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Partial acl tear
Does a partial ACL tear heal by itself? If not then is surgery required or is physiotherapy enough?
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Cannot heal by itself. The function of the remaining part of the ACL is important here. If it can provide stability to your knee,you need only Physio. If it cannot you need a surgery.
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See a knee specialist and let him decide.
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Young age, any buckling or locking episode are not good signs and point more towards surgery
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Surgery or no surgery in case of ACL tears depends on what your symptoms are and how it is affecting your life. If you have had a recent tear, you need to rest it initially and then have an intensive physio rehab and see if that takes care of all of your symptoms. Then you will not need any surgery.
Make sure you go to a proper physio and rehab to help get back to normalcy.
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