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Originally Posted by nfotiu
There is not an ounce of truth to be found anywhere near that statement.
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+1. Pure rubbish.
I tore everything 9 years ago.
Besides a scope myself to clear up the cartilege floating around which caused locking up in the first 6 months, day to day its pain free. I can still play ice hockey, run, golf (its my back leg, not my front leg that takes all the pressure and weight on it like Woods) etc. Just no court sports or soccer, where you have a leg that has to be planted and have all its weight on it. Only where I have to plant that leg and have all the weight on it, combined with lateral movement, does it have issues. Then, like a rubber band, it gives out...hurts for a few minutes, and is sore/wobbly for a couple days. I figure that's more the mcl getting a bit stratined, as I have no ACL left, and it doesn't heal on its own.
My doctor advised me a couple years back when I thought about the reconstruction not to bother yet...my dad is first hand how arthritis will attack the knee and the whole body 25 or so years down the road, so sooner then later I will get it done, but day to day I am fine, and just about to get a custom fit brace to I can do those things I couldn't before, again.
As for Woods hobbling, pretty clear its when he follows through on that front (left) knee and transfers all the lateral interia onto that planted knee that it likely buckles or near buckles, and shoots a pain through your whole leg...not that far from giving out like the above mentioned rubber band.
That weeping you hear from the southern 48 is TV execs who just lost their star attraction and basically only reason 1/3 of viewers tune in any given weekend to watch golf, for the rest of the year...Ryder Cup too.