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Torn knee anterior cruciate 30-Aug-2007 At 5:17:42 PM davids

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Yeah thanks Will - I feel like I need a bit of sympathy! I'm in Gippsland so I saw Malcolm Thomas - he was pretty honest - said he'd refer me to a knee only specialist if I wanted - but I'm happy with a generalist, and it would be a pain to have to go up to Melbourne.
He was pretty sure of the diagnosis just on the story, and there was major anterior laxity on examination (made me feel quite nauseous when he was showing me). The knee is also very sore the longer the day goes on - the blood in the joint I guess. I think I should be resting it.
From your point of view, any lateral or medial tenderness would make a cartilage or med/lat ligament injury more likely. Malcolm said that if it swells up immediately (blood in the joint) it is probably more likely to be an ACL.
Cheers.