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Re: fall 4 weeks after ACL reconstruction

Posted By: JamesOR
Date: Monday, 14 April 2008, at 12:14 p.m.

In Response To: fall 4 weeks after ACL reconstruction (colin)

Doesn't sound like anything that would cause a failure. Have your pt check its stability just for piece of mind.

> Hi,

> I had patella reconstruction on my left knee 5 weeks ago.
> Fell on the stairs yesterday when my right leg slipped,
> left (reconstructed) knee bore my full weight for a second
> or two in a 90 degree bent position then I fell over.

> Since then I can walk on it but it is more swollen and
> there is pain when I bend it (the rehab had been going well
> and there had been no pain recently).

> How do I know if I have done further damage? Is putting all
> the weight on the bent knee something that could have done
> this?

> I am due for a check up with an x-ray in a week, but wonder
> if I should wait that long.

> Yours anxiously
> Colin

Messages In This Thread

  • fall 4 weeks after ACL reconstruction (views: 211) -- colin -- Sunday, 13 April 2008, at 8:56 a.m.
    • Re: fall 4 weeks after ACL reconstruction (views: 185) -- JamesOR -- Monday, 14 April 2008, at 12:14 p.m.

 

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