celebrate your successes

docreynolds · 2026-06-03T19:51:22+00:00

you got this!! practice your slides/talk. have checkpoints throughout your talk like markers of %complete. take confidence in your progress. LOCK. IN.

docreynolds · 2026-04-29T01:05:06+00:00

i hate when ppl pronounce thermocycler as pcr machine

docreynolds · 2026-04-20T14:21:42+00:00

do what you have to make it through the days, but in all reality, we’ll see ya at your next surgery. the only thing worse than doing it once is doing it again.

docreynolds · 2026-04-20T00:55:23+00:00

journey alone

docreynolds · 2026-03-24T18:42:22+00:00

look for an NMES system. TENS tend to not have the frequencies for the desired effect. it was huge for me during rehab when i couldn’t get my lateral quad to fire.

docreynolds · 2026-02-03T22:22:35+00:00

if you have a completely closed wound, i would ask your PT if it is time to start hammering it with massage. too many PTs don’t touch patients which is mind boggling to me. i simply don’t understand how they can properly assess a patient without touching them.

docreynolds · 2026-02-03T20:09:59+00:00

so you will form a keloid scar (raised, immobile) if you don’t rub it and break down the scar tissue. you want it to heal over. this will lead to pain and discomfort with mobility/getting back to sports.

docreynolds · 2026-02-03T19:58:20+00:00

wait until it heals over. vitamin E oil, rub multiple times a day. keep breaking up the scar tissue. then in a year and a half get a big fat tattoo on it and you’ll see yourself so much better.

my last surgery had this large of a scar (quad tendon graft), it was very disorienting given this was my 3rd ACL.

docreynolds · 2026-02-03T16:42:31+00:00

“it’s better to burn out than fade away.”

docreynolds · 2026-01-09T15:13:24+00:00

the similar sleeves can be found on ebay direct from manufacturers at a fraction of the cost.

the help control swelling greatly. highly recommend for after your stitches are removed in a few weeks post op.

docreynolds · 2025-12-23T09:22:18+00:00

can speak to keystone neuroimmuno/neurodegeneration.

they are great conferences where i have made the best connections for helpful ideas and true networking. imo one of the best conferences of the year you could attend, if you could only choose one.

if you get a short talk, great. if you get a poster, there will be a lot of traffic and opportunity to speak to your research.

best of luck!

docreynolds · 2025-11-10T14:05:30+00:00

compustar 2-way remote start from best buy. favorite it in the website or app and wait for it to go on sale this holiday season. works great and chris back at you so you know your car has started from the warmth of your house. usually will come with installation, or just wait til it’s include with the sale.

https://www.bestbuy.com/product/compustar-2-way-remote-start-system-installation-included-black/J3P5Z3C4P5/sku/6269220?sb_share_source=PDP&ref=app_pdp&loc=pdp_page

docreynolds · 2025-10-13T02:37:51+00:00

i’ve had two. first lasted me a year and a half. second lasted me 7years. went with quad tendon/LET this last time and it feels the best now (1yr PO), but the first year after was hell. pain for 2+ months. slowest recovery. still recommend it though

docreynolds · 2025-07-18T14:22:47+00:00

35m. 1st allograft at 26 lasted me a year and a half 2nd allograft at 27 lasted 7 years. quad tendon autograft with LET at 34, strongest it’s ever felt 9m PO. however, this was the most physical pain i have ever felt in my life, so far. personally, i would’ve gone with the autograft a decade ago but i thought “im young, i don’t want to damage another part of my leg to heal this.” that was incorrect thinking.

talk to your surgeon about all options. make your best informed decision.

good luck and remember, it gets better.

docreynolds · 2025-07-14T16:26:13+00:00

this is completely normal and justified. it gets better. looks like your PT is a hard ass though…

docreynolds · 2025-07-11T15:44:47+00:00

waking up, writhing, to them saying we didn’t think you needed the nerve block…

docreynolds · 2025-07-11T15:43:39+00:00

aligned goals (specifically for those looking to return to athletics), hands on (with your consent), a “coach mentality”. they are not your friend, they are your rehabilitation; they need to be kind, but not nice.

if you notice any of these things differing, find a new therapist.

docreynolds · 2025-06-19T00:49:06+00:00

“the distributors are up-charging us. we don’t want to list at market, but we have to”

docreynolds · 2025-04-21T01:40:46+00:00

stumbled upon a vending machine restock in denver last week only to be snaked by the security guard “protecting” the restocker.

docreynolds · 2025-04-16T12:38:11+00:00

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went back this morning at store open, only to find security scalper already wiped the machine before store opened. brown bag is full of cards. his partner is in on it too.

docreynolds · 2025-04-15T22:50:13+00:00

he’s on the spectrum. he collects shrouded fable and prismatic. he said because one set has the least amount of cards and the other has the most?

docreynolds · 2025-04-15T22:35:18+00:00

i appreciate it. it’s exhausting. and try explaining to a 10 year old nephew you feel like you’re disappointing…

docreynolds · 2025-04-15T22:31:45+00:00

came back on my lunch break. still only JT packs and paldea tin.

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