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Your doctor will weigh several factors to decide on a treatment plan. These include severity of the injury, age, physical condition, medical history, and other injuries or illnesses.
People who are young, active, and healthy typically get surgery. Your primary care doctor will refer you to an orthopedic surgeon. In surgery, they will repair, or reconstruct, the ACL with tissue. This can come from your hamstring or a minor patellar (knee) tendon. They also can get it from a donor. Surgery should be performed shortly after the injury, within 5 months, for best results. After surgery, you will need intense physical therapy to rebuild strength in your knee and leg.
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