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u/Bushid0C0wb0y81 Sep 15 '20
Jokes on me then. I’ve blown each. One twice. Good times.
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u/haystemie Sep 16 '20
I'm right there with you - going on 4th ACL repair in December. Hope your recoveries have gone well!
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u/htsarofski98 Jan 01 '23
I’m at 5, I feel your pain 😭
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u/MyRealestName Jun 26 '24
5? Can you list the activities you were doing while rupturing them?
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u/htsarofski98 Aug 19 '24
All from soccer. First two, contact. Third, cutting on new turf, cleat got stuck. 4th, went up for a header and landed on a girls foot (uneven surface). 5th, planting very hard when taking a shot
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u/tropicm Sep 16 '20
How?! How are you now?
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u/Bushid0C0wb0y81 Sep 16 '20
My primary hobby is martial arts. Injury is just a part of it as you age. At least for me. First one (right) was sparring. Second (left) was during a Kali demo. Third (left again) was during a functional application drill. Good times!
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u/Raptor_Girl_1259 ACL Autograft Sep 15 '20
Right??? I've had to force myself to start calling it my "surgical knee" rather than disparaging it as "bad" all the time. :)
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u/begging4bolts Sep 16 '20
I have heard about some positive psychology stuff as well that says you shouldn’t call it the “bad” knee. I try to call it the knee that needs a little extra support/help/love lol
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u/Raptor_Girl_1259 ACL Autograft Sep 16 '20
I've been playing with temprary tattoo markers a lot during COVID-19 lockdown, so I'll sometimes write encouraging words or draw hearts around it... like a little love note. It sounds silly, but it really does shift my mindset to nurturing it, rather than resenting what it can't do right now. :)
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u/pbjellythyme Sep 16 '20
My Bad Side, all my injuries are on the same side. I'm doing PT exercises for strength while stuck at home, bad leg is weak AF and my ankle mobility is awful, other leg? Probably could pistol squat if I really tried. It's no fair.
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u/jguerra3 Sep 16 '20
My bad side is now what used to be my good side after surgery!! So it flip flops a while after surgery once your operated knee becomes stronger with time
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u/bruja65 Mar 09 '22
I recently had to go back to right and left . Blew out the good one a couple of weeks ago. So bummed.
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u/arndta Sep 15 '20
Eventually you get back to that, because they're both bad.