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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
Everyone seems to have a different experience. I had two surgeries - was on crutches for months and months and walked with a limp for a couple years.
Eventually came back to play sports again but was in pain all the time. Eventually was advised to stop playing sports because basically it was a eventuality that I would tear it again.
Even now, years later, my knee is sore a lot. Not a lot of pain - just a lot of mild discomfort and stiffness. The worst thing is not being able to play sports.
My experience was terrible. I told blame the doctors or surgeon but it was awful and the end outcome isn't great.
Good luck to the OP. You will probably be fine.
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Yeah, that's definitely the bad end of the spectrum.
I severed my ACL (and did some meniscus damage) in Jr. High and had to wait until at least High School to get it repaired as they were worried about cutting through the growth plate.
However, I was literally walking without crutches (with one of those big green leg braces) within the week after. I tried using crutches at school but it was too frustrating so I just abandoned them. Haven't had an issue with it since.
Also finally got my shoulder repaired this past summer after dislocating it 8 times over a few years. That hasn't been so great of a recovery. Not terrible, but I'm not confident in it enough to play contact hockey again yet.