Should I put weight on it?

hi guys, in regards to putting weight on a recently dislocated knee, the first goal is to get the swelling down, once this is done ,it may take a few days of resting the leg, try to carry on as best you can, if you rely on crutches and braces and tape for to long immediately after you will find it makes it harder for you to do without them. i have dislocated my knee several time and have had reconstructive surgery twice, the surgery worked and lasted 5 years with out it coming out again but as time goes on one stops exercising and keeping the strength up around the knee and eventually the obvious happens.i also have NEVER dislocated my knee without severe pain. the best advice i can offer is to find a good physiotherapist and follow all exercises and always tape up before playing sports ect. another good idea before sports and so on is to stretch the outside knee muscle, moving your knee cap to the inside of your leg stretching the tighter outside muscle, usually this is a major cause of the knee coming out, a week inside muscle that is too tight fighting with a weaker inside muscle, so build the the muscle on the inner thigh and stretch the outside muscle and this should reduce alot of instabillity.

I recently dislocated my knee for the 1st time, and now have my right leg in an immobilizer. I am able to put weight on the the leg, and can walk on it, but should I or should i carry on using crutches to keep the weight off the knee?