>Recovery will take long time...Next year in September I could be able to kick a ball again. Until then...threadmill and patience:)
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>Have you tried to some knee strenghtening and stabiliziation exercises?
>I met other patients who had similar problem with ACL and used the no-surgery approach and they are now able to ski and do light jogging.
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>>BTW In England we call it "physiotherapy", just as the "gas man" in an >operation is the "anaesthetist" as opposed to the US "anasthaesiologist" >(sp?)
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>In Romania, we call them the same: "fizioterapie" and "anestezist".

Which, along with Dragan's comments, just goes to prove that the Americans have got it wrong.