Hi,
I'm new here and would appreciate some advice from anyone who has a perspective on trying to be an active person after getting a ruptured ACL.
I was training in jiu jitsu - standing up and a nutbag wrapped my knee with his leg, held it tightly between his knees so I had no ability to rotate my knee and then scooped / shoved me sideways over my trapped knee. I fell but my knee didn't follow.
Now My ACL is completely severed and I have a fractured tibia at the back near the top and some bone bruising on the femur. Apparently when the knee dislocated that far the femur can come out and whack the back of your tibia and because the femur is the strongest bone in the body the tibia looses out.
So it will be more than 12 months post op before I can go back to BJJ - if I decide I still want to. However, I'm swimming now with a pool buoy and I'm told I should be able to run again after about 6 months - with or without surgery. I imagine I'll be able to cycle before I can run. I've joined a swimming club and I'm interested in joining a triathlon club later when I can do more.
Does anyone here have experience RE training after rupturing an ACL? Any advice / wisdom to share? I've done some ultr marathons before so if I end up getting into triathlons instead of going back to BJJ I think I'll be drawn to the longer events.
Thanks,
Sharla
I'm new here and would appreciate some advice from anyone who has a perspective on trying to be an active person after getting a ruptured ACL.
I was training in jiu jitsu - standing up and a nutbag wrapped my knee with his leg, held it tightly between his knees so I had no ability to rotate my knee and then scooped / shoved me sideways over my trapped knee. I fell but my knee didn't follow.
Now My ACL is completely severed and I have a fractured tibia at the back near the top and some bone bruising on the femur. Apparently when the knee dislocated that far the femur can come out and whack the back of your tibia and because the femur is the strongest bone in the body the tibia looses out.
So it will be more than 12 months post op before I can go back to BJJ - if I decide I still want to. However, I'm swimming now with a pool buoy and I'm told I should be able to run again after about 6 months - with or without surgery. I imagine I'll be able to cycle before I can run. I've joined a swimming club and I'm interested in joining a triathlon club later when I can do more.
Does anyone here have experience RE training after rupturing an ACL? Any advice / wisdom to share? I've done some ultr marathons before so if I end up getting into triathlons instead of going back to BJJ I think I'll be drawn to the longer events.
Thanks,
Sharla