The ACL Repair Blog Firsthand accounts of ACL surgery and recovery

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 brace.

4. Exercises bending the knee (like squats) are better than exercises that extend the knee.

5. Motivated people can do just as well at home as at Physical therapy (But are any of us that motivated that we can do as good as a professional?)