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Maidenman
07-01-2008, 07:04 AM
Hi Guys

New chap from the UK here, who has found reading threads pretty insightful.

Anyway as title suggests, I tore my ACL and lateral meniscus last March and had reconstruction (hamstring) last November.

Rehabilitation was ok (didn't have access to physio) which contained a lot of gym work on the cycle and working on building Hamstrings and Quads.

After 7 months surgery I am still unable to run on the knee as after a few minutes the top of the tibia (where is joins the knee cap).

Also more worryingly a lump has appeared again in the same place (below the knee cap) and is very prominent when the knee is flexed. This is where the pain is concentrated also.

I went to see the OS a while back who after taking an x ray believes this to be soft tissue, which is bizarre as the lump feels like bone. He suggests there is nothing that can be done and is a by product of the op and may settle down over time.

Has anybody else experienced similar issues or have recommendations of next steps?

MAny Thanks

Jim S
07-01-2008, 07:33 AM
Once you have an injury like this and undergo the knief, you become a man and your balls drop. Yours have dropped a bit too low.


My top three guesses: prepatellar bursitis, screw migration or pretibial syovial pseudocyst/ganglion.

Vinman
07-01-2008, 08:02 PM
what kind of graft did you have?

Maidenman
07-02-2008, 03:31 AM
It was an autograph!

Vinman
07-02-2008, 03:02 PM
hamstring/patellar tendon or quad tendon?

Maidenman
07-02-2008, 04:44 PM
Sorry should have been clearer, was an autograph using the hamstring tendon

Vinman
07-05-2008, 11:38 AM
tough one. guesses include patellar tendonitis and or bursitis and maybe ganglion cyst