How fucked am I? My ortho specialist/surgeon recommends not having surgery and just doing PT but also thinks that i will probably have another dislocation in the future (after which he would consider surgery)..
Is it really worth the risk to not do the surgery after a full tear even if it its my first dislocation? For context, I live a pretty active lifestyle (workout 1-2x/day + tennis/padel 1x/day every day).
I’m also afraid that without surgery, I will mentally not be able to trust my knee again and wont be able to perform back to 100% in my sports (eg. will hesitate to run and chase balls, etc.).
Is it really worth the risk to not get the surgery even if it is my first dislocation? Would recovery time with and without surgery (recovery as in back to sports) be similar?
Very distraught and in need of advice :(