• Dear Guest, Please note that adult content is not permitted on this forum. We have had our Google ads disabled at times due to some posts that were found from some time ago. Please do not post adult content and if you see any already on the forum, please report the post so that we can deal with it. Adult content is allowed in the glory hole - you will have to request permission to access it. Thanks, scara

Radu Drăgușin

Gutter Boy said:
ACLs are nearly always done landing slightly off balance from headers. I did mine once upon a time very similarly to that. It's the innocuous looking ones that tend to turn out worse, rarely the big horror tackles.
Click to expand...
It's that sickening over-rotation of the femur while the foot is locked in the turf. Perhaps if we'd evolved with studs on our feet ....
 
Gutter Boy said:
ACLs are nearly always done landing slightly off balance from headers. I did mine once upon a time very similarly to that. It's the innocuous looking ones that tend to turn out worse, rarely the big horror tackles.
Click to expand...
Did mine 20 years ago just doing a quick turn with the ball. I had been badly hacked down earlier in the game though, and in hindsight I believe that tackle probably did a bit of damage that weakened my leg.

Fatigue and/or lack of muscle strength definitely plays a part as well. Silly me didn't do any strength training back then, which surely didn't help.
 
That really isnt normal. Most people are bed ridden for the first 2 weeks as the swelling doubles the size of the knee and the pain is horrendous.
 
FatBloke said:
I mean, any modern Premier League footballer is essentially super human. Hopefully indicates a low-severity tear and a relatively minimal bit of keyhole surgery. Could he even be back for the end-of-season stretch?
Click to expand...
You cant strictly have keyhole for an ACL as they have to cut a bit of ligament from somewhere else and then pin it into the knee. It needs an incision of an inch or so, as well as 3 keyhole entries
 
Gutter Boy said:
You cant strictly have keyhole for an ACL as they have to cut a bit of ligament from somewhere else and then pin it into the knee. It needs an incision of an inch or so, as well as 3 keyhole entries
Click to expand...
That's for a complete tear though, right? Reading around a bit shows that, even for partial tears, reconstruction traditionally involves replacing the whole ligament -- as you've described. I just wonder if cutting edge surgery can now fix partial tears without having to replace the whole ligament.

EDIT: I'm absolutely not an expert though, so feel free to tell me I'm wrong :)
 
FatBloke said:
That's for a complete tear though, right? Reading around a bit shows that, even for partial tears, reconstruction traditionally involves replacing the whole ligament -- as you've described. I just wonder if cutting edge surgery can now fix partial tears without having to replace the whole ligament.

EDIT: I'm absolutely not an expert though, so feel free to tell me I'm wrong :)
Click to expand...

That's ok, we have plenty of experts on here.
 
FatBloke said:
That's for a complete tear though, right? Reading around a bit shows that, even for partial tears, reconstruction traditionally involves replacing the whole ligament -- as you've described. I just wonder if cutting edge surgery can now fix partial tears without having to replace the whole ligament.

EDIT: I'm absolutely not an expert though, so feel free to tell me I'm wrong :)
Click to expand...

I've never heard of a partial ACL tear. I thought it was basically either there or not?
 
Gutter Boy said:
I've never heard of a partial ACL tear. I thought it was basically either there or not?
Click to expand...
This one I do know about, having suffered a bad ACL/MCL strain in my 20s. In hindsight, it was almost certainly a partial tear.

Grade 1 = strain = stretched and will heal itself with physio in due course.
Grade 2 = partial tear = knee unstable, takes a lot of healing, possibly surgery.
Grade 3 = complete tear = snapped like a twig! Surgery required.

I think the surgery for a Grade 2 is basically cutting out the damaged ACL and replacing it with a new ligament. If they can avoid that these days, maybe it's possible to do light gym work after a week or two? Still seems unlikely, but Dragusin is hopefully getting some of the best medical care available.

my.clevelandclinic.org

ACL Tear & Injury: Symptoms & Recovery

An ACL tear is an injury to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in your knee. The recovery time is usually six to nine months after surgery.
my.clevelandclinic.org my.clevelandclinic.org
 
DeanoAustin said:
16th May1987:

My brother: "Spurs will win today. We've won every FA Cup final we've ever been in. It's a cert, this trophy is ours and always will be. We're Tottenham and we win big games."
Click to expand...

That was the first final i took my Dad to [ he used my sons S/T who was ill], needless to say i never took him again. :(
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back