Love these orthopedic episodes thanks! Between a foot fracture and ruptured acl, I feel lucky that I happened to encounter fully transparent doctors who were encouraging on giving PT a good long trial to see how well I would do without corrective surgeries. Never had surgery for either injury a good 6 or so years later. I’m still dancing at a fairly high level (which is plenty good enough for me in middle age). An athletic friend just a bit younger than me had an acl surgery around the same time and had a disappointing outcome. My tendency towards less intervention when possible has served me well.
Love these orthopedic episodes thanks! Between a foot fracture and ruptured acl, I feel lucky that I happened to encounter fully transparent doctors who were encouraging on giving PT a good long trial to see how well I would do without corrective surgeries. Never had surgery for either injury a good 6 or so years later. I’m still dancing at a fairly high level (which is plenty good enough for me in middle age). An athletic friend just a bit younger than me had an acl surgery around the same time and had a disappointing outcome. My tendency towards less intervention when possible has served me well.