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Post by tentboy on May 26, 2010 22:10:20 GMT -6
Have any of you coached a kid who played with a torn ACL and made it thorugh the year then had surgery after the season? I have a kid who may try to play, but I think surgery now is the better option.
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Post by phantom on May 26, 2010 22:15:52 GMT -6
Our QB did that a couple of years ago. The doctor told him that he couldn't do any more damage so he could play if he wanted to. He even waited until after a post-season all star game.
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Post by tothehouse on May 26, 2010 22:39:12 GMT -6
Had a WR go most of the season with one as a junior. Was a beast all the way till the end. One of the most courageous (or dumb) things I've ever seen. Saw him double over in practice numerous times. Just stinking gutty. Had the surgery and was extremely awesome as a senior. Maybe even faster.
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Post by flexoption91 on May 27, 2010 6:12:27 GMT -6
We had a kid go through the majority of the season with one two years ago. The doctor told him he could not make it any worse and if his pain threshold was high enough he could play. He made it through and by the end of the season literally was playing on one leg.
We did keep him out of certain drills through the season and if he needed to come out a play or two we would do that. We knew it was not because of lack of toughness.
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Post by coachbrek on May 27, 2010 6:16:30 GMT -6
My youngest brother played through his Senior year with a torn ACL playing center.
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Post by leighty on May 27, 2010 6:22:33 GMT -6
I tore my ACL four or five games into my junior season and finished the year. I had arthroscopic surgery during the offseason to clean up some meniscus that had also been damaged. Played my entire senior year with a knee brace. Still haven't had my ACL reconstructed.
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Post by sandstorm on May 27, 2010 9:36:44 GMT -6
Have any of you coached a kid who played with a torn ACL and made it thorugh the year then had surgery after the season? I have a kid who may try to play, but I think surgery now is the better option. I have had two. Both played, against my wishes. It was like watching a racehorse try to run a race on 3 legs. Sure they had successful moments, and helped us out...but to me the juice isn't worth the squeeze when it comes to knees. They were always in pain, ALWAYS! It kept me up at night, and to this day I should have sat down with the parents and told them neither are playing until they get fixed. I regret being so competitive that I compromised what my heart was telling me. I love to win, but not more than I love my players. Get the kid fixed, it is not worth it in my opinion. |
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Post by bigdog2003 on May 27, 2010 9:38:54 GMT -6
I tore mine playing baseball and played anyway. Still haven't had it fixed and that was 8 years ago.
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Post by td4tc on May 27, 2010 14:44:26 GMT -6
Depending on position this can be done with a proper brace and rehab if an isolated ACL tear(instability issue).If there is an associated meniscus(cartilage) tear it will be tough to play(pain,locking issue)
Dangerous to tell a kid he can't do any more damage though. NOT true..if he has another pivoting (giving way) episode despite the brace he could tear a meniscus or cause surface damage to the joint that wasn't there the first time.
Decision is multifactorial (senior season, position etc)..OK to let the kid decide if he knows the risks IMHO.And if he's my speed ball slot ;D
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Post by gdn56 on May 27, 2010 16:34:59 GMT -6
I've never been around somebody who played through an ACL...I played with MCL and Miniscus issues my senior year of college, biggest issue I had was instability which just made movement difficult because the knee would really kinda collapse to the inside. Don't know from personal experience how much instability there is with an ACL but from everything I have heard and been around it is a serious stability problem. The donjoy style braces would help with stability and if there is no miniscus or other problem, I guess it is doable. Those kids who have done it must've been pretty tough...I'd take some players like that now. Ours sit out with a freakin bruise.
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Post by lrader on May 28, 2010 6:59:55 GMT -6
Had a lineman do it a few years ago. Special kid at a small schoo like ours (6'4" 290, strong and could move). Decided he would play basketball to improve his foot quickness and tore it at bball camp over the summer. Anyway, played the whole season on it. He said it was like trying to balance a tractor tire on a baseball bat, but he did it.
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Post by coachbdud on May 29, 2010 14:27:17 GMT -6
our MLB and Center did it this year. He was in pain all year and would go down once a week in practice and a few times during the year in a game. Just would tweek it, TONS OF PAIN, and had to sit out for maybe 10 minutes... How did he do?
1st team all league LB
1st team all league C
Finalist for league MVP
Lead northern CA in total tackles
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Post by calicoachh on May 29, 2010 15:17:32 GMT -6
one of my fellow defensive linemen played the entire season in college without an ACL. Every once in a while he would fall over and it would hurt, but he would be fine in a couple of minutes. he had surgury after teh season and a great career after that.
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Post by airraider on May 29, 2010 15:39:30 GMT -6
The stability issue is the main problem.. Without the ACL there is simply not enough to keep your knee stable in certain postions..
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Post by wingtol on May 29, 2010 18:12:54 GMT -6
I actually had a kid who played wr for me in high school and ended up hurting his knee in college while play. They did the MRI and found out he had no ACL, Dr. said he must have torn it as a kid or at some time and never realized it. Went through life all the way to college with out an ACL.
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Post by Chris Clement on May 30, 2010 12:40:39 GMT -6
I had a teacher/school bball coach who was was 60 and had no ACL, hadn't had one since he tore an unhappy triad on the same field I played on 45 years ago in a rugby game, so you can certainly get by without it (at the time, there also wasn't much in the way of corrective surgical options) but the key is the degree of the tear, since a complete tear can't get any worse but a partial one can, and if anything else got damaged. In any case, this should really be the orthopaedist's call. You don't want to be sued, do you?
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Post by windigo on Jun 1, 2010 16:06:37 GMT -6
Got a coworker who's son is a highly recruited hockey player. He was born without ACLs. He simply wears a braces.
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