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The ortho thinks it's the MCL rather than the ACL which could be of huge significance. MCL's tend to heal faster without surgery.

Definitely good news.. question is did he get both of them? It's actually pretty common to injure both ACL and MCL at the same time.

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What I'm not buying is, without an MRI the ortho told him not to play until next spring.

If he tore his MCL, you're still looking at significant rehab time. You just avoid the surgery aspect. I don't remember exactly, but I'm thinking a Grade III MCL sprain is probably looking at 2-3 months rehab. Rarely will they do surgery on the MCL unless there are other structures involved.

But get the MRI and find a doctor you trust. From the sounds of it, you don't trust the one he saw.

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