Table 6 Main categories stratified as positive or negative in the journey from ACL injury to ACL re-rupture, and from ACL re-rupture to the time of interview, respectively

ACL injury to ACL re-rupture

Positive

Finding hope for the journey

Accepting my ACL injury

I succeeded

Negative

What matters now?

Who am I?

Where will this end?

What is going to happen?

ACL re-rupture to present day

Positive

Fighting spirit

A helping hand

Working hard

I am a new me

Negative

I am destroyed

Loneliness

Painful changes

I could have made it to the pro´s