In my experience there isn’t much the ER can do for you today

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Nov 28, 2024
9:49:35am

The 435 All-American

In my experience there isn’t much the ER can do for you today

Aside from maybe helping you manage pain until somebody can see you tomorrow or Monday

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The 435

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Knee injury during Turkey Bowl…wondering if I should go to the ER today. Knee is

Brute66

9:47am

In my experience there isn’t much the ER can do for you today

The 435

9:49am

That’s what I’m thinking…and there is no pain

Brute66

9:50am

All they’ll do is refer you to ortho, and then give you a big bill.

Powerbait DPM

9:51am

For context I’m not a doctor

The 435

9:54am

Yeah it’s not swollen or painful so I’ll probably just go about my day and call

Brute66

9:56am

ERs are worthless unless you have a medical emergency

9:57am

Such a weird statement. "X is worthless except for the one thing they were even

fattycoug

10:09am

Not a weird statement at all. I think the point is that there's no use going to

russkiejedi

10:23am

It's the wording that is weird.

fattycoug

11:17am

No, it's not. It's obvious what he meant

russkiejedi

12:50pm

Sounds like it might be an ACL. Hard to say the severity but a non contact cutting mechanism… you’ll be fine though. My

9:57am

Yeah it’s pretty weird how I can walk and stand with zero pain…I’ve never had an

Brute66

9:58am

I’ve seen football players just decide, nah I’m fine and keep playing. You have to have really strong hamstrings and

10:01am

Pretty sure Tom Holmoe doesn’t have an ACL in one of his knees

Powerbait DPM

10:06am

John Elway played his whole career without repairing his ACL

cougaman

10:07am

Go buy a brace and take ibuprofen. See a sports med doc next week if still

cougaman

9:59am

Most places now want you to wait until swelling has gone. Also surgery clinics are booked with people trying to use

10:03am

Zero reason to go to ER in that scenario

Medute

10:03am

Sorry that happened. But doesn't sound like an emergency.

Mr. Belding

10:35am

Potential ACL tear. Mine never hurt. I played 3 additional games on mine with a $15 Walmart brace before getting checked

RootieBoy

10:40am

Hurt doing the turkey bowl doing things you never do anymore? WOW, weird.

dryflyelk

10:49am

I always know it’s a risk 🙂 still worth doing fun things with risks for me.

Brute66

10:59am

Here’s what you should do

JimmyZ

11:01am

I promised my wife I would and then my competitive nature got the best of me 🙂

Brute66

11:06am

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