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Re: PCL Tare

Posted By: Becky Thomas
Date: Saturday, 8 March 2008, at 11:16 p.m.

In Response To: Re: PCL Tare (keylyme)

> I just ran across your post. My son tore his acl playing
> soccer 19 mos. ago. He did PT for 8 weeks and did play in a
> national tourny with his club team wearing a brace. He did
> not enjoy it and was not anywhere near his previous level.
> He could feel his knee "slip" every now and then.
> He had surgery the day after the tourney and was back in 4
> months. He actually started practicing again lightly (no
> cutting) at 3 months and tried out for and made his state
> ODP team at 4 months. His "comeback" is still
> evolving, though. Just this fall, almost a year after
> surgery, did he start to look more like his former self. I
> don't know how it works with a partial tear and the timing
> really does suck. Is your daughter a sophomore or a junior?
> Still, if she needs the surgery, it won't help her
> performance in the long run to not get it. Don't
> forget...she can always do a PG year!

I have been down that road....my son made a complete recovery and was back playing 4 weeks post-op after having all of his ligaments repaired in Austria using artificial ligaments. That was going on 3yrs ago--plays D-1 football. E-mail me if you would like more info......

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: 178) -- 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: 222) -- SueBW -- Sunday, 2 March 2008, at 7:08 a.m.
      • Re: PCL Tear (views: 185) -- ScottT -- Sunday, 2 March 2008, at 1:48 p.m.
    • Re: PCL Tare (views: 169) -- 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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