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Originally Posted by eastcoastsurfer
True, although I didn't swell when I tore mine. Also didn't hear a pop, but that was because it was caused from impacting the water with lots of background noise. What I did have was initial pain which made me think I was going to pop out of the water and see my knee bent the completely wrong way heh.
That's good news that it's not a torn ACL  |
No swelling is very unusual ... the reason you see a lot of swelling with ACL tears is because they generally have a healthy blood supply. Menisci do not cause abundant swelling because there is poor blood supply.
You did have the nearly unbearable pain though, which is another tell-tale sign ...