Alright so a couple months ago I got told my meniscus was torn, so I went through the surgery for that, and they said my ACL was torn too.
I went through physical therapy to rehab the knee, but still haven’t had the surgery for my ACL. The surgery is in 2 weeks, and I was wondering if I should risk getting back on the skateboard or wait until I get the surgery done.
I’m really anxious though, because I was off of skateboarding for almost a year when my knee started acting up, and I was told I couldn’t try anything crazy when I went through physical therapy. I stopped the therapy 2 weeks ago, and I’m just going crazy. I don’t even wanna try tricks or anything, I just wanna skate.
So I’m asking if anyone has had this done, or some advice.
#1 by Naresh Chamdal on February 17, 2010 - 2:38 pm
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it’s definitely not a good idea you could risk making the problem worse.
#2 by Richard C on February 17, 2010 - 4:32 pm
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With only two weeks left hold off on the skateboarding. You just don’t want to take a chance and damage any more meniscus than you all ready have. Continue to work on strengthening the knee. I have my patients work very hard on their hamstrings. Weak hamstrings are one reason that the ACL fails. If you are going to consider taking a graft from your hamstrings think about the fact that they are probably weak now and a graft is going to make them even weaker. If you can think about using a cadaver graft. They are safe and just as reliable.
#3 by Tim on February 17, 2010 - 5:49 pm
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i had osgood schlatters disease in the knee from too much skateboarding, it hurt but i still skateboarded and then i got bored of it and now i dont skate anymore
it isnt about the impact of the tricks its about the stress on the ligament
#4 by alianna_ on February 17, 2010 - 6:44 pm
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no I would risk going back on the skateboard and cause more damage to the knee.