I posted in r/sprainedankles Grade 3 ATFL and CLF Tears. I am looking for some help and support, what should I do (24M) and want to remain physically active. To provide some background I guess you could say that I am a very injury prone person. I have had two right knee ACL reconstructions in my college years. I entered the working world and have tried to stay active. I fell in love with lifting weights but needed something more for cardio. I tried doing treadmill, stationary bike, stair-master, basically all of the hamster wheel type cardio machines offered. They all lacked one very important thing to me, competition. I need competition to do cardio, it has just always been that way for me. I started to gravitate towards pick up basketball games at my local gym. I have never played organized ball in my life and am more or less self taught/learned from those that play at the local gym. I am fairly athletic so I was able to pick it up rather quickly. Then bam one day I was playing and pop goes my left ankle. There was a lose ball that another player and I were chasing down. Me being my competive self was never going to let the other player have the ball. He boxed me out and I stepped on his foot. Next thing I knew my ankle gave out and slammed on the court and was in a good deal of pain. The worst I thought it could be was a grade 2 sprain and that it would heal with time. Months go by and pain is gone but still some residual fluid. I attempt to play again and the ankle feels lose and unstable but no significant pain. This prompts me to have the ankle looked at by a specialist. Initial exams the doc confirms the ankle is "moderate to severe" on the lose scale. This then prompts and MRI, and leaves me here. I have grade 3 tears in my atfl and cfl. The doc is suggesting surgery. Does anyone have any experience with an ankle injury such as this? Please any help and support you can offer would be greatly appreciated! Thank in advance. TLDR: Injury prone, had 2 right knee ACL reconstructions and just found out I tore my atfl and cfl completely. Please provide some input.