There are may current posts on here regarding 'just screwed my ACL what should I do...' and the same concerns I went through 'what's the long term view?'
I did mine twice - almost complete and then another partial. No surgery, just massive rehab.
That was 35 years ago.
Now that leg is 20mm greater in circumference than the other at the thigh. And my hip symmetry is shot.
As with this video, I get mysterious swelling and boy does it swell like a football when skiing...huge work being done by the muscles around the joint...but it subsides....
And always working on technique, that's what helps the joint....
This is upbeat and I hope helpful to those fretting....
Good luck with this. I’ve done mine twice. Playing rugby at school the first time, then bouldering the second. It is a mind game afterwards. I haven’t yet mastered it. But you can definitely still ski. Just Rehab, Rehab, Rehab, Rehab, Rehab, Rehab
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
ACL snapped last April, no surgery, lots of rehab, and just come back from my 2nd week of skiing since the start of March. Absolutely no grief whilst skiing (wearing a Mueller HG80 brace), but a bit swollen and niggly by the end of both weeks. To be honest, I'm pretty happy with that outcome. The worst bit for me is bouldering, since that is how I did it - I get the heebie jeebies doing anything I might fall off from if my feet are higher than head height. That's definitely a mind game.
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