ACL Recovery

mariagrace93
mariagrace93 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 23 in Fitness and Exercise
Has anyone got any advice for acl recovery I’ve been out for 7 months with the last two on physio after having an op. I’m really starting to struggle with seeing the end of this injury. Anyone else in the same place?

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  • work2bafitbadass
    work2bafitbadass Posts: 11 Member
    Sure am... full rupture here and broken tibia :( august 20th... was in full brace for 6 weeks to heal the bone. Knee partially healed dead straight. Surgeon wont touch me until i have at the least a 90 degree bend with minimal stiffness. It has been hell and my surgery has now been pushed from january to march or april. Brutal... hang in there! I find the mental end of this to be very challenging. I was very active before this... I gained 25 pounds. I have lost 9 so far. Definatly a very slow marathon not a sprint.
  • SonyaCele
    SonyaCele Posts: 2,841 Member
    are you doing the rehab PT like you are supposed to, just focus on that for now. I got a little stir crazy for a while after surgery, but knew i was looking at at least a year of rehab. I was on crutches for 8 weeks after the op. I spent a lot of time in the gym working on upper body , at 8 months i was released to start running but ended up not running. At a year i was released lift again, squats, dl etc. And it was another year or more before i was back to my pre surgery strength. Its a long slow humbling process. It is what it is.
  • Muscleflex79
    Muscleflex79 Posts: 1,917 Member
    I've had two knee surgeries one year apart - it sucks for sure! I've been focusing on what I can do and not on what I can't - so upperbody-wise I'm a beast and even lowerbody-wise I'm doing what I can do. It is frustrating for sure though!
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