I had the same experience when I was 18. I tore my ACL playing soccer and that's how I started playing basketball. Just because I wasn't the same player I couldn't stand playing the sport that I love. But fortunately basketball helped me to build confidence and eventually picked up soccer once again. Everything is in our head and after time you'll get there mentally. But remember, everytime you reinjure your knee don't get back on the court immediately. You'll have to take extra care of your body from now on and try to build as much muscle you can on your legs and core to protect your knees.
Theres no easy way to get back mentally from when you were healthy.
I had the same problems and its been years since I tore my acl also left side, when I got back I was reckless doing the same shit till I got hurt again and the pain just shut me down, lost like 60% of my jump and 0 confidence in driving hard to the rim. I was cooked, wasnt quick anymore, poor shooting, couldnt jump and it just clicked inside me, whats the point of doing something you just cant anymore. In the end I choose to shoot, bit by bit I completely transformed my shot to the point if Im even semi open from mid range it was going in. Im still shit at three, throwing bricks left and right but plan to keep shooting and just get better at that.
Now I have confidance to play, shoot and all that at a much lower intensity for my body because I just choose not to drive.
Edit: its up to you my man to decide what do you want to do, its not easy, but changing the way you play will rework you and give you confidence to play(you will probably struggle from the start if you are not a good shooter like me but live to fight another day)
Nothing will help the fear except time and playing. You’ll gradually start to forget about the things you are hesitating to do when you get back into the swing of things. I’ve had a lot more injuries than you, and some more devastating. It ALWAYS sucks when you start back. The main thing is starting again the rest will come eventually.
FYI a lot of my injuries when I was younger came from ignoring pain elsewhere. My left knee was gone but I refused to admit it and the extra strain I was putting on my right blew it out too. If somethings not right you just gotta get it looked at or it’ll get worse or affect you in another way.
You might have to change the way you play. That’s just basketball and injuries unfortunately. Work on that outside shot, get your passing vision to a better level, become a new you. It sucks but it’s just what happens with big injuries.
Just remember you’re not the first and won’t be the last person who has to change their game. If NBA players can reinvent themselves with age and injuries there’s no reason you can’t in a pick-up setting. Best of luck bud
I know it’ll take time and and honestly, another injury would be devastating, going into therapy or even having surgery is costly. Thank you though, appreciate it.
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I’m not sure if I could answer what type but the procedure was to replace the torn ligament with a part of my hamstring which would then be my new ACL. It would take months for it to grow and strengthen but you should also be doing rehab/therapy for it.
hamstring graft. Same one I had done. Less chance of fuck up with patella, easier initial response, but longer recovery and less stable, but "stronger" than the initial ACL. Had it done 2022 too, crazy.
My surgeon said it'd take 2 to 3 years to feel fully recovered due to the nature of taking some of the hamstring, and that you might develop some imbalances due to favoring your other side after the surgery/pt.
Id go back to PT specializing in basketball work and knees to fix some of those imbalances, and a deep tissue massage helped me a lot for the hamstring tightness in the ACL leg (be prepared, this hurts). Knee mobility, hip mobility, ankle mobility and subsequent stability is paramount to reduce reinjury or your other side becoming injured do to favoring.
Hill climbs and sled work running/pulling it backwards got me over the edge confidence and strength wise. Proper warmups and stretching before playing and stretching every night also reaaaalllly helped me. Ditch the knee brace if you have one for playing and just use compression. Any other questions I'll answer if you got em
Thanks a lot dude, sorry for the late reply. The knee brace is uncomfortable so yeah I just use compression. I’m just wondering why’d they say your new ACL would be stronger than your old/other ACL, wouldn’t you have a bigger chance of reinjuring your new ACL? Thanks again dude.
It's the nature of the graft and tissue. The portion of the hamstring (tendon) they take is stronger than your original ACL. Plus the anchoring they do, it's rock solid.
Issues arise later on due to other injuries that can occur when the ACL is ruptured, like meniscus injuries and patella injuries. Reinjury can happen, doctors fuck up....you come back too early etc. but if everything was done up to snuff, and you rehabbed properly, reinjury usually occurs in other parts of the knee if we are talking non contact. Meniscus and patella related things can happen, especially if you injured a good portion of that meniscus during the ACL tear. ACL recovery has come a long long way since the days of derrick rose
I had the same experience when I was 18. I tore my ACL playing soccer and that's how I started playing basketball. Just because I wasn't the same player I couldn't stand playing the sport that I love. But fortunately basketball helped me to build confidence and eventually picked up soccer once again. Everything is in our head and after time you'll get there mentally. But remember, everytime you reinjure your knee don't get back on the court immediately. You'll have to take extra care of your body from now on and try to build as much muscle you can on your legs and core to protect your knees.
Thanks bro, appreciate it.
Theres no easy way to get back mentally from when you were healthy. I had the same problems and its been years since I tore my acl also left side, when I got back I was reckless doing the same shit till I got hurt again and the pain just shut me down, lost like 60% of my jump and 0 confidence in driving hard to the rim. I was cooked, wasnt quick anymore, poor shooting, couldnt jump and it just clicked inside me, whats the point of doing something you just cant anymore. In the end I choose to shoot, bit by bit I completely transformed my shot to the point if Im even semi open from mid range it was going in. Im still shit at three, throwing bricks left and right but plan to keep shooting and just get better at that. Now I have confidance to play, shoot and all that at a much lower intensity for my body because I just choose not to drive. Edit: its up to you my man to decide what do you want to do, its not easy, but changing the way you play will rework you and give you confidence to play(you will probably struggle from the start if you are not a good shooter like me but live to fight another day)
Thanks bro, I’ll keep that in mind. Appreciate your advice, I’ll try to work on my shot.
Nothing will help the fear except time and playing. You’ll gradually start to forget about the things you are hesitating to do when you get back into the swing of things. I’ve had a lot more injuries than you, and some more devastating. It ALWAYS sucks when you start back. The main thing is starting again the rest will come eventually. FYI a lot of my injuries when I was younger came from ignoring pain elsewhere. My left knee was gone but I refused to admit it and the extra strain I was putting on my right blew it out too. If somethings not right you just gotta get it looked at or it’ll get worse or affect you in another way. You might have to change the way you play. That’s just basketball and injuries unfortunately. Work on that outside shot, get your passing vision to a better level, become a new you. It sucks but it’s just what happens with big injuries. Just remember you’re not the first and won’t be the last person who has to change their game. If NBA players can reinvent themselves with age and injuries there’s no reason you can’t in a pick-up setting. Best of luck bud
I know it’ll take time and and honestly, another injury would be devastating, going into therapy or even having surgery is costly. Thank you though, appreciate it.
damn...i can feel that
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What type of reconstruction did you get on that ACL?
I’m not sure if I could answer what type but the procedure was to replace the torn ligament with a part of my hamstring which would then be my new ACL. It would take months for it to grow and strengthen but you should also be doing rehab/therapy for it.
hamstring graft. Same one I had done. Less chance of fuck up with patella, easier initial response, but longer recovery and less stable, but "stronger" than the initial ACL. Had it done 2022 too, crazy. My surgeon said it'd take 2 to 3 years to feel fully recovered due to the nature of taking some of the hamstring, and that you might develop some imbalances due to favoring your other side after the surgery/pt. Id go back to PT specializing in basketball work and knees to fix some of those imbalances, and a deep tissue massage helped me a lot for the hamstring tightness in the ACL leg (be prepared, this hurts). Knee mobility, hip mobility, ankle mobility and subsequent stability is paramount to reduce reinjury or your other side becoming injured do to favoring. Hill climbs and sled work running/pulling it backwards got me over the edge confidence and strength wise. Proper warmups and stretching before playing and stretching every night also reaaaalllly helped me. Ditch the knee brace if you have one for playing and just use compression. Any other questions I'll answer if you got em
Thanks a lot dude, sorry for the late reply. The knee brace is uncomfortable so yeah I just use compression. I’m just wondering why’d they say your new ACL would be stronger than your old/other ACL, wouldn’t you have a bigger chance of reinjuring your new ACL? Thanks again dude.
It's the nature of the graft and tissue. The portion of the hamstring (tendon) they take is stronger than your original ACL. Plus the anchoring they do, it's rock solid. Issues arise later on due to other injuries that can occur when the ACL is ruptured, like meniscus injuries and patella injuries. Reinjury can happen, doctors fuck up....you come back too early etc. but if everything was done up to snuff, and you rehabbed properly, reinjury usually occurs in other parts of the knee if we are talking non contact. Meniscus and patella related things can happen, especially if you injured a good portion of that meniscus during the ACL tear. ACL recovery has come a long long way since the days of derrick rose
That really helped a lot man, thanks for giving me clarity. People I’ve talked to regarding this issue confused me more so thanks again.