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Re: PCL Tare

Posted By: Becky Thomas
Date: Saturday, 1 March 2008, at 10:12 p.m.

In Response To: PCL Tare (ScottT)

> SueBW,

> I am looking for guidance with my daughter. She has a
> complete tare of her pcl and a partial tare of her acl. She
> is 16 years old and a very competitive soccer player. Her
> club season (including several college showcase
> tournaments) starts in a month and her HS try-outs are in
> august. Is surgery a must or is physical therapy an option?
> Can she play with a knee in this condiction and what are
> longer term consequences?
My son severed his PCL along with everything else 2 1/2yrs ago during a HS football game. We chose to have his knee repaired in Austria using artificial ligaments. The surgery was a complete success and he walked out of the hospital the following day, did 3 days of intense physical therapy and flew home. He followed the PT's protocal from Austria and was back playing varsity basketball 4 weeks post-op. He then was a long-jumper and sprinter in track, another year of FB, BB and track and then made a D-1 football team. His knee never gives him any problems. It is not FDA approved and every doc here said we were crazy. We spoke with many US athletes who had this done and went for it......I would do the same thing again if we had to in a heartbeat.........

Messages In This Thread

  • PCL Tare (views: 213) -- ScottT -- Saturday, 1 March 2008, at 6:05 p.m.
    • Re: PCL Tare (views: 137) -- keylyme -- Saturday, 8 March 2008, at 9:53 p.m.
      • Re: PCL Tare (views: 114) -- Becky Thomas -- Saturday, 8 March 2008, at 11:16 p.m.
        • Re: PCL Tare (views: 179) -- drmark -- Sunday, 9 March 2008, at 11:01 a.m.
          • Re: PCL Tare (views: 118) -- keylyme -- Sunday, 9 March 2008, at 11:42 p.m.
            • Re: PCL Tare (views: 118) -- drmark -- Monday, 10 March 2008, at 12:03 a.m.
    • Re: PCL Tare (views: 144) -- kathryn irby -- Wednesday, 5 March 2008, at 11:09 a.m.
    • Re: PCL Tear (views: 223) -- SueBW -- Sunday, 2 March 2008, at 7:08 a.m.
      • Re: PCL Tear (views: 186) -- ScottT -- Sunday, 2 March 2008, at 1:48 p.m.
    • Re: PCL Tare (views: 170) -- Becky Thomas -- Saturday, 1 March 2008, at 10:12 p.m.
    • Re: PCL Tear (views: 208) -- drmark -- Saturday, 1 March 2008, at 6:12 p.m.

 

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