Tyrone Ligon

The night before my 24th birthday, I ruptured my left ACL and tore my MCL and lateral meniscus playing basketball. Dr. Wickiewicz told me he was going to use this new instrument called an arthroscope to check my knee. I knew one of the OR techs; he later told me that my ACL looked like spaghetti. Treatment was much different than it is now: I believe a piece of my IT band was used to sew the ACL back together, then my leg was immobilized for 7 weeks. 3 months of regaining range of motion, then 7 months of muscle building. I went on to play basketball for another 20 years until a couple of scopes and weight gain made playing ball not worth the risk. I took up cycling and have done 7 century rides in the last 6 years. I haven't had a single issue with my ACL - a testament to Dr. Wickiewicz' work more than 3 decades ago.