Re: KICKER WITHOUT A ACL

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Re: KICKER WITHOUT A ACL

Posted By: drmark
Date: Sunday, 24 August 2008, at 12:13 a.m.

In Response To: KICKER WITHOUT A ACL (PATRICIAFOX)

> BACKGROUND,My 17 year old son is the kicker for his High
> school football team. he is a senior and had colleges
> watching him as he showed potential last year kicking 68
> yards. His stupid coach had him go out for a pass(yeah he
> is the Kicker)he caught the ball then his own team mate
> tackled him as hard as he could. He tore his ACL and his
> MCL. His acl is completly tore in half. His mcl is starting
> to heal pretty good. it has been 2wks since the injury.
> they could not operate until the swelling went down. Now
> the doc said that if his MCL healed he could possibly kick
> with out the acl. Of course we do not know if he could even
> get the ball off the ground but then again the power comes
> from his hip and his plant leg not his kicking leg. our
> thoughts are he could play and then get the surgery in
> November on his ACL but we are concerned that this could
> cause problems down the road and possibly would jepordize
> his college days. ANY thoughts!!!
No reasonable doctor would encourage or permit a kid to go back to football, knowing that the ACL is out. We have all seen far too many new injuries to the articular surface and meniscus, many unrepairable, resulting from second and third giving way episodes.
Look at the NFL. Do you regularly see guys going back to playing before the ACL is reconstructed? The answer is no.

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KICKER WITHOUT A ACL (views: 117) -- PATRICIAFOX -- Saturday, 23 August 2008, at 7:48 p.m.
- Re: KICKER WITHOUT A ACL (views: 123) -- drmark -- Sunday, 24 August 2008, at 12:13 a.m.

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Message: > No reasonable doctor would encourage or permit a kid to go > back to football, knowing that the ACL is out. We have all > seen far too many new injuries to the articular surface and > meniscus, many unrepairable, resulting from second and > third giving way episodes. > Look at the NFL. Do you regularly see guys going back to > playing before the ACL is reconstructed? The answer is no.
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