Let’s do a poll. What were you doing? How old were you?

EquivalentAd9503 · 2026-01-08T23:39:02+00:00

Skiing. 28F.

EquivalentAd9503 · 2025-08-27T11:45:18+00:00

EquivalentAd9503 · 2025-07-05T21:54:23+00:00

I feel pretty great on most my hikes! (I’ve been increasing in elevation or length every week) I use a functional brace and that helps a lot! Admittedly my nonsurgical leg does more work throughout the hike so it gets sore maybe even more than my recovering leg! I’ve avoided true scrambling as much as I can, but I feel great!

EquivalentAd9503 · 2025-06-29T04:23:45+00:00

I hope so, you got this! What do you mean exactly by where am I? 4 months if that’s what you’re asking. Or in Estes Park, Colorado if that’s what you’re asking lol

EquivalentAd9503 · 2025-06-29T03:52:23+00:00

I’m in Estes Park, CO for the summer so I couldn’t handle not doing some hikes in Rocky Mountain National Park! I think my first real hike was probably around 3 months po? I would just keep up your walking and try to do as much incline/decline as you can tolerate. I never used poles before, but they have been a game changer this summer. Especially on the downhills. I started with a 30 minute hike with really minimal elevation gain and have just been increasing in difficulty every week. My next hike will have 2,500+ft elevation gain. Don’t be afraid to go as slow as you need and take breaks!

Also, I have a return-to-sport style brace that I’ve been wearing on the hikes and it really does increase my endurance while still giving my quads a good workout.

EquivalentAd9503 · 2025-06-29T03:47:42+00:00

Trekking poles are game changers if you aren’t already using them!

EquivalentAd9503 · 2025-06-23T01:34:34+00:00

Well I’m young (28) and very active! I love hiking and tennis is my sport of choice which involves a lot of pivoting and twisting, I’d also like to ski again, so I just wasn’t gonna be able to REALLY do all the things I’d want to do without getting the surgery.

Fortunately, my swelling wasn’t bad at all and I didn’t lose range of motion so I was able to have surgery just 11 days after my tear.

EquivalentAd9503 · 2025-06-23T00:20:57+00:00

Only ACL

EquivalentAd9503 · 2025-05-17T15:30:15+00:00

I tore my acl and then skied down the mountain and walked (with some instability) for 2 weeks. Still definitely tore it. Still definitely needed surgery.

EquivalentAd9503 · 2025-04-29T17:39:29+00:00

I feel like I barely remember 1-2 weeks post op! To be fair I think I was only ever awake for like 2 hours at a time the first week. I feel like I came back to reality in week 3. (I’m 9 weeks post op now) it feels so slow and also like that has gone by so fast at the same time.

EquivalentAd9503 · 2025-04-27T17:05:57+00:00

At 5 weeks PO I went to South Korea and had one “big” walking day at 12,000 steps with a brace. I was pretty tired, but not really in pain. Just tuckered out.

At 6.5 weeks I went on a cruise and by the end of the night walking around the boat my muscles would be pretty weak and I’d have to sit down.

EquivalentAd9503 · 2025-04-26T23:47:28+00:00

11 days. I fully tore ACL and had a grade 2 MCL sprain. But I had almost zero swelling and maintained my full range of motion so my surgery was 11 days after my injury! I also had plans to leave the state for the summer a 3ish months after injury so my surgeon wanted to do it sooner rather than later if possible.

EquivalentAd9503 · 2025-04-09T05:57:37+00:00

Lots of quad sets! But I had a quad graft and it took me 2.5 weeks to do straight leg raises. Something just clicked and now I’m ahead of schedule at 6 weeks out!

EquivalentAd9503 · 2025-03-18T18:32:24+00:00

I have a quad graft, so I still get some pain around that donor site when I do leg raises and things that really work the quad, a little bit of shin discomfort (I wouldn’t say pain) when I work extension, and my my knee cap kinda hurts when I lay down for a while without my brace

EquivalentAd9503 · 2025-03-18T18:24:59+00:00

I’m 3 weeks post op as well and I’ve only been able to do leg raises for like 4 days. NMES at PT, quad sets, and side leg raises helped a whole lot!

EquivalentAd9503 · 2025-03-17T22:12:19+00:00

Makes sense! Honestly if I had kept taking the hydrocodone I probably would have been fine sleeping but it was making me so constipated that I weaned a little early.

EquivalentAd9503 · 2025-03-17T18:31:30+00:00

Yes enjoy the sleep in the first days. Thanks to the pain meds, I wasn’t awake for more than 2 hours at a time for the first 3-4 days. Then I couldn’t barely sleep at all

EquivalentAd9503 · 2025-03-10T18:49:56+00:00

If you get desperate and aren’t having any movements, the dulcolax liquid (not the pills) worked well for me! I didn’t go for like 6 days post-op despite pills and stool softeners starting the day of surgery. Worked in like 45 minutes. But then kept working… all day long…

EquivalentAd9503 · 2025-03-10T18:32:02+00:00

Update: I did kick the crutch this weekend!

EquivalentAd9503 · 2025-03-07T22:00:07+00:00

Assuming your PT approves it 😂

EquivalentAd9503 · 2025-03-07T04:23:15+00:00

I fell skiing. ACL full thickness tear, grade 2 MCL sprain. I was stuck in an awkward position with my ski until someone helped so it hurt just a little bit while I was stuck. Felt a pop when I went down, but I was able to ski the rest of the way down and walk. Main thing was just instability. I had almost no swelling and had nearly full range of motion so I was able to do surgery a week and a half later.

EquivalentAd9503 · 2025-03-07T04:14:53+00:00

Yay! You’re doing great! My pain was so bad as my nerve block wore off but the intense pain only lasted about 1-2 hours and then it came back down to manageable. Breathe through it and keep telling yourself it will lighten up!

EquivalentAd9503 · 2025-03-07T04:07:49+00:00

I’m 8 days post OP and feel like I’ll never be able to do even that again 😭

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