ACL Reconstruction surgery. Who has had it?

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My homie tore his ACL.

And he wishes his doctor never told him he tore it. Now he's scared to do anything.
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He needs to be glad they found it and get surgery done otherwise he's gonna get arthritis real bad and the knee could eventually become so unstable it can dislocate.
 
Wednesday will be 4 weeks since my surgery. I've been walking around without crutches now for about 10 days. Able to bend me knee to about 110 degrees now.
 
Nelson999 said:
Wednesday will be 4 weeks since my surgery. I've been walking around without crutches now for about 10 days. Able to bend me knee to about 110 degrees now.
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I'm sure that feel good! It baffles me how every one of us is different in a recovery process. Not sure if it's the doctor, or what, but I was walking with one crutch just a week after surgery and ended up ditching the one crutch later that day haha. I feel for you having to go to Kaiser though man, all those dudes whether it be them, Sutter, Mercy, etc. they all make me question the profession. I went through hell just to get an MRI when I tore my ACL. Sutter doc really had the nerve to tell me it was just sprained, like man I head a pop! I believed him though and ended up playing 90 minutes of soccer on it a couple months later where I tweaked it again. It took that happening to finally go the DR and say I'm not leaving until you order an MRI. Of course MRI reveals torn ACL, then Sutter surgeon had the nerve to tell me he wasn't 100% sure it was torn when looking at the MRI. I took that mess to a different Dr and got fixed right away. If any of you in this thread are in N. Cali, go nowhere else than Dr. Ting in Fremont, CA. He will take care of you.
 
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@Ronaldo Nazario  yea i guess everyone is different lol.  i switched to one crutch after probably 8 or 9 days but then i kept using one for a while.  probably didn't need to but i wasn't comfortable yet.

Sounds like Sutter did the same thing to you that Kaiser did to me 
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As I've gotta older kinda scared to play pick up ball cause of this lol. Sounds silly but legit in the back of my mind especially after my boy tore his Achilles and he doesn't even ball but was out at a family event.
 
Nelson999 said:
 
Wednesday will be 4 weeks since my surgery. I've been walking around without crutches now for about 10 days. Able to bend me knee to about 110 degrees now.
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Nice, glad to hear you're progressing well without any set backs. Good luck fam.

I'm just about getting ready to jog. Let's get with it, brain. 
 
Nelson999 said:
@Ronaldo Nazario
 yea i guess everyone is different lol.  i switched to one crutch after probably 8 or 9 days but then i kept using one for a while.  probably didn't need to but i wasn't comfortable yet.

Sounds like Sutter did the same thing to you that Kaiser did to me :smh:
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:smh: is the exact feeling. Feel like I can't even trust them for anything now. I try and stick with my ortho for as much as I can haha, it really is a shame though that we and probably so many others have had to go through that. Set back my recovery by at least 1/2 a year. Considering I was back to normal in around 8 months I wish I had that time back
 
Ronaldo Nazario said:
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is the exact feeling. Feel like I can't even trust them for anything now. I try and stick with my ortho for as much as I can haha, it really is a shame though that we and probably so many others have had to go through that. Set back my recovery by at least 1/2 a year. Considering I was back to normal in around 8 months I wish I had that time back
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Sucks that happened. I'm glad you advocated for yourself and you got back to normal. Some people aren't so fortunate. A chick in PT today just blew out her reconstruction after a jump landing during a lacrosse match. It's her last year playing, so she's gonna wear a brace and play out the season. It had me shook, but it is what it is. 

@Nelson999  I'm well. No complaints here. Everything's moving along and I'm just trusting the process. I've started enjoying PT more and more since my progress is getting better and better. Now I'm just asking "Can I do ... this weekend?" I feel like I'm asking my pop permission to go outside and play sometimes.
 
Gotta get the hell out this thread or else I'll never play sports again :lol:
 
alfa alfa hahaha i know what you mean man. I just left PT and he said i can ditch the brace :pimp:

Even though they originally told me that most people are told to keep it on and locked for 6 weeks
 
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Nelson999 said:
@Ronaldo Nazario
 yea i guess everyone is different lol.  i switched to one crutch after probably 8 or 9 days but then i kept using one for a while.  probably didn't need to but i wasn't comfortable yet.

Sounds like Sutter did the same thing to you that Kaiser did to me :smh:
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:smh: is the exact feeling. Feel like I can't even trust them for anything now. I try and stick with my ortho for as much as I can haha, it really is a shame though that we and probably so many others have had to go through that. Set back my recovery by at least 1/2 a year. Considering I was back to normal in around 8 months I wish I had that time back
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I know the feeling well man. Want that time back. Tore it in March 2014, surgery in March 2015 :smh:
 
Nelson999 said:
alfa alfa hahaha i know what you mean man. I just left PT and he said i can ditch the brace :pimp:

Even though they originally told me that most people are told to keep it on and locked for 6 weeks
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Nice work, man! I imagine the amount of care you took to limit stress (using crutches a little longer) benefited you down the road with the early knee brace removal! Take care early and don't push it > faster results.

I met with my surgeon early April and got my staples taken out. He liked where everything was at and even brought in a med student to show them "what a good ACL reconstruction looks like 3 weeks post-op."

He said that some docs put patients into physio pretty soon after they can walk, but he wants me to wait for another appointment ~3 months post-op before giving me the green light to start physiotherapy.

His logic is that those who start PT quickly and those who wait are usually at the exact same place 6 months post-op, but those who wait to start avoid the risk of loosening the graft with repetitive movement exercises during that early PT.

I'm kind of buying into it and following my surgeon's orders. I walk around and basically do all of the stuff I was able to do pre-surgery (with the tear), so I'm feeling pretty good. another month and a bit and I'll see my surgeon again. Slow and steady. What's one more month on a leg I've had "hurt" for 13?
 
@IRockTMacs  that's good stuff man.  i definitely see the logic behind that.  I'm meeting with my surgeon for the first time since surgery on May 1st so i'm interested to see how he wants me to proceed from here.

How is your range of motion doing?
 
Nelson999 said:
@IRockTMacs
 that's good stuff man.  i definitely see the logic behind that.  I'm meeting with my surgeon for the first time since surgery on May 1st so i'm interested to see how he wants me to proceed from here.

How is your range of motion doing?
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And I hope it didn't sound like my surgeon and I think that those that start PT sooner are guaranteed to loosen their grafts - those would be rare occurrences, and most people are going to have a good recovery. I'm okay waiting because in my mind, it mitigates the already small risk a little more. Those who follow their physiotherapist's direction are likely to make good recoveries regardless of when they start PT.

ROM is pretty good! Probably around 140 degrees, or 50 degrees past 90 degree leg bend. For day-to-day, completely fine.
 
Didn't tear my ACL, but I tore my meniscus and had surgery five weeks ago and started PT four weeks ago. Figured I'd ask this here because it's sort of similar.

Have any of you guys found that your other leg starts to feel stiff at times? I hope this is due to the increased amount of exercise I've done after not running for about three months and not because it's potentially leading to something serious or is something serious (like another meniscus tear). The leg I had the operation on actually feels looser/better, but I figure that may be because they're working on the ROM of the leg and so I'm stretching and working on it a lot at PT. Is this normal?
 
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Had surgery Dec. 16 2013. I waited till the 9 month mark to really start getting after some heavier leg stuff. Wasn't even till the start of this year that I really went at it with back/front squats, and all kinds of other stuff. I'm feeling wonderful now and approaching a level beyond a super saiyan pretty soon.

Tore it drunk wrestling that summer and tried to walk it. Never felt right. Eventually got an MRI 5 months later. Also rehabbed it myself so I'm proud of that.
 
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I had surgery Oct. 9 2014. So I'm about 6.5 months post-op. I have full ROM and minimal pain in the knee. Still have pain time to time but it's gotten much better over the past 2 months. I went with the cadaver graft because my orthopedic surgeon wouldn't give me his own preference until I asked him if his kid tore his acl what would he choose...and he said cadaver.
I think the reason cadaver grafts have a lower success rate long term is because people rush back into sports and don't let their tissue reincorporate over the graft. You start feeling really good right about where I am at and rush back into it. It's been really tempting for me. I played a little half court game last week but wasn't really moving around much. And I've been playing knockout at the gym. I have no expectations of getting back to playing hard until 1.5 years post-op. I'll do anything not to have the surgery again. It'll give me time to build my muscle back in my leg and gain confidence.
 
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Nelson999 said:
Stitches are coming out tomorrow morning. Slowly but surely getting some range of motion back [emoji]128077[/emoji]



And man this brace they make me wear sucks. Uncomfortable, sliding down my leg when im standing, and ruining my sleep.
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Man looking back at that post, it's crazy how much of a difference a couple weeks makes.  Walking around without a brace now, and i'm very close to being able to bend it just as far as my healthy knee
 
I was very interested in a cadaver's hamstring graft, but it was never given to me as an option. Maybe it isn't that common in Canada?

Anyway, cool to hear you had it done and that it's gone well. With that graft even moreso than your own hamstring, taking your time is likely a key to success. Good work, pleighboi.
 
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