acl rupture

[winger]

hi i was wondering if theres any one with any advice for me,
I am a 19year old,im very active, play most sports, mainly now rugby. Whilst playing with rugby I attempted to sidestep herd a notorious 'pop' sound, my knee swelled up and i could fully flew/extend the knee for a few weeks, but being as determined as I am went back to playing but suffered repeated incidence of my knee giving way and constant pain even on just walking, i stopped all running as of may however i was still experiencing pain. after seeing the appropriate consultants and having an MRI it was confirmed that i had torn my acl and the consultant has put me on the surgery waiting list and recommended physio. Now i have been doing excercises the physio recommended and have noted the muscles around the knee joint have got stronger but my knee is quite unstable and walking is still painful. As my last season with the club is about to start im as determined than ever to just 'run through the pain', i just cant tell when my knee will give way, like there are no signs like increased pain.sometimes fore it did go a whole game without giving way. would it be very unwise to start the season and just see how it goes?im carrying on my physio excercises everyday. and i do want surgery eventually but even though i doubt i would get a date before christmas it would be right in the middle of my season and probably rule the rest of the season, including the biggest match of the year out.as ive heard it takes p to 5 months to recover. i am a talented winger and the only one the team has so i feel ike i atleast want to try and run through it. having the surgery post season would allow the whole summer to recover. please does anyone have any advice?
thanks in advanced.

[jesspt]

Participating in a cutting sport like Rugby without a stable knee could place other structures in your knee at considerable risk for injury, such as your miniscus. I wouldn't recommend playing.

[sdkashif]

The surgery is a good option to retain and preserve the stability of Knee by physiotherapy afterwards. However, if you are in waiting list, you may attend the physio session to bring about the stability in knee structure by exercising and strengthening the quadriceps and hamstrings.

[chiku]

like sdkashif say, surgery is the best option for you condition now... and regarding the postoperative ACL Reconstruction Treatment protocol, it will take 6th month for you to fully recover... thats mean summer period will not enough for to recover back...

Postoperative ACL Reconstruction Protocol

[orkunaran]

actually it takes at least 6 months to recover.ıt changes between 6-12 months.

[alophysio]

Hi - DO NOT PLAY is my advice.

No matter how much strengthening you do to your knee, it will not support you when you need it to. There are a lot of different reasons for this...what you need to know is that you shouldn't do it!

Lots of people get away with not having surgery but they usually don't play rugby.

And to be honest, unless you will be paid LOTS and LOTS of money to play, is have premature arthritis and pain during winter and not being bale to climb stairs or slopes later in life worth playing right now??

Good luck. I know what i would be doing...can you pay to have the operation?

[winger]

Hi guys,

thankyou very much for all ure advice, unfortunately i still have no date for surgery but am working on lots of exercises to strenghthen the muscles around the knee and it seems to be gettin alot stronger, i can even push to a light jog. however my other knee seems to be playing up now, its causing pain n swelling up and im not too sure why or what i can do to overcome, anyone help?

thanks

[alophysio]

It is likely compensating for the other knee. Keep training them both but don't neglect what your back and ribs etc are doing...i would check them too.

Cheers