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Re: Best knee brace for protection in football -- Custom-made is always best....
Posted By: redpony
Date: Wednesday, 27 February 2008, at 11:35 a.m.
In Response To: Re: Best knee brace for protection in football -- Custom-made is always best.... (Michael Frind)
> I would be intrigued to hear more about the injuries to
> your son's left knee in 8th and 9th grade. How was it
> forced (e.g. twisting, forced from the side, violently
> hyperextended, etc.)? In which activity did the incident
> occur? Did the knee ever give way? Did it ever feel
> unstable for any length of time? Were any noises heard from
> the knee? Did the knee ever swell up or lock? Did your son
> ever complain about it? Was the knee examined by a
> knee-experienced orthopedist at the time of each injury
> event? What diagnostic avenues (e.g. manual-manipulation
> testing, MRI scanning) were pursued? What diagnoses were
> conferred? These details might make a very strong argument
> for prescription of custom-made bracing, at least for the
> left knee.
Michael,
In the 8th my son was chopblocked by a smaller defender during one of his middle school football game. Some coaches have their smaller defenders do that to large, tall linemen. It had a large goose-egg swelling on the left side of the patella that took over 2 months to go away. An OS looked at the knee and did all the manual manipulation tests. We had an MRI and X-rays taken and nothing showed up except for a small non-cancerous bone cyst (it eventually went away). The second injury to his left knee was similar except not as bad. The OS didn't even think it was bad enough for an X-ray. We are fortunate in that the team doctor comes to the school every Tuesday morning to look at injured athletes.
The injury in 9th grade was similar but the hit was more from the side. The doctor said he thought the MCL was slightly sprained and didn't do any further tests. It got better after 2 weeks.
His right knee was injured during a varsity high school game when there was a fumble and everyone went for the ball. My son was, unfortunately, on the bottom and one of the defensive tackles landed right on his knee. I think we're lucky that it only caused an inflamed plica.
My son's legs are very strong. He has a very strong work ethic for football so he has been doing all of the exercises that the PT gave him and he's almost back to 100% only 5 weeks after his plica removal. He knows that strong muscles and flexibility will prevent many injuries.
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