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ACL Tear?
Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 11:16 pm
by Legion
Have any of you ever torn an ACL? What was it like?
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 12:26 am
by 512OW
It was just like tearing an MCL, but anterior instead of medial.
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 12:59 am
by rabbit
512OW wrote:It was just like tearing an MCL, but anterior instead of medial.
How does that answer his question, my friend?
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 1:02 am
by 512OW
Concisely, jackass.
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 1:09 am
by SCIN
512OW wrote:You probably tore your shoulder whle jacking off your little tiny psychpathic penis you damn stalker! Now get out your bullwhip from the old rodeo days and shove it up your ass like Maplethorp!
Are you a Dr.?
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 1:17 am
by 512OW
No, and apparently I misspelled Maplethorpe. Damn.
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 2:15 am
by rabbit
Maybe the administrater of this board would be willing to install a spell-checker for those who cannot do the job on their own?
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 2:38 am
by the lurkist
I think what 5.12dickmeat meant was it is like a PCL tear, but it is anterior and not posterior.
To the point, your knee would feel wobbly. The ACL stabilizes the joint from sliding forward- The tibia sliding out forward from under the femur. You can be suspicious of the injury to the ACL (ant cruciate (crossed) ligament) by the mechanism of injury. Sudden loadings of the limb with the knee locked or very extend and the knee hyper extending backward will do it with regularity.
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 12:38 pm
by 512OW
No, I meant MCL...cuz I've never heard of PCL. MCL is medial collateral ligament or something, right? Regardless, they both feel the same kinda pain, or so I've heard.
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 6:51 pm
by Tucker
I partially tore my ACL this past Spring. It hurt like hell when I did it, and was sore for a couple weeks. From what I understand though, if you completely tear it, you will regain mobility faster than a parital, but it will be very unstable.