Anyone who watched the 2008 U.S. Open knew that Tiger Woods was playing in pain. Two days after winning his 14th major championship, he announced that he would miss the rest of the PGA Tour season and have reconstructive surgery for a damaged anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee. The surgery was performed on Tuesday, June 24, as this issue of AAOS Now went to press.
Woods has a distinctive, powerful swing that puts unusual stress on his left knee. He elected to undergo arthroscopic surgery in April to clean out debris and cartilage damage following the ACL rupture last year. He also hoped to delay reconstructive surgery until after the 2008 season. But while recovering from the arthroscopic procedure, Woods experienced a double stress fracture of the left tibia—just 2 weeks before the U.S. Open.
Rather than heed physicians’ advice to rest for 6 weeks to allow the stress fractures to heal, Woods endured increasing pain through the sudden-death playoff. Then came the announcement: “It is clear that the right thing to do is to listen to my doctors, follow through with this surgery, and focus my attention on rehabilitating my knee.”
Woods has a distinctive, powerful swing that puts unusual stress on his left knee. He elected to undergo arthroscopic surgery in April to clean out debris and cartilage damage following the ACL rupture last year. He also hoped to delay reconstructive surgery until after the 2008 season. But while recovering from the arthroscopic procedure, Woods experienced a double stress fracture of the left tibia—just 2 weeks before the U.S. Open.
Rather than heed physicians’ advice to rest for 6 weeks to allow the stress fractures to heal, Woods endured increasing pain through the sudden-death playoff. Then came the announcement: “It is clear that the right thing to do is to listen to my doctors, follow through with this surgery, and focus my attention on rehabilitating my knee.”
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