[Closed] Snapped anterior cruciate ligament.

i have no anterior cruciate ligaments in either leg and haven't had for years but i have been riding my bike ever since not much good for fast lol but i get around , i was offered a goretex replacement but after five knee ops and declined on the basis that they had already made one failed attempt which set me back six months. however that was in 1988 and advances have been made since then i did have an op called ellisons procedure which left me with a massive scar on my leg for no improvement . saying all that last year i rode from edinburgh to Gibraltar over the pyrennees with no real problems except being a fat biffer hth

this was covered off a few months ago ..
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if you want to know more about my experience / tips, drop me a line

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100% go for it. Worth the long recovery.

you can rid ea bike OK, but limits you massively. Hurts like hell when it pops out. For me, it effected my because when I stuck my foot down when sliding out round a turn, it popped out and hurt a lot!!

Three years on from my op, and my leg feels 99%. I can run, jump, fall off a bike and not worry about it. Can't ski..... but that's why I snowboard 🙂

Sounds like I really wouldn't want to have my ACL snap on me! hope you recover dude.

Had my left ACL replaced in 2006, broke mine snowboarding December 2004. Its a long recovery process (8 months for me, but this varies according to your fitness).

They used a hamstring graft to repair mine and aside from the odd twinge all seems to be OK with it. The biggest thing for me has been learning to trust the joint again, after 18 months of regular dislocations prior to the surgery and spending most of the time in a brace I found it difficult to use the joint fully again. Even now Im still having trouble as 4 weeks ago a meniscal tear flared up.

Cheers for the feedback everyone to say I'm p**sed off is an understatement. bigG read your earlier post sounds like your injury was much like mine I have a complete tear along with partial rupture to the medial caused playing footie. I have an appointment with the physio on Tuesday (Morton FC physio not nearly as good as the Celtic one) I also have a follow up appointment with my orthopaedic next Friday to discuss how we go forward.My intial chat with the physio I got the impression was if I want to get back MTB again I should have the operation although he has seen some instances when rehab has done the trick but the success rate is'nt great.

If it was me I would have the operation without any hesistation.

Get the op mate. I went down the physio route and because it kept dislocating, Iv stretched the lateral and medial ligaments. No problem biking and do a bit of running now and again but 5 a side footie causes my knee to swell up the following day.

My advice is get under the knife, unless you live a sedentary lifestyle and aren't ever likely to want to turn around in a hurry then don't bother.

It means writing off a season of cycling, but there are plenty more summers left. Do your rehab exercises, don't push it too hard until your physio tells you to and all the best!

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Cheers again fella's I speak to the orthopaedic again on Friday I think I will always feel uncertain unless I have the operation. I play plenty of sport and do bit of walking the Munro's so I'll take the year out and grin n bare it !

Don't worry about losing the biking time, I was on turbo trainer after two weeks, roads and paths after 6 weeks and did the mega avalanche 3 months after the op, physio gave me the OK after 6 months. But then again it did take about 2 years before it felt "as good as new".

Obviously this means I'm off my bike for a few months

nothing obvious, I just kept riding. it doesn't hurt after a while, does it?

can i just go against the grain, I had an arthroscopy 8 years ago which included a cartelidge trim and pictures of what can be described as tissue paper where my acl was, didn't have the op as a year off work doesn't work with no sick pay and a mortgage and kid. built it up, biked a lot, work on my feet all day, I now do xc and downhill at the bike parks in Canada, I've blown it once since running, also learned to snowboard last year, might need it done one day but not everyone needs it done straight away, mine is a pretty stable joint, I used to go to a physio from BWFC and he said 2 players were playing in the premiership with blown acl's

but if I could afford the time off work I would probably choose to have it done{to stop it being at the back of my mind}, not all surgeries are a success either

Decided to get the operation .. I'm in a privileged position that I work for a large company who provide private medical care and long term sick pay so best take advantage of it.

I say no brainer then

Mrmojo, if you're going private and get to choose your consultant (I did with BUPA) then I'd select one that specialises in sports related injuries (Mine had done in excess of 1000 acl replacements in Oz & UK) as they know what is expected. A general knee surgeon will still do a decent job but if someone else is paying you may as well get the best.

After all, would you let kwik fit service your Ferrari?

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I had the same injury last year after a big commuting crash and my consultant chappy said he did'nt recommend an op for the ligament damage as my leg was'nt locking up/buckling under me.
I did subsequently tear the meniscal (which he said was common)and thats the bit that feels horrible. I was booked in for an Athroscopy to repair it but havent had the op yet.

Similar to other posters, no sick pay etc so no big lay-offs from work unless i want to be homeless!

Just been told by my doctor that mine has re-ruptured.

Hope whoever does yours does a great job of it just make sure you keep up on the physio work post surgery. Im a lazy sack of shit who didnt and look whats happened 🙄

I have nothing to add except - OUCH!!!

Hope it heals up soon.