at the time).
DD is a RH pitcher and injured her right (push-off) leg. Anyone have experience with either type of reconstruction for softball players? We meet with the surgeon again in a week and we will talk it over more then.
The hamstring seems popular these days, but the worry I guess is weakness in the hamstring. Some weakness there might be better than dealing with patellar pain.
She starts college in the fall so she'd like to be close to back for fall ball, otherwise she has until spring as a timeline.
Thanks
She has ACL surgery in two weeks and the surgeon asked us which type of graft to perform, patellar or hamstring tendon. He does both and was happy to do either if we have a preference. We have tentatively decided on hamstring (we were still in shock at the time).
DD is a RH pitcher and injured her right (push-off) leg. Anyone have experience with either type of reconstruction for softball players? We meet with the surgeon again in a week and we will talk it over more then.
The hamstring seems popular these days, but the worry I guess is weakness in the hamstring. Some weakness there might be better than dealing with patellar pain.
She starts college in the fall so she'd like to be close to back for fall ball, otherwise she has until spring as a timeline.
Thanks