Re: Keith Reynolds: UpDate
- From: Misifus <rafseibert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:43:55 -0500
Larry Pattis wrote:
Misifus <rafseibert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
One of the major ligaments of the knee. When completely torn they are replaced by relocating one of the other ligaments to replace it. It requires a pretty extensive reworking of the knee.
One of my students trashed his ACL in both knees twice over a period of about four years. I suspect he'll never walk well again.
Ask me sometime about my opinion of high school sports.
-Raf
That's interesting to hear, Raf, and somewhat troubling, as well.
I wonder about the student you mention, and if perhaps there were
complications, or perhaps the surgery and/or rehab were not top-shelf
jobs.
These days, the surgery is much less invasive than it used to be, and
the rehab is more able to return kids (and adults) back to full
activity...and even 20 years ago (and more) the more lengthy rehab
process usually allowed a full return to sports.
During my dozen+ years coaching gymnastics (a long time ago, in a
galaxy far away) I saw a lot of ACL injuries (girls/women are more
prone to this problem than are men), as well as the subsequent
repair/rehab process. When I coached at the collegiate level there
were multiple young women that had one or both knees done on the team
at the U. of Arizona.
All of the kids I dealt with made a full return to sports, and at the
same level of skill...and again, the surgery today is *far* more
sophisticated...as are the rehab routines.
My wife completely shredded her ACL about 7 weeks ago skiing. She was
off on a helicopter-ski trip while I was at the Miami guitar show.
She had the ACL replacement surgery 5 weeks ago, and her recovery has
gone remarkably well.
Not much swelling from the injury itself, and also not much swelling
post-surgery. Lucky on both counts. She was walking on two legs
(awkwardly, for necessary for rehab purposes) at the end of two weeks.
It will be months before she is back to normal strength, but the
current surgery will have the "new" knee endingup as stronger than it
was originally, and with minimal scarring on her leg. No 6"-8"
"zipper" on the front of her knee, which was the way they used to do
it!.
No complications at all, and in my mind a pretty miraculous recovery
process, so far...knock on wood.
Best of luck to Keith, of course.
Well, this young man was injuring his ACLs running cross country. He was not the brightest bulb in the chandelier, so he may have disregarded what the doctors and coaches told him. By about the third repair, he spent literally the entire school year on crutches. When I saw him a year after I retired, he had just had a forth repair done. This would have been in the last four years or so.
Now, some of you don't know Keith Reynolds. He is one of the bright lights in the chandelier. There's no flies on him, so I expect he's done whatever the doctors have told him to do.
Sioux said I should mention that after her hip replacement, patience was the hardest thing for her. She wanted it to be better RIGHT NOW! Actually, she's doing great now.
-Raf
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