I've never tore my ACL, but 5 of my teammates on my ball team have and the best advice i can give you is to not think that you know more then the doctor. Our best post player is just now coming back after sitting out almost 9 months. She could've been back about 3-5 months ago but she didn't listen to the doctor and stopped using her cruches and started running on it and stuff and got fluid in her knee and eventually developed staff. So that made her have 2 extra surgeries. I know how hard it is to just sit and watch your team play and really wanting to be out there because i've had to sit out for 2 games in a row bc of a concussion, but just trust your doctor and you'll get back out there alot quicker then you will if you take it upon yourself.