Ritalin and bony healing

[estherderu]

dear phunphysio,

sorry for my ignorance but by saying ACL reconstruction do you mean a anterior cruciate ligament recon?
Could you also tell me more about his history... why did the he need a recon in the first place... trauma? and why is he using Ritalin and for how long? Is his blood monitered because of this usage? How is his health status? is he hypermobile? etc etc
That will make my understanding complete and because I find your question very interesting, I will start looking things up as well.

esther de ru

[phunphysio]

Yes, Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. His fathers hamstring was used as the graft, a new technique here is Australia. His heel pain seems secondary to biomechanical faults from changed gait post reconstruction. I have found 2 articles ragarding bone mineral density and ritalin, one small one on humans, and one or rats, both reported no significant difference but I still question the mechanism by which the Ritalin slows growth (and whether or not it then influences the healing of bone). Very difficult to find.