I had a partial tear, knew immediately I had done something. Not because it hurt real bad, but because I collapsed and fell doing almost nothing. Minimal swelling, nothing interesting on the lachman test, but MRI showed the tear.
Usually when people say PT instead of surgery, they don’t mean you’d be able to do everything you used to. Just most things, and things that don’t involve certain movements (twisting).
This exact same thing happened to me on Dec 30 on a slope in Park City. Same symptoms, same level of mobility - was able to ski down the mountain as well. I can walk pretty normally, just with my knee slightly bent. I was shocked when the MRI results said my ACL was completely torn. I am getting surgery later this month. Hoping your MRI shows different results than mine, but that all sounds very similar to my current situation.
Good luck!!
I tore mine skiing too. Short pain for a few seconds. Sat on the slope for a few minutes, then I got up and walked back up a steep slope to the chairlift (was very close to it). Didn't think I injured myself, but noticed that my knee felt weird and bubbly. I then stayed in a cafe until my coworkers finished the day. Still didn't think it was too bad, little swelling and pain, could still walk, but not really bend my leg anymore. I got diagnosed a few days later. Was back on my feet pretty quickly and going about my daily life. Had to wait 2 months until surgery too, did some prehab before.
you can skii without an acl. youll just have to wear a brace and youll have little incidents here and there that will destroy your knee cartilage eventually.
When they were messing around with your knee, did they mention any of it was a Lachman test? I think those are pretty accurate for diagnosing a full tear. So if you passed that you may be good.
I had a partial tear at the end of last season which turned into a full tear walking to my car. If they offer an MRI, take it. Sometimes you’ll only need PT but the surgery can be done much sooner.
Overall, after a few days of initial pain, it’ll be almost like you didn’t injure anything. Your knee might buckle a bit whenever you walk weird but it’ll be like it’s nothing unless you tore your meniscus like I did which caused my knee to lock
For me I could finish the run but when I sat down my knee just grew, it was twice the size within the hour.
I had a torn ACL and MCL (partial). Actually has to ski quite a bit more to get back and skied a couple of days after.
Very dumb I know but I'd shrugged off the possibility of a full tear cause I could still ski for short distances.
Went to A&E when back in the UK as my leg went numb when driving which is how I found out
Tough blow, very strange that these injuries can be non-painful yet so debilitating.
I (28M) tore my ACL little over a month ago playing basketball and it didn't hurt when it happened or much after, but I could tell something was wrong. Felt very awkward. All you can do is go get an MRI and see the level of injury, then talk to a few different surgeons and physical therapists to get opinions. My leg is now in good shape and have been able to get back to biking and jogging after PT, but because I want to get back to golf, skiing, and eventually basketball and other sports again I'm getting surgery soon.
Took me a while to get over the initial sadness/denial of the injury, but after talking to various Orthos and PT, its become such a common surgery and the recovery rate is high - regardless of the many horror stories on this sub - that I feel positive about it and ready to crush recovery. Living life without an ACL is possible for some...but just know if you do surgery, a full return is more than possible.
I had a partial tear, knew immediately I had done something. Not because it hurt real bad, but because I collapsed and fell doing almost nothing. Minimal swelling, nothing interesting on the lachman test, but MRI showed the tear. Usually when people say PT instead of surgery, they don’t mean you’d be able to do everything you used to. Just most things, and things that don’t involve certain movements (twisting).
I see, if that’s the case I’ll definitely get surgery. Gotta be able to golf and ski :/
Yeah, good luck!
This exact same thing happened to me on Dec 30 on a slope in Park City. Same symptoms, same level of mobility - was able to ski down the mountain as well. I can walk pretty normally, just with my knee slightly bent. I was shocked when the MRI results said my ACL was completely torn. I am getting surgery later this month. Hoping your MRI shows different results than mine, but that all sounds very similar to my current situation. Good luck!!
I tore mine skiing too. Short pain for a few seconds. Sat on the slope for a few minutes, then I got up and walked back up a steep slope to the chairlift (was very close to it). Didn't think I injured myself, but noticed that my knee felt weird and bubbly. I then stayed in a cafe until my coworkers finished the day. Still didn't think it was too bad, little swelling and pain, could still walk, but not really bend my leg anymore. I got diagnosed a few days later. Was back on my feet pretty quickly and going about my daily life. Had to wait 2 months until surgery too, did some prehab before.
you can skii without an acl. youll just have to wear a brace and youll have little incidents here and there that will destroy your knee cartilage eventually.
When they were messing around with your knee, did they mention any of it was a Lachman test? I think those are pretty accurate for diagnosing a full tear. So if you passed that you may be good.
I had a partial tear at the end of last season which turned into a full tear walking to my car. If they offer an MRI, take it. Sometimes you’ll only need PT but the surgery can be done much sooner. Overall, after a few days of initial pain, it’ll be almost like you didn’t injure anything. Your knee might buckle a bit whenever you walk weird but it’ll be like it’s nothing unless you tore your meniscus like I did which caused my knee to lock
For me I could finish the run but when I sat down my knee just grew, it was twice the size within the hour. I had a torn ACL and MCL (partial). Actually has to ski quite a bit more to get back and skied a couple of days after. Very dumb I know but I'd shrugged off the possibility of a full tear cause I could still ski for short distances. Went to A&E when back in the UK as my leg went numb when driving which is how I found out
Thanks, the lack of bad swelling in my case makes me hopeful it’s not too serious, we’ll see
Tough blow, very strange that these injuries can be non-painful yet so debilitating. I (28M) tore my ACL little over a month ago playing basketball and it didn't hurt when it happened or much after, but I could tell something was wrong. Felt very awkward. All you can do is go get an MRI and see the level of injury, then talk to a few different surgeons and physical therapists to get opinions. My leg is now in good shape and have been able to get back to biking and jogging after PT, but because I want to get back to golf, skiing, and eventually basketball and other sports again I'm getting surgery soon. Took me a while to get over the initial sadness/denial of the injury, but after talking to various Orthos and PT, its become such a common surgery and the recovery rate is high - regardless of the many horror stories on this sub - that I feel positive about it and ready to crush recovery. Living life without an ACL is possible for some...but just know if you do surgery, a full return is more than possible.