The ACL Repair Blog Firsthand accounts of ACL surgery and recovery

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I must admit that since my knee has not been bothering me in recent months I have completely ignored this site. While i’d love to say that I will be better and post regularly, that’s simply not the case as my life is pretty busy between work and play (also photos).
I was thrilled [...]

Today I went in for my three month post operative checkup. The doctor asked me a few questions about how my knee was feeling and did his standard exam of the joint. He declared it to be nice and tight and told me I could ride my bike as much as I want, [...]

It’s been 8 weeks since my surgery and I’m feeling great. In fact, yesterday my PT told me I was having a “picture perfect” recovery. I’m walking without a brace all the time, still riding a bike on the trainer and doing ever more ambitious PT exercises.
Although I must say, if this [...]

Today I’m seven weeks post-op for my ACL repair.  At this point physical therapy and self discipline seem to be the name of the game for me.  I’m going to PT once a week now, and a typical routine looks like this:

8 minutes on a stationary bike to warm-up
8 minutes on a device they [...]

My recovery from knee surgery pressed on today with a six week post operative visit to my orthopedic surgeon. I told him about my fall a couple weeks ago and he quickly brushed it off after i described the motion of the fall.
After a quick exam of the knee he announced that he thinks [...]

Here I am wearing my knee brace on the beach in Mexico last week. As much as I hate that thing, it does bring me a little pleasure to see that it’s covered in sand and sunscreen while i’m sitting at my desk in rainy, windy seattle.
I should be getting rid of it [...]

Luckily I’m feeling much less sore today, so hopefully the scare of a re-injury will pass.
Yesterday I was getting ribbed at the office for squeaking while i walked down the hall.  I think it’s time to lube my brace!
Off to PT now.

Today I had my first Physical Therapy appointment for recovering from my ACL Reconstruction.  As I expected we started by taking measurements of how far i could bend and flex the joint as well as measuring the size of my quads, calfs and knee.
We then moved to a stationary bike where i was quickly able [...]