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Originally Posted by milkman
Swelling doen't occur right away.
It takes hours.
For a high level athlete, the only difference bewteen a partial tear and a complete tear of the ACL is that the doctors will have to finish the tear of the partial tear before repairing it.
A partial tear that you rest and allow it to heal on it's own is simply allowing scar tissue to build around the tear.
A world class athlete will lose far more flexibility and strength than he (or she) can afford to lose and still compete at the same high level.
Whether Berry tore the ACL partially and then completed the tear when he returned to the field, or he tore it fully on the Johnson hit (a more likely scenario), the end result would be exctly the same.
Berry was going to have to have it surgically repaired, regardless, and you guys are bitching about nothing.
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I was waiting for you to come in and clean things up.
Well done, sir.