Guest guest Posted March 4, 2004 Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 My brother injured his knee skiing on Monday. He went to the doctor today and the told him that he tore his MCL and ACL and has surgery scheduled for the first week in May. --------------- If he is having knee pain, you might try the Polarity X technique on his knee for pain relief until he has the surgery done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2004 Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 > Hello All, > > My brother injured his knee skiing on Monday. He went to the doctor > today and the told him that he tore his MCL and ACL and has surgery > scheduled for the first week in May. I was surprised that they are > going to wait that long, but whatever. I was wondering if anyone > has ever had anything like this. He does not display any symptoms > of EDS so hopefully they won't have any of those type of > complications. Any information would be greatly appreciated. He is > normally the healthy one in the family so this has taken me a little > off guard. > Hi Jen, I have had an ACL replacement. Since I have hypermobile EDS, they didn't let me move my leg for a week, or start therapy for a week. Therapy was done twice as slowly and for twice as long as normal people. It has done well for me. Let me say, though, that it is possible to live and not have the acl reconstructed. It makes for a less stable knee, and in my case, I just couldn't get around well without having my knee go out and was having lots of pain - but I did get by for about 6-8 years before I had it done. I have a torn acl in the other knee as well, and have not had it reconstructed. As far as the MCL, I have no knowledge or experience with that. They did tell me, and I think you will read that for acl reconstruction, it takes about a year before one is completely back to normal, and I can certainly attest to that! I would tell your brother to research thoroughly before he consents to the surgery, to know what to expect. It's a painful surgery to recuperate from, and lots of therapy that can be painful as well. I've also read that even with surgery, it's never really the same again, and I have also found that to be the case in my history. I'm not trying to be negative, Jen, or dissuade your brother from the surgery, just to advise him to have all his ducks in a row and not have his expectations be that he'll be 100% of what he was before. Hope this helps a little. Love Lana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2004 Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 > Hello All, > > My brother injured his knee skiing on Monday. He went to the doctor > today and the told him that he tore his MCL and ACL and has surgery > scheduled for the first week in May. I was surprised that they are > going to wait that long, but whatever. I was wondering if anyone > has ever had anything like this. He does not display any symptoms > of EDS so hopefully they won't have any of those type of > complications. Any information would be greatly appreciated. He is > normally the healthy one in the family so this has taken me a little > off guard. > Hi Jen, I have had an ACL replacement. Since I have hypermobile EDS, they didn't let me move my leg for a week, or start therapy for a week. Therapy was done twice as slowly and for twice as long as normal people. It has done well for me. Let me say, though, that it is possible to live and not have the acl reconstructed. It makes for a less stable knee, and in my case, I just couldn't get around well without having my knee go out and was having lots of pain - but I did get by for about 6-8 years before I had it done. I have a torn acl in the other knee as well, and have not had it reconstructed. As far as the MCL, I have no knowledge or experience with that. They did tell me, and I think you will read that for acl reconstruction, it takes about a year before one is completely back to normal, and I can certainly attest to that! I would tell your brother to research thoroughly before he consents to the surgery, to know what to expect. It's a painful surgery to recuperate from, and lots of therapy that can be painful as well. I've also read that even with surgery, it's never really the same again, and I have also found that to be the case in my history. I'm not trying to be negative, Jen, or dissuade your brother from the surgery, just to advise him to have all his ducks in a row and not have his expectations be that he'll be 100% of what he was before. Hope this helps a little. Love Lana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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