• ACL Reconstruction After 40

Is age 50 the new 30? That might be true when it comes to a common knee injury. You see, it used to be that doctors only repaired torn ACL's in young people because people over 50 weren't active enough to need surgery. But now, as more and more people are staying physically active later in life, the philosophy on who should have surgery is changing.

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