ACL tear Surgery or not?

[Dolores]

can you bear any weight on the injured knee for more than 10 minutes without feeling an uncomfortable stretch in the back muscles? just wondering because thats what I ve been going through for the past 10 months,,,I was running and somehow ended up with a very strange left knee injury. I never fell so I must have just stepped wrong or hyperflexed the ligaments,,,its been hell though I lost complete support on that joint and it looks like my back is now compensating,,,2 orthopedists said theres nothing wrong with it and recommended me to do physical therapy to strengthen the quads buttocks and hamstring muscles but it has not been very effective for me on the contrary it just makes the interior of the knee hurt a lot more i might have injured the pcl or acl,,,its quite disabling and I would suggest for you to get an mri and see a specialist,,,im gonna see one next week hopefully Ill get more info! just stay positive try not to overdo it and be patient...trust me I know how much this injury sucks...

[sarahkelly]

Hi there,
I'm sorry it took them so long to figure out that it was an ACL tear.
Denmark have as good, possibly better healthcare system than the UK, so make deciding on the surgery or not your issue rather than worrying about where to do it.
You say:
"After I went for physio and I found it to hard to complete so I have kind of given up trying some exercise to build my quads to support my knee"
Did you mention that your were struggling with your exercises to your physio? Did you make attempts to get your pain under control with anti-inflammatories and pain relief via your doctor?
Did you actually follow an ACL rehab program after you found out or just have one physio session?