The ACL Repair Blog Firsthand accounts of ACL surgery and recovery

Stupid me.
I put off going to physical therapy until today since my knee had been steadily feeling better. The PT suspects that a combination of a weak hamstring, bad arch support and a tight IT band are causing some inflammation behind me knee cap. I’m on a regimen of PT and will [...]

The good news is the Dr. said my ACL feels “rock solid”. Unfortunately that does not explain the clicking and soreness I’ve been experiencing for the last two weeks.
His initial diagnosis is that my knee cap has become inflamed and he’s having me me go back to PT for a couple weeks. [...]

After a couple of months of pain free living my knee was feeling as good as it’s felt since before i injured it when i got back from vacation about three weeks ago.
Then suddenly two weeks ago my knee felt a bit unsteady while i was on a walk with my brother. Since [...]

Hey All-
I got a simple forum going. It’s still a bit rough around the edges, but I’m hoping this will be an easier format for keeping in touch with eachother and talking about our knees. I apologize that you need to register in order to post on the forum, but I just [...]

Hello ACL Bloggers!
My recovery has been going so well that it really hasn’t been at the forefront of my mind. I’m back to commuting on my bike, doing some light hiking and generally living it up. Sadly, this means i’ve been totally ignoring the awesome community here at ACL-Repair.com . [...]

I realized today that all the emails from the “tell us your story” form were getting caught in my spam filter! And here I thought nobody cared. I’ll be getting back to all of you in due time, sorry it’s taken me so long! Look for some new posts from some [...]

I was sitting in a meeting yesterday when i got an email from my dad saying my mom had taken a fall on the ski slopes and torn her ACL and possibly her MCL.  We’ve got all the luck in this family!  She had actually injured the ACL in her other leg several years ago.  [...]

Saturday was a momentus day for me in that I took my trucker out on the road.  My girlfriend and I rode about 10 miles round trip from our place in Eastlake (Seattle) to Ballard for sandwiches.  It felt fantastic.  I had no knee pain and my legs felt quite strong.   Of course, the route [...]

Hey all, I just upgraded the wordpress install on the old ACL blog. If you see anything funny going on let me know. Thanks!

This is mostly from a review on ACL reconstruction: Spindler, KP and Wright, RW. 2008. Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear. New England J of Medicine.
1. Weight bearing right after surgery does not cause harm.
2. Using passive motion machines is not any better than not using them.
3. Use of a brace is no better than not using a [...]