ACL Ruptured Im 16 and i had surgery in may of 2004, the did a lateral release, repared my meniscus, and did the "thermal shirnking" on my ACL. i was goin to rehab for almost 6 months and the PT said my knee was really strong and i talked to my doctor to see if i could play volleyball again. He said i could and i did a "cutting" test with the PT before practice started that day and everything went fine. well 2 drills into my practice i stepped to the side to get a ball and my knee gave out and i heard a "pop" and fell to the floor in a lot of pain. The PT that was there at the time said i might have completly torn my acl and i went to the doctor and thats exactly what i did. i dont understand why my knee gave out and i tore my acl i wasent even working that hard. Is 5 months to early to go back to sports? ive heard of ppl goin back after a month. now i have to have surgery again i could just as well be done with high school sports for ever! it sucks! i just dont know what to do i dont wanna have it again but i still wanna be able to play sports for fun. what should i do? From: Jill Story Categories UPDATED STORIES CATEGORIES   Apr. 15 441 ACL injury/reconstruction Mar. 23 19 Anterior knee pain syndrome Jan. 18 78 Arthroscopy Jul. 17 24 Autologous Chondrocyte ... Apr. 26 8 Bursitis May. 23 84 Cartilage problems Oct. 20 99 Chondromalacia Patellae Mar. 15 30 Chronic Swelling Dec. 10 22 Depression due to inactivity Apr. 12 63 Dislocation Feb. 11 20 Iliotibial Band Syndrome Sep. 03 162 Knee Injury Jan. 04 270 Knee pain Nov. 22 201 Knee Replacement ... Mar. 27 142 Knee surgery Jan. 05 28 Ligament damage Aug. 27 159 Meniscus injury/repair Apr. 03 29 Microfracture Mar. 09 65 Osgood Schlatter Disease Mar. 31 23 Osteoarthritis Nov. 28 59 Osteochondritis Dessicans Apr. 08 107 Other May. 11 106 Patella-Femoral Syndrome Jan. 12 33 Rehabilitation/Treatment May. 24 11 Rheumatoid Arthritis