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Re: 12 yo daughter ACL surgery.....

Posted By: Chris Fleetwood
Date: Wednesday, 27 August 2008, at 9:14 a.m.

In Response To: 12 yo daughter ACL surgery..... (m23js33p)

> as of today, she has been officially RELEASED for all
> sports activities. Her surgery was on April 7th. So it was
> exactly 20 weeks. I am amazed.

> I wrote a long note regarding this but it wouldn't let me
> post.

> Special thanks to all of you & especially Dr. Mark for
> all of your help.

> Please, if anybody has any questions i'll gladly answer.

Thats amazing good luck going forward.

Does your OS want her to play with a brace?

My 15 year old daughter had ACL recon Dec 10/07 released for soccer June 08 but our OS wants her to play with brace until 1 year post op. However she is now practicing with out brace and thinking about trying to play in a game with out the brace. I remind her that this is a long term fix and not to be in a rush to go without a brace. Boy does that brace ever slow her down, and when cutting changing direction she turns like a boat, very wide turns,

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