Hey guys long story short tore them both and broke 2 bones gonna need surgery….anyone out there had to have a similar surgery I am just curious on the turn around time and extent of the rehab from these procedures. thanks. E
Best of luck on a speedy recovery E. 
I tore my ACL/MCL about 20 years ago. I didn’t have surgery. I just rehabbed it. I went to physical therapy for about 3 months (I think 3 times per week). My guess is your looking at least 6 months before your able to do most of the things you did before. It’ll be a year before your 100%. Since I went the non surgery route, I have had several times that my knee has slipped out. I would guess at some point, I will need to have surgery.
If you were playing for the Vikings or Packers they would put you on IR. On the plus side, you should be feeling good enough to be comfortable walking in the woods by the time the rut picks up this fall. 
It’s a fairly quick recovery considering. I would say 3-6 months to 100% at the longest, possibly quicker. A lot will depend on the surgery and your bodies healing ability. I have had 5 knee surgeries and avg was about 3 month to 100%. Good luck
Did you completely tear them (blow them away) where they need to put in new ones or are they just going to fix them?
Sorry to hear that Erick. Hope you will be able to get in and out of the boat so you can at least have an enjoyable rehab.
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Sorry to hear that Erick. Hope you will be able to get in and out of the boat so you can at least have an enjoyable rehab.
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Dean, you got a good wheel barrow down at the resort?? 
E, that ride down the bridge could be fun….
Jami
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Sorry to hear that Erick. Hope you will be able to get in and out of the boat so you can at least have an enjoyable rehab.
dd
Dean, you got a good wheel barrow down at the resort??
E, that ride down the bridge could be fun….
Jami
I would trust Brian hauling me in the tractor before you do this big man! 
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Already smoking the rehab reefer are we? 
Or did you break a head bone?
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Sorry to hear that Erick. Hope you will be able to get in and out of the boat so you can at least have an enjoyable rehab.
dd
Dean, you got a good wheel barrow down at the resort??
E, that ride down the bridge could be fun….
Jami
I would trust Brian hauling me in the tractor before you do this big man!
Wow, you’d trust bk… Im not saying i would handle it alone, you could sweet talk Jim B into helping….
Jami
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Sure, always have an excuse not to take me walleye fishing. I can take hint!
Get better soon Erick!
Kinda like when you take me CAT FISHIN’ bk? Good luck E!
…as far as “turn around time”…well, I just won’t go there.
Well there goes your plans to run that marathon you were planning… 
I think Evert’s has a truck and trailer parking service for a nominal fee…you should be OK…As far as the turnaround time, the Ex works in the Physical Therapy unit at Regina in Hastings. She said expect 6-9 months for therapy if you are in great shape! Add broken bones who knows???
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She said expect 6-9 months for therapy if you are in great shape!
So 2-3 months for you E!! 
Just talking about it makes my right knee hurt (blew out my ACL). Tuck is spot on for the recovery, don’t skimp on the P.T.
At least you’ll have a bunch of us buddies willing to take you fishing.
I want to see this wheelbarrel experiment, life jackets might be mandatory.
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Sorry to hear that Erick. Hope you will be able to get in and out of the boat so you can at least have an enjoyable rehab.
dd
Dean, you got a good wheel barrow down at the resort??
E, that ride down the bridge could be fun….
Jami
I would trust Brian hauling me in the tractor before you do this big man!
STEP AWAY from the tractor! 
Hi, I had ACL, MCL, and PCL surgery back in 1959. The Mayo Clinic did not know how to do PCL surgery then. My repair for the ACL was taken from a technique from John Hopkins. Many things have changed since then. Like it was stone age surgery at that point. I want to commend the Mayo Clinic and my surgeon, since retired, Lowell Peterson. However, to answer your post as far as time is concerned please do not rush it for whatever the time is. Make sure that you do the rehab work very dillegently! Also, do not do anything that they tell you not to do. I have had 5 surgeries on that knee with the last one being knee replacement in 2000. Good luck in your recovery and again do not do what you are supposed to not do. I had two other injuries after the intitial injury so that is what I have experienced. Again, time line, do what the medical people tell you to do. Each body is different. JJ
Thanks for the replies guys…well most…Stuart *cough*……It is going to be a slow pregress I am sure and hope to work my way around…I am just curious if this fall I can hobble around some and get in the boat or if i am going to be making a [censored] groove in the couch for 4 months!
I’m betting on the couch. 
Don’t worry Erick—I’ll make sure the sauger don’t get lonely this fall if you can’t make it to see them 
Ooooh…that’s cold!
Kicking a guy when he’s down! 
I got the Smooth Moves in the Warrior buddy…and then you can make faces at Rich while your pulling the big girls in!
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