Knee surgery!!!

mattshortt · Newbie Joined: 24 Sep 2009 Posts: 5 City: miami

Hey guys! So this is the deal, last sunday (not yesterday but last weeks), y was boarding in a friends new x45, and we got excited and filled the ballasts the whole way to get the nicest wake we could, and well, I just started waking about 10 months ago, and con pull just 180s and grabs (i'm a noob haha). So we had the new boat and a new camera and we were all stoked up and decided to throw some nice big grabs w2w and then decided to throw a big w2w on this big wake that was new to me, I had never gotten so much air, and the trick went beautifully till I landed it and my kneecap came out completely and then came right back in, it has to be one of the most painful things that i have experienced, and I have gone through pretty rough things..I flew in yesterday to Miami to see Dr, Kalbac who is a specialist in these injuries and he told me I had a torn ACL so he operated me this morning...I've always done extreme sports, paintball, motoX, snowboard, wake, skate, etc etc...So my question is; Has anyone here had a torn ACL, and how long till you started boarding again? I know this won't be a permanent injury (according to the doc) but i'm just nervous, I don't wanna feel limited to where I can get to on my board. Any answers much appreciated, also feel free to write your injury stories!!

Sorry if long, I'm still dozed out by the sedative haha

HOUMARIDER · Newbie Joined: 15 Mar 2009 Posts: 38 City: Houma

no ortho will operate on a torn ACL one week later... You have to wait for the inflammation to go down... just sayin....

ac921ol · Newbie Joined: 18 Feb 2010 Posts: 19

yeah, not exactly sure what happened with you, but if its a torn acl, itll be a few weeks to operate, and then a few months to get back on your feet with rehab, depending on how bad the tear was and is... be safe and get better....take your time and heal right.

Medina · Posted: Feb 19, 2010 2:10 am Post subject: Re: Knee surgery!!!

dbismyname · Posted: Feb 19, 2010 7:07 am Post subject: Re: Knee surgery!!!

STANG KILLA SS · Posted: Feb 19, 2010 7:30 am Post subject:

hahaha thats Bubb Rubb classic!

cbc2010 · Posted: Mar 03, 2010 12:58 pm Post subject:

When I tore my acl my doctor originally told me it would be a couple of weeks before I had surgery due to the swelling....however.... once he saw my MRI he reccomended that we do the surgery the next day because of the damage.... so I guess it all depends

Lantzvillian · Posted: Mar 04, 2010 11:28 am Post subject:

Check out my thread about my ongoing ACL recovery.

http://forums.wakeboarder.com/viewtopic.php?t=85529

Medina · Posted: Mar 05, 2010 2:36 am Post subject: Re: Knee surgery!!!