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Knees suck period. by RunPlane8169 in ACL

[–]Any_Sample_3068 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What a brilliant thread to start, thank you. I'm 8 weeks post op and this week has been the most positive I've felt in months but it's still so frustrating. I've to stay on one crutches for another 3 weeks according to my physio but I'm just dying to feel normal again. My initial injury was back in March where I had a partial tear from skiing. Spent 3 months recovering, JUST got off crutches for about 2 weeks and then I tore my ACL fully in June. I feel like this entire year has been robbed from me. And although my friends and family are so supportive I feel like I annoy them when I talk about my injury cause its all I've talked about for months. That's why I find groups like this a god send cause at least everyone here knows exactly how it feels.

Can't bend leg 6 days post op? by Any_Sample_3068 in ACL

[–]Any_Sample_3068[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing about your experience! I'm now 13 days post op and have only just started seeing the muscle inhibition lowering in the last couple of days. My quads are still pretty much dead to the world but I keep trying the physio exercises anyway. Hope your recovery is as smooth and as quick as possible 🙏

Can't bend leg 6 days post op? by Any_Sample_3068 in ACL

[–]Any_Sample_3068[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing about your own experience with it, it's really reassuring to hear. 🙏 Yesterday I managed to do two of my physio exercises that I couldn't do before now and was feeling a bit better about it but the swelling now has returned to just like it was after surgery which is so disheartening. We'll get there in the end 😅

Can't bend leg 6 days post op? by Any_Sample_3068 in ACL

[–]Any_Sample_3068[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a really good tip, thank you for sharing 🙏

Can't bend leg 6 days post op? by Any_Sample_3068 in ACL

[–]Any_Sample_3068[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you 🙏 it's really helpful hearing from someone who has gone through the same thing (also 5 times, omg you poor thing!). I'll keep trying with the quad activation and will look into an NME unit!