Acl tear recovery

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The ACL is the most commonly injured knee ligament. Sports injuries usually cause ACL tears. If you tear your ACL, you’ll probably need surgery to repair it. Most people who tear their ACL make a full recovery and resume playing sports with no long-term consequences. The recovery time for a torn ACL is usually six to nine months.

Anyone who’s torn their ACL can tell you how traumatic, painful, and life-changing the injury can be — and the recovery process certainly isn’t an easy one. Typical recovery from ACL reconstruction surgery can take up to 9-12 months, although many athletes continue working on biomechanical movement errors for up to 18 months. As you… Continue reading ACL Rehabilitation Timeline: Immediate Injury Response and Prehabilitation

3 of the best tests to check your ACL after injury. How to test your ACL for ligament damage and tears. From the physical therapist at Tone-and-Tighten.com

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When the ACL is torn, the affected person feels immense knee pain in bending, pivoting, and performing any extensive activity.

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Welcome to the second installment of our ACL rehabilitation timeline! The first post of this series discussed the importance of “prehabilitation” and what it means for your post-operative outcomes. Prehab covers the timeframe from point of injury up until the day of surgery, exploring the very beginning stages of your recovery and what you can… Continue reading ACL Rehabilitation Timeline: Surgery Through Month One

ACL reconstruction surgery can take more than 6 months or a year to recover fully. Immediate weight-bearing after ACL surgery did not compromise knee joint stability. Control and reduce swelling are crucial during the 1-2 weeks after surgery. A stationary bike is great for strengthening the muscles after regaining muscle control. It might take more than 2 months before patients can start exercising follow by another 6-10 months to regain full range of motion or return to sports.

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It can be hard to determine whether or not your ACL is partially torn, particularly because a partial tear keeps your ACL from presenting normal signs of being torn, like your knee 'buckling'. Luckily, there are still ways you can...

The ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) is a ligament located deep inside the knee joint. Not everyone that has suffered a torn ACL, though, has to have ACL reconstructuon surgery. Research has proven that some that people can have full function without an intact ACL. Others who have simply sprained the ligament (overstrecthed it) would also benefit from strengthening the muscles that help to stabilize the knee. Learn the 8 BEST physical therapy exercises to rehab from a torn or sprained ACL!

I made it! Back at home with my knee in a huge tight brace, lots of ACE bandages and the ice machine wrap. The doc said to run it for 30 minutes, off 2 hours, then back on again. But I’ve had…

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I AM OFFICIALLY THREE WEEKS POST OP!!! WOOOOO-HOOO!! On surgery day, I thought this would take so long, but it has been fast. I have now been through two weeks of PT and about a week and a half of …