Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Puns

Hello everyone,

I want to get into a discussion about ligament injuries and how you've dealt with them. Did you get surgery or have you decided against it? How did it go?

Apparently, I partially tore my anterior cruciate ligament resulting in an instability of my left knee. I got a lot of pain in the knee on longer rides in the mountains on 3 occasions in the last 3 months. Apart from that I am mostly free of pain even while running. The orthopedist recommended getting an MRI and it revealed a partially torn ACL. He immediately recommended surgery and went on how the instability already caused muscle imbalances all the way up to my hip area and how it will only get worse with age (I am 26). I think the orthopedist is a bit full of **** because IMO he should have considered that I only have been suffering from the pain for 2-3 months and only get it on severely mountainous rides. In the end I got a prescription for physiotherapy and will get a second opinion on the matter.

Even though I heard a lot of conflicting opinions on ATL surgery my gut feeling tells me that at the end of the day only surgery will solve the issue long-term. I really want to keep training 10+ hours a week and love riding in the mountains so reducing the amount of cycling that I do is a big limitation for me.

I really want to hear what you have to say about this because I feel like people in /r/velo know the physical demands of high cycling training volume / racing the best.

50% of people who have an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury will develop knee osteoarthritis (OA), even if they have surgery to reconstruct the ligament. Our research team needs the help from Canadians who had an ACL injury.

Participate in a 10-minute research survey:

https://surveys.uhnresearch.ca/index.php?sid=45348&lang=en

If you have questions, please contact the UHN Study Coordinator:

Email: oa.studyteam@uhnresearch.ca

Phone: 416-603-5665

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50% of people who have an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury will develop knee osteoarthritis (OA), even if they have surgery to reconstruct the ligament. Our research team needs the help from Canadians who had an ACL injury. Together, our goal is to develop an intervention to teach people how to recognize and limit their risk of developing the pain and functional problems of knee OA.

Participate in a 10-minute research survey:

https://surveys.uhnresearch.ca/index.php?sid=45348&lang=en

If you have questions, please contact the UHN Study Coordinator:

Email: oa.studyteam@uhnresearch.ca

Phone: 416-603-5665

Toll free: 1-877-818-7340

Website: www.facebook.com/LetsStopKneeOA

Disclaimer: The security of social media platforms and email messages cannot be guaranteed. Posting comments and email messages may be forged, forwarded, kept indefinitely, or seen by others using the internet. Do not post or use email to discuss information you think is sensitive.