ACL reconstruction

[neiacy]

One more thing.........A torn ACL happens to ALL THE GREAT ATHLETES!

At least that's what I tell people-

[rdmoon12]

I had surgery last March and my biggest tip is go to every single PT and do it at home as well. Also ICE that as much as possible. Don’t be stupid your leg is going to feel great at one point, but don’t play on it, because that is when your ligament is decaying and very weak it does that right before your body accepts it as a new ligament. Have fun its hell. lol

[GMackey32]

I had ACL surgery and they used the patellar tendon......wasn't in a lot of pain, but did find sleeping a pain. Have your leg straight in a brace, sucked! I am assuming you're not a pro athlete, or anything that needs a hurried up process. Just take you're time, bust your butt in rehab.......you'll do fine. Your first goal is to be able to walk without crutches.

It's amazing how quickly the time will go by. Mine was done on a Thursday and I watched the NFL draft all day that Saturday and watched the Vikings draft Randy Moss!

Hopefully you'll always remember where you were when ISU beat Oklahoma!

How did you hurt it?

GOOD LUCK

I tore it playing slow pitch softball. It was only a partial tear for awhile but it eventually tore completely as I was rehabbing the partial tear. Normally I would have to work on non-home game days but because I had surgery yesterday, I get today off to be able to watch the 'clones. The last non-home Big 12 game that I got to watch was on Oct 24th, 2009, and we all know what happened that day...

[jsb]

Funny you should say that. Right after my Dad had picked up my prescription of Percocet, I had an severe allergic reaction to the Percocet they gave me in the discharge area. So they switched my prescription to Vicodin and we weren't allowed to return the Percocet by law. So now I have a whole bottle of Percocet sitting on my counter that I can't even use...

Make sure to take your pain medication. Don't try and tough it out through any pain. If you are pain free then you will be able to move around more and ultimately heal faster.

When I had my appendix out, the Vicodin made me sick, so they switched me to Percocet. I ended up using about 1/2 my perscription. Now, I'll use it when I fly internationally. I love it. It takes care of the normal aches and pains of being crammed into a small space.

[CyFever]

It will be be six months on Wednesday since my patella tendon graft ACL reconstruction and medial meniscus repair. Adding the meniscus repair got me 8 weeks on crutches so there was a lot of strength lost.

My best advice: Do everything your PT tells to do and do it faithfully. Do not do any more than your PT tells you to do; don't push it.

By following this advice, I was able to have a fantastic recovery and got a release back to full activity one month ahead of schedule.

Put in the work but don't push it.

[pulse]

It will be be six months on Wednesday since my patella tendon graft ACL reconstruction and medial meniscus repair. Adding the meniscus repair got me 8 weeks on crutches so there was a lot of strength lost.

My best advice: Do everything your PT tells to do and do it faithfully. Do not do any more than your PT tells you to do; don't push it.

By following this advice, I was able to have a fantastic recovery and got a release back to full activity one month ahead of schedule.

Put in the work but don't push it.

Follow this to the letter! Do the PT like you ability to walk depends on it. Do everything they say and don't be impatient and push it.

[Cyclophile1]

Follow this to the letter! Do the PT like you ability to walk depends on it. Do everything they say and don't be impatient and push it.

Follow the doctor's orders to the letter and listen to and talk to the PT team. Do every PT session and give it 100% and do your home sessions with equal effort. My patella graft ACL reconstruction with meniscus repair had me going PT six days a week, twice a day for four weeks and then once a day for the following four weeks. I had the KU team physician do my surgery and the University PT team so I was fortunate in terms of resources.

I did pool work in addition to PT and gradually worked swimming in as the second PT session each day dropped off and continued that for six months. I was out of my brace in six weeks and playing tennis (gingerly) after 12 weeks. That was 1995 and I have fewer issues today with that knee than the other "good" knee.

Keep your attitude as positive as possible and think long term as much as you can. You want to be active 15-20 years later so the hard work is worth it and will pay off. Do whatever it takes to keep your mind right and keep working at it. In the moment, it may seem like it is an eternal struggle but time flies and you will be glad for giving it your all.

Cheers