It's from an ACL rupture, a couple of years ago and I have been wearing a brace on and off since then but it isn't really getting any better and I'm sick of not being able to do much without it hurting.
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Lucy - what's an ACL rupture?
Do they all stand for different parts of your body?
eg L = LegComment
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Anterior Cruciate LigamentComment
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Originally posted by Lucy View PostWho's doing it and how?Originally posted by Lucy View Post
futurewife has had both ACLs replaced/repaired, right by NHS (tulip) left by Bupa (v.Good).
NHS cut open the knee (not particularly aesthetic), split the patella tendon and used that to repair the ACL. - very poor flexion and bad scars.
Bupa did a keyhole, and pulled the hamstring through a hole in the femur and attached to one of the lower leg bones (I forget which). She can get quite good flexion from this and you can hardly see the scars."See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."Comment
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Originally posted by Moscow Mule View Post
Thanks Mule.
I'm with Axa PPP so I hope they do a good job. I'm not booked in yet, I hate anasthetic and have a really bad reaction to it, so I'm being a wimp. It's good to hear there is good surgery out there.
How did she do it?Comment
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Hockey. Sport hurts...Originally posted by Lucy View Post"See, you think I give a tulip. Wrong. In fact, while you talk, I'm thinking; How can I give less of a tulip? That's why I look interested."Comment
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i have had 8 knee surgeries so this is very much an educated post...
lucy - unless yours is a very specialised case there's no reason why, after an ACL reconstruction with appropriate rehab, you can't return to full activity.
after my ACL reconstruction i returned to full activity (running, swimming, powerlifting, being on my feet all day, etc), the other surgeries were due to bad luck a few years later, and now even after 7 surgeries my knee feels great again.
moscowmule - there is no difference between NHS and BUPA as the surgeons are the same, the differences are in waiting time and after-care. you just got unlucky.. the two different approaches you're talking about there are the 2 different ways of repairing an ACL, both have advantages and disadvantages. the patella graft is meant to be more enduring than the hamstring and tends to be recommended for athletes, whereas hamstring is a quicker recovery. it's a shame it didnt work as well as you'd hoped on the patella surgery though, and i can very much sympathise with your other half - botched operations are horrible :-|
if you are anywhere near worcester i recommend going to the 'droitwich knee clinic' (kneeclinics.co.uk) the physios there are amazing.
it's all about the rehab. you can't put a price on a GOOD physiotherpaist. the disparity in skill between different physios is amazing.
visit www.kneeguru.co.uk for a great message board full of people talking about knee injures and the like (i have nothing to do with that site, i've just found it useful)
good luck!Last edited by jim2406; 22 April 2008, 16:39.Comment
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Thanks Jim.
Yes I must do something I have had other things to think about lately, but it must be done!Comment
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