'16 D.C. DE/TE Devante Brooks (UT commit 1/15/15)

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My brother is having his 4th ACL surgery this morning at age 33. He tore his right ACL in high school and tore it again about 9 months later the first time he was cleared to play soccer again. He had Dr. Elrod the Titans Dr repair it the second time and hasn't had a problem with that leg since. Then he tore his left ACL, LCL, and PCL after college around age 24. Dr. Elrod fixed it too and it has held up until about a week ago he had another left ACL and meniscus blow out. He has had it fixed with both a donor and his own patella tendon.
 
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MCScots4 said:
My brother is having his 4th ACL surgery this morning at age 33. He tore his right ACL in high school and tore it again about 9 months later the first time he was cleared to play soccer again. He had Dr. Elrod the Titans Dr repair it the second time and hasn't had a problem with that leg since. Then he tore his left ACL, LCL, and PCL after college around age 24. Dr. Elrod fixed it too and it has held up until about a week ago he had another left ACL and meniscus blow out. He has had it fixed with both a donor and his own patella tendon.
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Eesh...tell him to go see a PT trained In movement and body kinesiology.

I would bet money he has some ankle dorsiflexion and hip mobility issues
 
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InVOLuntary said:
I thought in athletes they used a cadaver tendon to reduce extra trama to the knee.
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They offer that and the same with meniscus transplants. I passed because at that point I was a desk jockey. The rehab is also longer and harder when they take if from your own knee. The risk of rejection is pretty well eliminated, however. That may be the issue if the first cadaver transplant failed at some point.
 
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VolsnCards5 said:
Allografts (cadaver tendons) seem to
Cut down rehab time becuase patients tend to feel better quicker (since the graft isn't harvested from their own body). But there are studies that show the allograft actually has a delayed incorporation in the knee, which means even though the patient feel ready to go back to sport more quickly, there is potential that the graft has not taken like an autograft (patellar, hamstring self donation) does.

Many MDs chooses autograft for initial surgeries and allografts if there is failure of that.
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VolsnCards5 said:
Accelerated ACL rehab programs are all the rage for athletes right. Unfortunately, it is beginning to look like this is not a good idea

studies are showing that soft tissue to bone healing takes longer than initially thought (longer than bone to bone healing). There is a phenomena called "tunnel widening" that is being taken more seriously than before. Basically, the tunnel made in the bone where the ACL is grafted widens own its own during the months after surgery. This obviously is not a good sign. There is some conjecture that accelerated rehab programs may facilitate this widening.
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Your knowledge on the subject is obviously greater than mine. From practical personal experience I agree 100%. For every story of a quick return of 1 year or less, there are many more that it never works out well in that period of time. I'm all about the two+ years after having gone through it.
 
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InVOLuntary said:
Someone told me several years ago that using cadaver tendons cut the rehab time down significantly. I don't know if that still holds true. I've never had an ACL issue fortunately. My issue has been my Achilles tendon. 😤

And while I'm not a soccer fan myself, they are tremendous athletes.
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I had ACL reconstruction and they used part of my patella ligament. It healed up fairly well. Years later, I fell and broke my wrist playing some volleyball at the gym and when the bone didn't heal back properly, they did surgery to repair the bone and ligament, using cadaver parts. It took forever to heal and still isn't 100%. I still feel a little pain in the area once in a while. Might be arthritis/tendinitis.

Point being, cadaver ligaments is not going to heal anywhere near as well as using persons own ligaments
 
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VOLorNuttin said:
I had ACL reconstruction and they used part of my patella ligament. It healed up fairly well. Years later, I fell and broke my wrist playing some volleyball at the gym and when the bone didn't heal back properly, they did surgery to repair the bone and ligament, using cadaver parts. It took forever to heal and still isn't 100%. I still feel a little pain in the area once in a while. Might be arthritis/tendinitis.

Point being, cadaver ligaments is not going to heal anywhere near as well as using persons own ligaments
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That has a lot to do with it being your wrist. The knee is a lot easier to fix. There is a lot more going on in the wrist. The hands and wrists are much more difficult to deal with. I had an allograft when I torn my ACL and it healed up fine. I barely notice it any more.
 
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Vante ‏@_DevanteBrooks · 9m9 minutes ago
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Somebody help..who we looking at here?

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Brooks, idk, guarantano, maybe byrd?, idk, carlin fils?, idk. I was hoping big dude was dickerson but doesn't look like him. Also gibbs and warrior are there but none of these guys look like them
 
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#743
Maybe second from the left is warrior if he grew his hair out, I'm bad at this stuff lol
 
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tdtrevorg said:
I think these are all commits. L-R Brooks, idk, Guarantano, Blakely, Bituli, Fils-Aime, maybe Pope.
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I think you're exactly right except for Blakely. Pretty sure the guy in the middle is Deangelo Gibbs the 2017 CB but I could be wrong
 
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Ertel said:
Maybe second from the left is warrior if he grew his hair out, I'm bad at this stuff lol
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Well we now know you will never be a star witness at a trial.

"Yes your Honor, that's him.....maybe. I don't know, could be that guy in the back of the court room too. Actually your Honor, you might be the guy I saw. I don't know. I'm not very good at this stuff".
 
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