Austin Crowe
Orthopedic sports medicine surgeon and president/owner of Chippewa Valley Orthopedics and Sports Medicine in Eau Claire/Altoona, WI; recurring "Inside the Training Room" guest on The Dan Kasper Show.
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Oct 14, 2026
Austin CroweGUEST
Of course, everyone who has an injury like this, wants to get back as soon as possible.
Austin CroweGUEST
And it's one thing if you're a high school or college athlete, but when you're a professional, people really put that external pressure on to get back as soon as possible.
Austin CroweGUEST
But we have figured out that early return after major knee injury has a lot of pitfalls.
Austin CroweGUEST
Number one is you're two times more likely to tear the ACL on the other knee than the one that you had surgery on.
8 MINS LATER
Austin CroweGUEST
I mean, I think honestly, a majority of athletes are still getting the standard suture on each side, tuck them together, and, and that's been around forever.
Austin CroweGUEST
Um, basically, it's a, it's a technique that in addition to the sutures where you pull the tendon together, you run anchors into the calcaneus or heel bone, and that augments the repair.
9 MINS LATER
Dan KasperHOST
So with, with that type of injury, if there was, like, no torn ligaments or anything like that, is it still common to do, like, a, a surgical procedure with that?