ACL Reconstruction - Swollen Knee

[alophysio]

Agreed. I didn't mean to be so down. You must work hard though.

Out of interest, is it helpful for you to know that a signficant portion of people (lets say 80-100% of people) will develop arthritis in the knee? Or would you rather be kept in the dark about it and work hard and be surprised later if it develops?

BTW, arthritis doesn't equal the end of the world. It just means joint inflammation - literally! In other words, you will have sore knees and they will see some changes on XRays...sometimes i forget i am not talking to physios...sorry

[I_hate_my_knees]

no worries, thanks for the information - it is helpful!

Another question for you...

Whats the probability that a sutured cartilige operation is successful?

I'm due to go back in two weeks to see how the knee is doing, but he said there's a chance it wont work but its defintely worth a try...

or is that question too difficult to answer without more information about the extent of the injury?