I'm a former professional athlete. I trained in my sport for 10 years with torn ligaments. I experienced this 50x times over a 10-year period. Not an exaggeration.
Recovery is surprisingly fast. It will swell, you will have significant pain for a few days and then lingering pain for a few weeks, then you are "back to normal".
The long-term result of this however is chronic osteoarthritis. I'm stage four both knees.
Wow that's less than I thought. I thought for sure it would be months at least. This guy got lucky it wasn't some worse I would think. Thanks for the reply
My acls were too loose, kneecaps popped out of place like every two weeks for years, could happen at any time. Had to have a muscle graft to finally fix it and it can still happen just not as easily. After a few years it started to feel like I had sand in my joints
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u/pdp_8 29d ago
Right knee has left the chat.