Forever_Hatter
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Hiya peeps,
Just wondered as i know alot of u guys and girls can b rather sporty, Just wondering if anyone has experienced this op?? Had keyhole surgery but need full replacement op is on 5th august
Just wondered kinda recovery time u had?? and how un mobile u peeps where??
tis gona kill me not being able to do no gym work etc for a while
cheers
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Karen
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Registered: 9th Jul 03
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Poor baby James. Dont wory Ill come make u better!
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
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Cant you just buy a new lock?
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Forever_Hatter
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awwww thanks kaz 
quite possibly a new lock wud do the trick, altho quite painful where do u suggest?? b&q? or wilkinsons??
[Edited on 18-07-2004 by 1.6 16v]
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Marc
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Barnetts 
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Forever_Hatter
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oi oi, dont u stick ur out @ me Mr unless your gona use it 
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Greg_M
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to my knowledge (bsc sport and exercise science) the cruiciate ligamnet is a long recovery time, as its basicly the ligament that hold everything together. it goes accross the inside of the knee.
didnt know you could replace it, how did you do it
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Forever_Hatter
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yeah i had many problems with knee so far, its the medial one also which runs on inside of leg, basically at present my knee rocks out of joint when turning
basically they have to take fibre out of my thigh hamstring and use the fibres as ligaments which are then screwed to femur and shin bone(canny remember currect name) 
all done by a tackle from behind (no jokes )
[Edited on 18-07-2004 by 1.6 16v]
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Greg_M
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that will be weak as fuck. screwing in ligament tissue, wtf. yod be better off getting rid of the scar tissue and letting it reform itself while the legs in plaster
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Forever_Hatter
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well i hope it wont, wana get back to full fitness and playing again
they normal try repairing it with a arthoscopy(keyhole) but apparently is damaged rather bad
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Darren M
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Registered: 22nd Mar 01
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it will take a very long time!!!
i didnt have mine replaced but i snapped it playing footy, the stretched the ligament and was then sewn back together.
After that the ligiment is solid and you cant bend your knee, i was in a cast for 6 weeks then 4-5 months of theropy, every week you will be able to bend your knee back a bit more, but it does take ages, also hurts like hell!!
i had to take a whole season out from football and do loads of training, mainly running up and down a big hill 
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Forever_Hatter
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i had aimed for fitness to b up by crimbo, better think again
gona b bored shitless
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Darren M
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your maybe not as bad mate if the whole ligament is being replaced, as i had to re-stretch mine which took a while.
after my operation i was stacked to the eye balls with drugs to kill the pain.
whats the drug like heroin they use for pain?
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Peaky
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Hiya
I'm a physio & have worked with quite a few people with cruciate ligament damage/replacements etc. It really depends on the person from what i've seen.
Usually, its the bending & getting the knee completely straight thats a problem at first (plus you'll have a lovely juicy swollen knee!), you'll prolly feel very stuck-in-the-middle. Don't worry though because with the right amount of work at it & effort then these things will happen. Then you'll have to work on strengthening again because your quads & hamstrings will have fallen asleep with the lack of 'normal' work going on in there.
You will prolly have to use crutches at first & then whoever is training you will gradually wean you off them & should get you training on a treadmill back to normal (if they have one).
I've seen people take ages to make progress & i've also seen people make a lightening recovery, you'd never know what happened to them! Thats why I think it depends on the person.
On average i'd say about 3 months before you train again. Of course this depends on you and whatever it is you want to return to! You may be back way before then.
Good luck to you  .
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Forever_Hatter
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cheers fellas
nice to know from experience. I had physio on knee before for osgoods sclatters (sp) and had to rebuild muscles etc, im eager to get back to full fitness as soon as poss, so hopefully i will push myself!
thanks again peeps
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J da Silva
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im on the mend from doing mine ages ago, i was in backslab for a few weeks, alan smith (ex england physio) sorted me out pretty quickly, was back on my feet in time to do my LET, although while i was doing it i was hobbling round the car a lot. still cant play competative footy till next feb/march
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