ACL question

[celticmania]

Just a quick question for anyone who may have knowledge or has even experienced an acl tear.  How often do athletes return to their top form after tearing an acl ?

[CoachBo]

It's a lot more common now since techniques have been improved. The injury is hardly a death sentence.

[Denis998]

players have been coming back playing well after their ACL injuries, however I'd still be hesitant about the possibility of reoccurring injury.

[Who]

Never seen an NBA player come back to 100% after ACL. Players do come back from it nowadays and can return to play at a good level but I've never seen anyone match the level of play they were at prior to the injury. I think 80% of previous levels of performance is about as good as you can hope for. And that is the best case scenario.

[gift]

I think you can pretty much recover 100% or close to it these days. However, it will require missing about a year of action, plus another year of playing to get there. Of course, a lot depends on the severity of the injury, the age at the time of the injury, subsequent injuries and mentally trying to get over it and not worry about it while playing.

I hope in the future there will be a better way of diagnosing stressed/compromised ACLs in the future so a good portion of these injuries can be prevented from happening in the first place. It's certainly one of the injuries you never want to see anyone get.

[greece66]

Never seen an NBA player come back to 100% after ACL. Players do come back from it nowadays and can return to play at a good level but I've never seen anyone match the level of play they were at prior to the injury. I think 80% of previous levels of performance is about as good as you can hope for. And that is the best case scenario.

^this + every player/injury is different.