Week 1 - If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere
on May 27, 2009 in ACL Sports injuries As mentioned before I’ve not had a lot of trouble with pain, hence I’ve not taken any medication what so ever during the first week. The clinical goals of any rehab program during day 1-14 are more or less the following: obtain full exten...

Day 3 after ACL surgery
on May 21, 2009 in ACL Sports injuries Doc has given me a new ACL! I decided to go for a patellar tendon (BPTB) graft. I was also considering a contraleral PBTB graft, but ended up taking the graft from the same knee. Successful ACL reconstruction obviously depends on a number of factors...

Pre-op rehab - Give me ACL or give me death
on May 17, 2009 in ACL Sports injuries My knee has been progressing steadily over the last weeks. At first I could barley walk, but now it is more or less business as usual. It still fells a little awkward when I do short jogs and one leg jump ropes, primarily because the muscle response...

ACL Reconstruction – The long road back to sports
on May 12, 2009 in ACL Sports injuries Five weeks ago I injured my right knee while jumping over hurdles. There was a doctor at the location that looked at the knee, saying it was probably some kind of ligament injury. This is not exactly what you want to hear when the one and only thing...