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Philip Rivers Finds Flow Despite Torn ACL |
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Written by Alessandro Nicolo
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Tuesday, 22 January 2008 |
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It turns out San Diego Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers played with a torn ACL in his knee during the
AFC championship game against the New England Patriots on Sunday.
I really have no clue how he pulled it off. For those of you who never had the pleasure of tearing your ACL and dealing with its arduous aftermath, playing without an ACL is not like "playing through pain." It's not the same as tolerating pain in your bones or playing with a sore thigh.
A torn ACL, once past the initial painful agony of ripping it, doesn't preclude anyone from playing a sport.
The problem is that the ACL acts as a stabilizer in the knee. Without getting into specifics, essentially the ACL allows for knee to perform lateral movements. Without it, the knee gives out and the process starts all over again.
It works like this: Tear ACL, clutch knee in agony screaming "what the fuck just happend?", knee locks and swells, bed ridden for a couple of days until mobility is regained, go visit specialist, shout "why me?" once the MRI confirms it is an ACL tear, debate if you want surgery, have surgery, go through grueling rehab, wait one year and a bit to play again.
It marvels how this was not more of a story.
I suppose one needs to actually have torn an ACL to know what Rivers pulled off.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 22 January 2008 )
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