My MCL, ACL, PCL , Meniscus story

On December 31st, I had a simple fall when my left ski went out as I was teaching my daughter to ski. I went down and immediately knew that something was wrong. MRI results show a complete tear of MCL, ACL, PCL and medial meniscus damage. I have little to no range of motion in my left knee. Swelling has finally gone down and bruising is dissappearing but that knee won't bend. I start physio tomorrow and healing the MCL is the priority before ACL/PCL surgery. Wondering how long it will take to get this knee bending to a point where the surgeon will operate on the other issues? I have many questions for him next month.

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May 16, 2012
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by: Graham

My daughter tore both MCL and ACL skiing in February this year. Interesting that you have been advised to let the MCL mend. My daughter had to have an artificial teflon MCL repair as there was no prospect of repair. At the same time ACL repaired with hamstring graft. She is 8 weeks into recovery and do most things bar jogging. MCL repair increases the time taken to recover from ACL repair considerably. Surgeon says it will be a further 6 months before she is fully recovered.
May 16, 2012
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by: Graham

My daughter tore both MCL and ACL skiing in February this year. Interesting that you have been advised to let the MCL mend. My daughter had to have an artificial teflon MCL repair as there was no prospect of repair. At the same time ACL repaired with hamstring graft. She is 8 weeks into recovery and do most things bar jogging. MCL repair increases the time taken to recover from ACL repair considerably. Surgeon says it will be a further 6 months before she is fully recovered.
May 16, 2012
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by: Graham

My daughter tore both MCL and ACL skiing in February this year. Interesting that you have been advised to let the MCL mend. My daughter had to have an artificial teflon MCL repair as there was no prospect of repair. At the same time ACL repaired with hamstring graft. She is 8 weeks into recovery and do most things bar jogging. MCL repair increases the time taken to recover from ACL repair considerably. Surgeon says it will be a further 6 months before she is fully recovered.
May 25, 2010
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by: Colin

Hi there,
was reading your post and I'm 1 week post op on exactly the same injury, different sport, and was wondering how you are progressing with your rehab.
I dislocated my knee on Feb 21 playing Gaelic football when an opponent ploughed into the outside of my left leg, which was fully extended with my studs (what you call cleets I believe) firmly in the ground. It resulted in Grade 3 tears to my ACL, PCL and MCL plus considerable cartilage damage. I'm just a week post op and the surgeon reconstructed my ACL and MCL but decided not to intervene with the PCL hoping with the correct rehab I'll be able to compensate for it's absence.
All the best.

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