Hi All,

I am new here and was just after some advise if possible.

Back in early November I damaged my knee playing football (soccer). After several visits to the hospital I saw a knee specialist who referred me for an Wikipedia reference-linkMRI scan on the 5th Jan 09.

The results are below and the specialist said I would recover just as quickly without surgery which I was really pleased about.

I have seen a sports injury specialist at my local football club who has given me quite a few differant exercises which I have been doing over the past month or two.

Most times during the day my knee does not hurt and I am able to run in a straight line with no problems. I do sometimes still get pain in my knee if I catch it at the wrong angle for example or when crouched down for a long time.

The reason for the post is that I really want to get back playing football again and just wondered in your opinion if the time scale of 4 months would be about right to start participating in contact sports again if I wore a knee support?

I also wondered if anyone is able to suggest a good knee support they have used in the past?

Many Thanks

Oggy

Scan Results

Three plane PD fat images obtained.

The ACL has a disorganised appearance especially
posteriorly. Some fibres are however seen intact and the
findings are likely to represent a partial tear. The PCL
appears intact. The medial meniscus appears intact. There is
a high signal vertical line seen through the middle third of
the lateral meniscus. This is only seen on one solitary
image and on balance probably does not represent a radial
tear.

The tibial collateral ligament appears abnormal and swollen
with high signal seen distally in keeping with a grade 2/3
type injury. There appears to be complete disruption of the
deep components of the medial collateral ligament. In
addition there is high signal in the region of the postero
medial capsule/corner with likely injury of the posterior
oblique ligament. There is high signal seen in the postero-
lateral femoral condyle evening with an impaction type
injury. The rest of the postero- lateral corner appears
intact. There is a small knee effusion.

The extensor mechanism appears intact with 33 mm of the
quadriceps tendon imaged. Normal signal from the cartilage.

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