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Erica's tib fib fracture recovery 
Nov. 22, 2009 I fell and broke tib and fib and dislocated ankle joint. Surgery next day & now have metal plate and 7 screws in the tib. Wore boot-cast …

Beth's ORIF post surgery one week 
Hi all, have been freaking out wondering how I should be going...I am 35 years old never been sick or been in hospital for anything my whole life and suddenly …

Marcus Phelps 
Hey guys,i tore my ACL when i was 13 (still am until April). It was the first day of hitting in football and we were doing a catch and tackle drill. When …

Broken Talus 
My husband was pressure washing our house. I was on a ladder, waist high at the roof line. I had just handed him some pressure-washing solution when he …

39 year old ready for ACL surgery 
ACL surgery scheduled for Feb. 16th. Long story short, while playing football on Nov. 1st. 2009 with 28 seconds remaining before the half, I was running …

Ryan's ACL Tear 
I'm 24 and also fairly active. I play on a flag football team (for fun) at the university I go to. Well, as we were warming up before the game, I had a …

Richard's upcoming surgery....or not? 
I am a 44 yr old male, who has played both outdoor and indoor soccer for most of my life. More recently, I had surgery to repair/reconstruct a ruptured …

2nd surgery  
On 3/2 I tore my ACL and Lat Meniscus. On 4/14 I had the surgery to repair the damage. In June during pool therapy I felt the infamous "POP". I brought …

Allison's ACL Update (20 weeks later)... Please help! 
I'll try to keep it short. I injured my right knee on March 28th, 2009. I had surgery on April 14th to reconstruct my ACL (with my pateller tendon) and …

Fractured Fibula/ Compound Ankle dislocation (WARNING- Graphic Fracture Image) 
On May 31, 2009, I was playing a baseball game on my summer team here in sunny Florida. On this day, I was playing 3rd base. Next thing I know, I find …

Dominique's ACL Surgery 
Hello. I am 40 years young :>) and recently May 23rd) tore my ACL in a martial arts kicking excercise. During the middle of it, I felt something against …

David's fractured ankle 
I am 54 years old. I broke my distal fibula and tibia while cleaning my pool May 24th. What makes this difficult to accept is that I have been so active …

Scott - Quad Strain Playing Soccer 
I'm a 40 year old male and in what I consider to be in excellent physical shape. I have been playing ice hockey consistently for nearly 7 years now without …

Question on swelling & pain 9 weeks post op from ACL & Lat Meniscus 
I was wondering if anyone could help me with this - I had the ACL reconstruction using the Allograft & also lateral meniscus repair (with stitches). The …

Claudia's Bilaterally Fractured L5 Vertabrae 
I'm a fifteen year old soccer & track girl & I've been experiencing and dealing with back pain for over half my life. I made my first complaint …

Running pain free again 
I had to stop running because of severe pain in my right knee due to patellofemoral syndrome (runner's knee) and because of a chance meeting at a business …

flight attendant 
I am not an athlete but I do spend long hours on my feet. I broke my fibula and cracked the inner ankle on my left leg on Apr 4 2009. My doctor wanted …

kayla's knee 
i dislocated my knee 6 years ago (in 7th grade) playing basketball went to the ER that night and all they did was put me in a immobilzer and sent the xray …

Question - What About The Knee? 
About a year ago I was jogging went off a 6 inch curb like any other time. When I hit the ground a sharp pain went up from about my right mid shin all …

open reduction internal fixation right ankle 
I work for parks and recreation / we offer tours IE: kayaking, canoeing, biking, backpacking, camping, ect. so needless to say I am into a lot of outdoor …

4 Surgeries, 3 ACL Reconstructions Later 
I was 17, my Junior year in high school playing soccer when I was hit from the side and my knee buckled and popped. I went to the doctor and was told I …

Months of wondering....what's wrong? 
In August, I got my right foot caught in a tow rope on a boat. Unfortunately, the rope yanked my leg and left me in quite some pain. My right knee and …

Doug Smith Shattered Neck  
Hockey The Most Dangerous Game in the World. From 2nd in the world at 18 to paralysis and back again. The awesome crack of a lightning bolt directly …

what's next? 
I took a fall last Oct. 2007. __________________________________________ Here is Sharon's original post and comments *Bart @ SII* ____________________________ …

Severe compound fracture of the ankle 
Feb 2008 - fell off whilst bouldering (rock climbing ropeless), fibula was protruding out of my skin, complete dislocation of the ankle joint, fragment …

David's right knee adventure 
All my life I have been a very athletic person. I played basketball and golf all throughout high school and wanted to play a little in college as well. …

Ash's ACL injury 
Hello guys, I tore my ACL playing b'ball in July. I went up for a layup and my buddy tried to block me. His entire weight was on me which got me off …

ACL pull, is that real?  
August 2007, i was playing in a soccer game, top of my game, in the zone, almost a few goals, are team was doing fabulous, i was running down the field …

Mountain Biking (activity after a clavicle fracture) 
Broke my clavicle mountain biking. I am a tri-athlete and a rock climber, so staying inactive was impossible for me. Hopefully I heal properly. I feel …

Ashley's broken arm 
When I was two I fell off a tree house and my baby sitter saw it happening and ran over to me but she did not get there in time. I landed on my left …

EJ about to give up soccer for life 
I'm 35. In 2006 something popped up in my right hip when I kicked a soccer ball with all my might. Unbearable pain and no insurance led me to use rest …

Hilary's Knee Pain 
I started to get knee pain while at a soccer camp. The night before I had fallen and landed on my knee so I didn't say anything for a while to my parents …

Sara's Story  
I completely tore my ACL. I tore my LCL and biceps tendon. I also have damage to my peroneal nerve; all in one injury. I was playing soccer. I don't …

Karen's Rotator Cuff Rehabilitation 
Well, first of all, I'm not an athlete. Yep, even non-athletes can and do get rotator cuff tears. Mine was a partial, near-full thickness tear of the …

Nicole's Patella Femoral Syndrome 
I'm 35 I have an 8 year old and a 3 year old. I've always loved running as a form of regular exercise. I have never been good at making sure I stretch …

Kristyn's ACL Story 
I remember the night clearly. It must have been the worst night of my life. It was 5 days before my 15th birthday in January and I was playing in a basketball …