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Torn knee anterior cruciate 31-Aug-2007 At 1:28:25 PM Bel

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Basically your acl is designed to stop your tibia slideing forawrd on your femur. Your leg is already a large lever and kicking dowards agaist the resistance of the water will pit pressure on your knee. Adding flippers will massively add to this pressure. Also flippers = cralf cramps especially if you have a tight calf (very likely!!) ps dont reckon you would cope with breaststroke either!

Surgery in general has come a long way. 15 years ago they didnt even do acl repairs! As for riding on the road fully understand its always scary and having had a few run ins with cars myself im scared of riding on busy roads. An exercise bike also has the added advantage of being adjustable. IE if riding sitting on the seat is too hard you can take the seat away completely and ride sitting behind the bike in a normal chair (hope that made sense!) this will reduce the angle your knee has to bend to make the pedals go round.