anyone have had a torn acl?

[Trek420]

Torn ACL both knees but worse on the left, torn meniscus tendon both knees but worse on the left, arthritis everywhere so no surgical option. Also have a broken big toe and compression fracture of the spine but that's another thread.

I tore the left when throwing Peter kokyunage in Aikido. He was supposed to fly out and away from me but nooooo. He took a high fall straight up, and straight down on my knee. I think my stance was not good because if it was he would have kinda bounced off but my knee collapsed. I was young and stupid and with inadequate insurance. Stuff like PT was not included.

A few days later when it stopped hurting I went back to training.

Had I known how the injury would effect me later on I'd have found a way to get PT. See my footer below.

For now anything and everything that makes me stronger and/or more flexible is good. I have a program my PT recommended + exercises from Knott. I'll have to do these the rest of my life if I want to keep moving.