[lex24]

ACL injuries are often non-contact. Mine was. Playing hoops at Harmon.  Tried to block a shot. Felt something go. ( Serves me right for trying to play defense in a pick up game) This was ‘80. So arthroscopic stuff not as prevelant. Had full surgery. Meniscus tear is all they found.  Just to let you know how different things were then, I was in the hospital several nights and then they put me in a cast for a couple of months. I was 6’2 about a 140 at the time. When they took off the cast I barely had any leg left……. 12 years later I was shooting hoops in the gym, jogged after the and the whole thing went. Got an MRI ( they didn’t have those in 1980 - or if they did it wasn’t offered). I had torn the other Cartlidge in the knee and   tore the ACL. I remember getting a second opinion.  The doctor moved my knee around and said well I’ll look at the films but I don’t need to, you have about the loosest knee I’ve seen. He told me I probably tore it in 1980 but they just didn’t see it. 

Can’t play this week.  Couldn’t play last week.  Geesh outsider you are so jumping to conclusions.  However this is year 4 HS and college Mills hasn’t been healthy.

MAny many people have torn ACLs without being touched.  I have seen it in person many times plus moi

[lex24]

ACL injuries are often non-contact. Mine was. Playing hoops at Harmon.  Tried to block a shot. Felt something go. ( Serves me right for trying to play defense in a pick up game) This was ‘80. So arthroscopic stuff not as prevelant. Had full surgery. Meniscus tear is all they found.  Just to let you know how different things were then, I was in the hospital several nights and then they put me in a cast for a couple of months. I was 6’2 about a 140 at the time. When they took off the cast I barely had any leg left……. 12 years later I was shooting hoops in the gym, jogged after the and the whole thing went. Got an MRI ( they didn’t have those in 1980 - or if they did it wasn’t offered). I had torn the other Cartlidge in the knee and   tore the ACL. I remember getting a second opinion.  The doctor moved my knee around and said well I’ll look at the films but I don’t need to, you have about the loosest knee I’ve seen. He told me I probably tore it in 1980 but they just didn’t see it. 

Can’t play this week.  Couldn’t play last week.  Geesh outsider you are so jumping to conclusions.  However this is year 4 HS and college Mills hasn’t been healthy.

MAny many people have torn ACLs without being touched.  I have seen it in person many times plus moi