Sometimes doctors disagree about your degree of disability. Often, the workersâ compensation carrier will request that you be evaluated by an Independent Medical Examiner (IME). That is a doctor hired by the workersâ compensation carrier to assess your degree of disability and the causal relationship of your accident.
Treatment. On average, it takes six weeks for a MCL injury to heal. The initial treatment for most grade 1, 2 or 3 MCL tears focuses on reducing the pain and inflammation in the knee while immobilizing the knee to keep it stabilized. A grade 2 tear can take from two to four weeks to heal. 2  A grade 3 tear usually takes from four to eight weeks to heal, unless it is associated with damage to the ACL, in which case the recovery time may be longer.
How long does it take to recover after an ACL surgery? On average, how long does it take to recover from ACL surgery? How long would it take for me to recover so I can go back to softball after ACL surgery? How long does it take to recover from an ACL surgery? I just had an ACL surgery 7 weeks ago, going through pt right now. How much longer do I need to be in pt and how long would the entire recovery process be? If you tear your acl, how long does it take to heal if you don't have surgery?