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Old 03-02-2007, 04:19 PM   #5
habernac
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I didn't tear mine, Jiri, but I had to have mine reconstructed anyway. They basically folded it in half and stapled it together as it had stretched so far it just wouldn't hold the knee together any more.

The pain is there, but it's bearable for the first while. Your physio isn't very fun at the start, especially when they try to get your knee to regain it's range of motion. I went to physio 3 times a week for a month. Then continued to stretch and slowly regain the muscle on my own.

The doctors said I would be out of sports for at least 6 months. My surgery was in June, I was back on the ice in September. Work hard, and it will heal pretty well (take into account the fact that I was 23 when I had this done, I healed very well). I have since been taken out at the knees a number of times and it's still holding together. 14 years and counting.....
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