Tiger Woods' Surgery

After surgery just two months ago (April 17) to arthroscopically repair cartilage damage in his knee, Tiger Woods needed to face repeat surgery.  In June of this year, Tiger underwent surgical reconstruction for a torn ACL or Anterior Cruciate Ligament.  This knee has had a lot of attention because in 2002, fluid and a benign cyst were removed from around the ACL of the same knee.

Six days prior to his most recent surgery, physical therapist Stephania Bell spoke to the public from ESPNEWS about the state of Tiger’s knee.  At the time, Tiger had a torn ACL and a double stress fracture on his tibia.  Stress fractures build up over time, so it is not known if these occurred for Tiger during his rehabilitation from the April surgery.  However, the fractures should heal while Tiger is recovering from ACL surgery.  Ms. Bell says that Tiger used his knee as long as he could until the pain got to the point where he was ready for relief.

The most recent surgery was performed on June 24 in Park City, Utah by doctors Thomas D. Rosenberg and Vernon J. Cooley.  Dr. Rosenberg was happy about the results of the surgery and says, “...it is highly unlikely that Mr. Woods will have any long-term effects as it relates to his career.”

Ms. Bell, as a therapist, feels that the timing for Tiger’s surgery is good because, “it should let him be back for the majority of 2009.”