Just wanted to put up a post about riding with a torn ACL knee ligament. My question is has anyone rode for some time with a torn ACL?
This is my 3rd ACL tear over the years, and none of them have occoured while riding my bike. I tore it last october loading up some equipment when my foot slipped (had oil on my shoe-unknown to me). I didnt think I tore it at the time, but it has poppped out many times and went and saw my doc and confirmed it.
I was planning on postponing surgery till about November, when it gets colder on the east coast and the holidays bear down on us.
BUT....
I have popped it out the last two times riding with my CTi2 knee braces on.(probably popped it out 8 times total now)
Both times have occoured while jumping, in the air, my foot has come off of the footpeg, and both times I came up short and my foot slams down on the footpeg and the knee "pop, pop" and it flares up. Have to ice it for a week or two then it swells down. It freakin hurts bad when it pops out on the track.
I rode last week like a total puss, was soo tenative and in the back of my mind knew I had a blown knee. I havent rode like that since I started riding. Then I finally started to pick up the pace and bam, knee pops out. I know its not the end of the world, but if I schedule surgery now, the summer is over. I go with the cadeavor knee graph, so recovery time is shortened by about 50%.
This is my 3rd ACL tear over the years, and none of them have occoured while riding my bike. I tore it last october loading up some equipment when my foot slipped (had oil on my shoe-unknown to me). I didnt think I tore it at the time, but it has poppped out many times and went and saw my doc and confirmed it.
I was planning on postponing surgery till about November, when it gets colder on the east coast and the holidays bear down on us.
BUT....
I have popped it out the last two times riding with my CTi2 knee braces on.(probably popped it out 8 times total now)
Both times have occoured while jumping, in the air, my foot has come off of the footpeg, and both times I came up short and my foot slams down on the footpeg and the knee "pop, pop" and it flares up. Have to ice it for a week or two then it swells down. It freakin hurts bad when it pops out on the track.
I rode last week like a total puss, was soo tenative and in the back of my mind knew I had a blown knee. I havent rode like that since I started riding. Then I finally started to pick up the pace and bam, knee pops out. I know its not the end of the world, but if I schedule surgery now, the summer is over. I go with the cadeavor knee graph, so recovery time is shortened by about 50%.