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    Did my PCL along with the rest. PCL was repaired with a donor abbos ligament. It was ok for a few years but its completely gone again. Im gonna get it fixed again, think theres only 2 surgeons that do it. Build up your quads is what the docs will tell you. Its completely livable. I run everyday and my knee has a good 2cm movement back and forward.

    My advice if you have it repaired is to take it easy for 6 months like the surgeon says. It will feel mint in 3 weeks but dont go riding just cause you wanna ride your new bike

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    A neoprene brace works well as it doesnt take much to hold the knee joint in the right position on that particular ligament. The worst thing for me being an electrician is crawling through roofs etc as when you put weight on your shin there is no ligament to hold it so it drops back. Also in the car it can be uncomfortable without the neoprene as it sits out of place for a period of time without your realising until it starts getting sore


    Oh but its a cool party trick!

    Call John from Advance Physiotherapy say Sloan sent you. He will get your surgery done soooooooooooo much quicker!!

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    Thanks everyone for the advice, I feel as if I've got a better picture of the different experiences and options now, I will see what the surgeon says next week and let you know how I get on.

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    any more knee brace advice?

    Quote Originally Posted by CHOPPA View Post
    A neoprene brace works well as it doesnt take much to hold the knee joint in the right position on that particular ligament. The worst thing for me being an electrician is crawling through roofs etc as when you put weight on your shin there is no ligament to hold it so it drops back. Also in the car it can be uncomfortable without the neoprene as it sits out of place for a period of time without your realising until it starts getting sore


    Oh but its a cool party trick!

    Call John from Advance Physiotherapy say Sloan sent you. He will get your surgery done soooooooooooo much quicker!!

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    reconstruction surgery on both ACL,s. Rehab was a long hard road. Took almost a good year untill you started feeling back to normal. However you wont ever get back to normal. I was young and it enabled my to play sports alot longer. At my age now 38, I wouldn't get it. I would try alot harder to simply strengthen it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Keithf View Post
    any more knee brace advice?
    For everyday or racing?

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    when I was 45 I snapped clean off my posterior cruciate, and tore most of the anterior cruciate and pulled the medial ligament of the bone. I had a full knee reconstruction, they made new ligaments out of my hamstrings from the other leg, and drilled new holes and screwed them in to the bone. Surgeon was Mr Dwaddle from Addidas centre Auckland. Was in steel frame for 12 weeks. I was back racing motocross most weekends after 7 months. I can run on it. I get absolutely no pain at all, and I am an old basdard. That was 4 years ago. And no problems. I wear 2 cti knee braces now. It is worth a proper repair now, rather than trying to work around it. Dwaddle is the best. John

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    everyday riding

    Quote Originally Posted by CHOPPA View Post
    For everyday or racing?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Keithf View Post
    everyday riding
    CTI2 are prob still the best but pretty much anything you can afford will be better then nothing. Asterisk, Alpinestar, EVS etc

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    Snapped my ACL & MCL at the 2009 Kwaka 2man final round.. September last year.

    Took me about 10 months to get back into racing. Only advice I can say is train your assoff before surgury.. cycle like a maniac, do whatever you can to strengthen it before surgury. The stronger it is the better.

    And also, invest in some CTi Customs. ACC payed for one of my and I saved up big time for the other. If you can get ACC to pay for the first one the 2nd one will cost $1250. Not bad for a lifelong brace huh?

    I will never ride without braces, you're crazy if you don't! I know they ain't cheap but yeah. What's 10 months of being a cripple worth?

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    Quote Originally Posted by CHOPPA View Post
    CTI2 are prob still the best but pretty much anything you can afford will be better then nothing. Asterisk, Alpinestar, EVS etc
    I use the EVS braces now, they seemed to be a reasonable balance between quality & affordability taking into account the type of riding I do (non-competitive).


    The decision.
    Been to the surgeon today and I have a completely severed posterior cruciate ligament, sprained medial ligament and a small tear on the miniscus, those MRIs are great machines eh? Seeing as the joint is stable and the torn cartiledge is not giving me any problems (no joint locking) the plan is to carry on exercising & strengthening it and only operate if the cartiledge plays up.
    He was even impressed at how well my home grown physio programme was going, I'm quite chuffed, doctors usually give me a bollocking for not going to see them early enough!

    So, I'm happy, I just need to get my muscles back to good shape so it's carry on with the cross training and dig out the bike.

    Thanks for all the advice it's been great to get all these opinions and to have the time to weigh up the two options I had, very much appreciated!

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    Don't know how the PCL differs from the ACL, but I lived without an ACL for 11 years. Basically was told to avoid surgery as long as possible, but to get it fixed pronto if it started to give trouble lest it damage the knee further. One reason to postpone surgery is that medical science improves with time, every few years there are major breakthroughs.

    I finally had to get it fixed as the whoops at Woodhill were giving it death and it kept subluxating - not while on the bike either. Otherwise specific exercises helped keep it under control, but there were things I simply couldn't do because it'd instantly subluxate, or swell up and ache for a week. Tough subluxations would require 4-8 weeks of physio to bring it right again.

    There was a 3 month wait for surgery (private) which was required to build muscle for recovery. After surgery I was off the road bike for 3 months and not allowed to ride off-road or go caving for 6 months. Surgery and recovery went very well.
    Cheers,
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    Snapped ACL and medial completely, PCL and collateral partly, aged 22. 21 years later I'm glad I had the full rebuild even though the bolts hurt in cold weather and I have bone spurs in my kneecap now which stop me kneeling on it (and the knee's still too tight to sit on my legs properly or cross my legs reconstructed leg over normal leg).

    Rebuilt knee is better than the other one. Russell Tregonning did my knee. And I agree with those who say exercise like a bastard before and after the operation. At 22 and very fit it was around 4-5 months recovery for me. Probably at least twice that now at 43...
    And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.

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