Sorry for anyone down here and..

[train07]

Yesterday, (did I tell ya it was lush??) ...I arrived just in time to see the play that caused this...






Literally, I was getting off my bike watching the play unfold during my boy's last game of the season. He got rolled, had to be helped off the field. Says it was a twist and he felt a crunch. The field trainer moved the knee cap all around with no serious yelps, but today it's all swollen up and he's on crutches. Couldn't help but think of all the knee problems here as I watched the trainer work on him. WTF?







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[valleygirl]

ouch...

Hope he's ok...

(great hair, btw )

[Vinman]

The athletic trainer moved the knee cap would have been the correct use of the term.

[train07]

Sorry, Vin, that's what you do isn't it? It was a tournament with a number of schools playing, so I'm now going with the field athletic trainer. I knew there was a word missing Wish you were there. I don't know how qualified that gal is, but today, he sees his local athletic trainer and then prolly an MRI.
I'm sure he's gonna be okay, cause.. he's got great hair

[Vinman]

no worries, just a little thing athletic trainers tend to like to correct. It keeps the confucion of the term "trainer" to a minimum. I hope you boy is ok.

[train07]

Hey Vin, thanks. We went to the sports medicine center here in Rutland and the doc is 98% sure that it's a torn ACL. He explained everything thoroughly using a knee/ligament/bone model. The MRI is scheduled and my son is still holding out hope. They told Sprite the same thing and look what happened her. Still some hope. This kid is very accident prone. We're getting too familiar with the sport med/xray routine.

[snowsprite]

There's still hope...remember the dood who looked @ mine in Mammoth was all "I'm sure it's ACL" and it was just an MCL sprain.

I have my fingers crossed for him to come out okay too!

Sprite

[Vinman]

whihc doc is he seeing down there Boynton? If so I hear good things about him.

[train07]

Yeah Vinman, it sounds like Boyton's the man. First he got checked out by the schools athletic trainer. http://www.vermontorthoclinic.org/staff/dorion.html

Mike sent him to the Vermont Sports Medicine center in Rutland to see Dr. Matt http://www.vermontorthoclinic.org/staff/gammons.html who did the diagnosis, had the xrays done, and gave us the explanation with the bone model.
Next it's to the MRI, and onto Dr. Boyton for the operation http://www.vermontorthoclinic.org/staff/melbourne.html

Dr. Matt assures us full recovery within six months. From what I've learned here in maggotmania land this could be sooner, depending on his desire to push it. He's sooo not thrilled about the prospect of being "down'' this summer up to Dec., but says he wants that operation if it's really a torn ACL.

What a valuable resource this forum is, not that I like to hang here often.
Good luck, best wishes to all you gimps.
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[hemas]

Good luck for yer kid train07. Hope everything turns out alright.

There's still hope...remember the dood who looked @ mine in Mammoth was all "I'm sure it's ACL" and it was just an MCL sprain.

Sprite

But they have been wrong in both direction. 2 of the 3 docs I saw (this was before I had an MRI taken) said, it's just a sprain... But MRI showed that the ACL was clearly gone, and some damage to the meniscus (even more damage was found during the actual op).

Anyway, hope I'm wrong and Sprite is right. +++Vibes to the kid+++

[Vinman]

Yeah Vinman, it sounds like Boyton's the man. First he got checked out by the schools athletic trainer. http://www.vermontorthoclinic.org/staff/dorion.html

Mike sent him to the Vermont Sports Medicine center in Rutland to see Dr. Matt http://www.vermontorthoclinic.org/staff/gammons.html who did the diagnosis, had the xrays done, and gave us the explanation with the bone model.
Next it's to the MRI, and onto Dr. Boyton for the operation http://www.vermontorthoclinic.org/staff/melbourne.html

Dr. Matt assures us full recovery within six months. From what I've learned here in maggotmania land this could be sooner, depending on his desire to push it. He's sooo not thrilled about the prospect of being "down'' this summer up to Dec., but says he wants that operation if it's really a torn ACL.

What a valuable resource this forum is, not that I like to hang here often.
Good luck, best wishes to all you gimps.
F

Yeah, 6 mo is about average to be back to sports. Bill Knowles is an athletic trainer down there. He is the man as far as ACL rehab goes in that area. Works with many very high level athletes (national and world level). Ask Dr. Boynton about him. He will know how to get in touch with him.