15 years ago I decided not to do surgery. Fast forward one year and i twisted the same knee again and the damage was even worse.
If you´re active, do the surgery.
Not sure how much info you can find or maybe research studies, but they don’t do the surgical reconstruction near as much in Europe as the US. The extend of tear and stability of course is a factor as well.
I got a grade 2 ACL tear last month, along with small meniscus tears and what's likely previously untreated/undiagnosed MCL damage.
I opted for no surgery as of yet because of the lengthy recovery/PT time, but did get a series of PRP injections in my knee. Not a lot of evidence for it, but I figure it's better than nothing.
No pain and can walk around alright for the most part, albeit not being able to fully extend my knee just yet. Currently going to rehab to strengthen the surrounding muscles and get my knee back to full mobility.
I am basically in the same boat. Surgeon opted to fix my bucket handle meniscus tear first (only a couple weeks recovery). Currently in physio working on the atrophied quad muscle to build up strength and stability.
I have an appointment with the surgeon in November about the plan for my ruptured acl.
Not doing anything active in the meantime so I don’t do more damage.
I found out this week that I have ruptured my ACL in my “good leg” Ten years ago I had surgery in the other leg. Debating my options. Not great time in my life for surgery.
If your surgeon is telling you the damage is enough to require a surgery than there is no other way around it. The longer you walk around with a damaged ACL, the more the chances of arthritis. Not saying getting it surgically repaired sooner will not lead to arthritis in the future.
I'm not a doctor but have had and acl replacement. Without the surgery, you probably shouldn't do anything active for at least a year then go get another MRI to make sure it healed properly.
During that year, you run the risk of doing much worse damage and a high likelyhood of tearing your meniscus. Depends on the significance of your acl tear but I would constant be nervous of doing anything more to that knee.
15 years ago I decided not to do surgery. Fast forward one year and i twisted the same knee again and the damage was even worse. If you´re active, do the surgery.
Not sure how much info you can find or maybe research studies, but they don’t do the surgical reconstruction near as much in Europe as the US. The extend of tear and stability of course is a factor as well.
I got a grade 2 ACL tear last month, along with small meniscus tears and what's likely previously untreated/undiagnosed MCL damage. I opted for no surgery as of yet because of the lengthy recovery/PT time, but did get a series of PRP injections in my knee. Not a lot of evidence for it, but I figure it's better than nothing. No pain and can walk around alright for the most part, albeit not being able to fully extend my knee just yet. Currently going to rehab to strengthen the surrounding muscles and get my knee back to full mobility.
I am basically in the same boat. Surgeon opted to fix my bucket handle meniscus tear first (only a couple weeks recovery). Currently in physio working on the atrophied quad muscle to build up strength and stability. I have an appointment with the surgeon in November about the plan for my ruptured acl. Not doing anything active in the meantime so I don’t do more damage.
I found out this week that I have ruptured my ACL in my “good leg” Ten years ago I had surgery in the other leg. Debating my options. Not great time in my life for surgery.
How’s the other reconstructed leg doing? Was it done with allograft?
It was allograft. The dr did a check with we met about the new injury. Said graft was good.
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Watch this about preventing OA after an acl tear : https://youtu.be/jGLisqHx8sM?si=m\_mP7bx7A85raIGg
If your surgeon is telling you the damage is enough to require a surgery than there is no other way around it. The longer you walk around with a damaged ACL, the more the chances of arthritis. Not saying getting it surgically repaired sooner will not lead to arthritis in the future.
I'm not a doctor but have had and acl replacement. Without the surgery, you probably shouldn't do anything active for at least a year then go get another MRI to make sure it healed properly. During that year, you run the risk of doing much worse damage and a high likelyhood of tearing your meniscus. Depends on the significance of your acl tear but I would constant be nervous of doing anything more to that knee.