Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="James, post: 717421, member: 27207"] I think you'll be able to ride without it longer if you get a brace. I tried riding without the ACL for 6 months and landing jumps was killing me until I got a knee brace. I had some minor discomfort after riding with the brace, but I wasn't respraining the other ligaments all of the time. Doctor said my discomfort was the knee not tracking properly and that would eventually lead to total knee replacement once all of the cartilidge wore away. I just got mine fixed two months ago and I am not allowed to ride so I don't know for sure if the fix was the way to go yet. I was having such success with the brace that the surgery really came down to the fact that my insurance wasn't going to be as good this year and I figured now was the best time economically. [/QUOTE]