Recovering from ACL surgery

[VS2]

Tore my ACL doing Krav Maga in May, had surgery Oct 12th and now I?m about 7 weeks out from surgery. I?m in my 5th week of Physical Therapy and its starting to get more intense, which is a good thing.

For anyone that has had this type of injury how long did it take you to get back to ?full? strength. Things are coming along well, just getting a little impatient. I hate to say it but I miss doing squats, lunges, RUNNING, etc?

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[Team Punishment]

What types of femoral & tibial fixation do you have? or do you know? (most of the time patients dont know). Allograft or autograft?

24 weeks is usually a general timeframe for one to gauge whether theyre "100%" or not.

[Bantropic]

Tore my ACL doing Krav Maga in May, had surgery Oct 12th and now I?m about 7 weeks out from surgery. I?m in my 5th week of Physical Therapy and its starting to get more intense, which is a good thing.

For anyone that has had this type of injury how long did it take you to get back to ?full? strength. Things are coming along well, just getting a little impatient. I hate to say it but I miss doing squats, lunges, RUNNING, etc?

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What grade 'tear' did your ACL receive?

Don't rush back into it. Honestly. Rehabilitation, especially in something as structurally important as the knee, MUST be done correctly. Otherwise you may set yourself back a fair while.

If it is a complete rupture of the ACL - it could take as much as 12 months to resolve (from the onset of the injury); however, I'm unsure of other gradings recovery periods - (It wouldn't take much to research, but I'm pressed for time, sorry!)

[KhoraskGTR]

It is reasonable to return to training in sport and unrestricted activities at 6 months, but it may be 9 months before you are fit to perform any competitive sport.

but seriously ure surgeon should have told u this stuff

[csabatka1]

Here is my ACL reconstruction blog.
http://csabatka1.blogspot.com/

I had surgery just 16 days from when I tore mine and didn't have any major loss of strength going into surgery. For me my reconstructed knee was about 85% as strong as non-op at 3 months (I progressed faster than anyone my surgeon and pt had seen). I returned to some sports at about 4 months.

[VS2]

What types of femoral & tibial fixation do you have? or do you know? (most of the time patients dont know). Allograft or autograft?

24 weeks is usually a general timeframe for one to gauge whether theyre "100%" or not.

Yeah I didnt get that into the weeds with the surgeon. But he has already cleared me to jog. He said I'm in the top 10% of recovering patients.

He took a graph from my hamstring instead of using a cadavor's ACL.

[VS2]

What grade 'tear' did your ACL receive?

Don't rush back into it. Honestly. Rehabilitation, especially in something as structurally important as the knee, MUST be done correctly. Otherwise you may set yourself back a fair while.

If it is a complete rupture of the ACL - it could take as much as 12 months to resolve (from the onset of the injury); however, I'm unsure of other gradings recovery periods - (It wouldn't take much to research, but I'm pressed for time, sorry!)

thanks for the advice. Not sure as to the grade but it was split in two.

[Newb.Enigma]

im 7 months in and still dont have full range of motion, my knee cap cartliage is ****ed so might have to go see the doctors get a cat scan since i already got metal in my knee and then yeah go from there .

[VS2]

I had surgery just 16 days from when I tore mine and didn't have any major loss of strength going into surgery. For me my reconstructed knee was about 85% as strong as non-op at 3 months (I progressed faster than anyone my surgeon and pt had seen). I returned to some sports at about 4 months.[/QUOTE]

Thats awesome man!!! The dr. said I was in the top 10% of patients. I've been cleared to jog and do some very light leg work. So its coming along nicely it just sucks that I cant do what I want all the time yet.

[csabatka1]

Major piece of advice, push yourself, but listen to your doc/pt and most importantly your body. If you notice any pains, swelling, or issues with it, back off. You'll get there eventually but the road to 100% isn't too much fun.

[VS2]

Major piece of advice, push yourself, but listen to your doc/pt and most importantly your body. If you notice any pains, swelling, or issues with it, back off. You'll get there eventually but the road to 100% isn't too much fun.

Thanks for the advice!

If there is anything I can do for any of you, like getting you free single serving packets of Vitargo let me know.

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[grumble1]

From what I've read ACL tears (particularly bad ones) never go back to 100%. It might be pretty good, but it'll never be AS good as it was. If the tear wasn't a complete rupture and the knee is particularly stable, then you'll have a pretty good result though.

[VS2]

Jogged on the treadmil today for the first time. Very awkward and a little pain until min 3 then it passed. Felt good... Physical Therapist only wanted me on there for 5min...

It is getting stronger just have to keep at it!!! Thanks again for all the advice!

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[XXX666]

For anyone that has had this type of injury how long did it take you to get back to ?full? strength. Things are coming along well, just getting a little impatient. I hate to say it but I miss doing squats, lunges, RUNNING, etc?

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did physical therapy for 6 weeks post opp, took about a year to fully recover lost strength

[VS2]

did physical therapy for 6 weeks post opp, took about a year to fully recover lost strength

Your signature is CLASSIC!!!! Thanks for the advice...

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