Peter Attia· MD
I had an ACL tear and A miniscus Tear was this the this is the 80s I had knee surgery that week but nobody did anything he just went in and looked and I came out and said what do you mean they went in and looked I had an arthroscopic surgery and only later they're like well what what did we do they said oh nothing they just said they're going to treat it non-operatively after the operation yeah what they didn't have MRI that was high enough resolution back then no they knew well I don't know I you know I was 14 so it's like I don't you know I just did what I was supposed to do and they said after the doctor was it's funny because he's the reason I wanted to be a doctor too yeah because you know he came in he's talking to his dick the phone he is you know 14-year-old male injuries I was like that's cool that's what I wanted to do guy gets a dicted from who doesn't want to have one of those exactly so I so I didn't have the surgery they said we're going to rehab it from the age of 15 basically to 30 I did not have an ACL I had a bucket handle tear of the meniscus which is a very severe miniscus tear and only at age 30 did I have the surgery done after my fellowship was over and I recently took x-rays of my knee because I was curious I did standing alignment center of the head to the ankle I have no arthritis in my knee