Bit of a bump here but since posting I've had the MRI, physio (which REALLY helped) and saw the surgeon, Dr. Mark Heard as mentioned earlier in this thread.
However, he essentially talked me out of getting surgery done. I have a torn ACL and a small segond fracture but after doing his tests he determined that my leg muscles etc were strong enough to support the knee without surgery. He said playing hockey, running, snowboarding would be no problem, which made sense to me.
Of course, I played beach volleyball in Mexico and my knee gave out 3 times. It was stiff and sore for a few days but then seemed ok.
My question is, the Dr recommended a custom brace and figured that would be ok. Any of you have a custom made brace? I assume it's one of those huge robotic-looking contraptions. Would like some feedback before I drop $700 on one of these suckers.
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