I feel your pain . . . literally . . . I think I may have torn mine. I will find out soon, I go in to the doc here in a little bit. I ate it off a rooty offcamber muddy switchback at my last hare scramble and heard several ugly popping sounds . . . now I'm afraid I might need surgery. Hopefully not but probably so. Anyway, good luck with your recovery. Do you read much? I'd give it a try if I were you. I can recommend several good novels to you . . . and I plan on buying as many "how to ride" manuals as I can for my own possible convalescence!