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As good as it gets?

Posted By: Brez
Date: Monday, 28 April 2008, at 3:57 p.m.

I'm almost 6 months out from ACL Recon (allo) and a trimming of my lateral meniscus. PT and Doc have told me all along that my recovery was on or ahead of schedule. I've been running on treadmill since about 4 mos. post-op with no problems (other than trying to get my lungs back), and I just got cleared to resume sports with a brace. Had one session of intense workout with the brace (sprinting, cutting, lateral movements, etc.), and the knee felt great. I have not had any instability at all since the surgery.
Despite all of this positive progress, I am still very much aware of the fact that I have a reconstructed knee. I get occasional sharp pains and cracking, still have swelling after workouts, and was very sore last week after working out pretty hard 4 days in a row.
I guess my question is, for those of you veterans who had successful surgeries and returned to sports, how good should I expect it to get? I know the graft will continue to strengthen for the next 12 mos+, but I take that to mean mostly internal, unseen strengthening. Will my knee continue to improve in ways that I can perceive (e.g.- swelling, pain, cracking) or has my recovery pretty much leveled off after this point?
I ask because I really have no idea what to expect. I am extremely grateful to have reached my goal of getting well enough to return to sports, but even within that framework there are degrees of success. I am not naive enough to believe that I will ever be "as good as new" in every way, but I am hoping that my knee will still show some incremental improvement going forward.
To those of you who have been through the fire, how good does it get? Will ice be a necessity after every workout going forward? Will I be more comfortable in 6 months/1 year from now?

Messages In This Thread

As good as it gets? (views: 272) -- Brez -- Monday, 28 April 2008, at 3:57 p.m.
- Re: As good as it gets? (views: 202) -- sma777 -- Thursday, 1 May 2008, at 2:48 p.m.
- Re: As good as it gets? (views: 216) -- dban -- Wednesday, 30 April 2008, at 12:31 p.m.
- Re: As good as it gets? (views: 201) -- LizaE -- Tuesday, 29 April 2008, at 9:30 p.m.
- Re: As good as it gets? (views: 223) -- Randall -- Tuesday, 29 April 2008, at 9:36 a.m.
- Re: As good as it gets? (views: 208) -- Kai -- Monday, 28 April 2008, at 8:09 p.m.
- Re: As good as it gets? (views: 215) -- EmilyT -- Monday, 28 April 2008, at 5:26 p.m.

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Message: > I'm almost 6 months out from ACL Recon (allo) and a > trimming of my lateral meniscus. PT and Doc have told me > all along that my recovery was on or ahead of schedule. > I've been running on treadmill since about 4 mos. post-op > with no problems (other than trying to get my lungs back), > and I just got cleared to resume sports with a brace. Had > one session of intense workout with the brace (sprinting, > cutting, lateral movements, etc.), and the knee felt great. > I have not had any instability at all since the surgery. > Despite all of this positive progress, I am still very much > aware of the fact that I have a reconstructed knee. I get > occasional sharp pains and cracking, still have swelling > after workouts, and was very sore last week after working > out pretty hard 4 days in a row. > I guess my question is, for those of you veterans who had > successful surgeries and returned to sports, how good > should I expect it to get? I know the graft will continue > to strengthen for the next 12 mos+, but I take that to mean > mostly internal, unseen strengthening. Will my knee > continue to improve in ways that I can perceive (e.g.- > swelling, pain, cracking) or has my recovery pretty much > leveled off after this point? > I ask because I really have no idea what to expect. I am > extremely grateful to have reached my goal of getting well > enough to return to sports, but even within that framework > there are degrees of success. I am not naive enough to > believe that I will ever be "as good as new" in > every way, but I am hoping that my knee will still show > some incremental improvement going forward. > To those of you who have been through the fire, how good > does it get? Will ice be a necessity after every workout > going forward? Will I be more comfortable in 6 months/1 > year from now?
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