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Anybody here know if mostly-but-not-completely torn ACLs can recover on their own well enough for someone to play pro soccer again? I have a relative that mostly tore his a few months ago, it has now healed over with scar tissue but is still lacking the proper thickness and orientation of fibers. He has no pain now (after months of rehab) and jogs everyday now, does some weight vest workouts and is squatting more weight than he did before he got injured.
He injured some other stuff that has healed somewhat too. Surgeons want him to get surgery and said ACLs can't heal on their own, yet my relative literally has imaging evidence that it has healed to some extent already in just a few months, but the surgeons chalked it up to just being scar tissue and not falling under their definition of healing. There are studies that say athletes do just as well conservative management as surgery for that injury. Anybody here have experience with this stuff? Thanks.
When a close friend had ACL surgery, the doctor mentioned that even full tears healing naturally isn't unheard of, but in that case (full tear) the surgery was still recommended. I was surprised that "just live with no ACL" was considered a viable option for anything short of playing sports like soccer.
In that case, I think an outpatient surgery was perhaps a bit optimistic, but the overall recovery prognosis wasn't otherwise inaccurate.
Damn that's crazy.
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https://www.strongfirst.com/community/threads/acl-reconstruction-acl-rehab-without-surgery.21455/#post-399283
Strongfirst is a goon show but Prevost is the real deal. It sure doesn't sound like your boy needs surgery.
Wow this is very helpful thanks!
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