ACL Rehab Proves AMAZING DR. Thank you*s

B.Lyfe

B.Lyfe

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So last year i had my acl redone my with patella tendon. I had one of the best surgeons in the North East. Dr Bazo's from New Milford Orthopedics. he is one of the ortho's for The Knicks and The Rangers.

10 months later In the park I am at 100% with very little soreness after a long day of skiing.

Months of Spinning classes and the gym made for this season to be amazing. I am glad I babied it.

so THANK YOU DR's for allowing me to do what I love to do!

Post Your good surgery stories if you have em.
 
Had both ACLs reconstructed with hamstring grafts in March, still not technically cleared to go back on the slopes, but have gone twice this season and it feels good.
 
thats awesome! stoked for you. I'm hoping i'm not too scared this year, been babying my knee for 11 months and working hard all mental now.And to the people going out against doctors orders, damn that's crazy, why risk another season on the bench for a few months more of skiing. I would take another 2 or three months off if i had to in order to be able to ski for a season and not have to go through another surgery.
 
exactly!

i was mentally scared the first day, but I did a few rails and it all came back real fast. It may be different because I didn't tear my acl skiing.

 
had mine done by dr. henshaw, dude is a fucking boss. i was surfing after 4 months. riding pro bicycles again 5 months. he did another non knee related surgery for me too.
 
I had my knee fixed up in march using my pattella too. I've been told I should be ok to ski again now. I'm scared though, how did it feel when you first skied again? How quickly did you get your confidence back?

 
I took it easy and tried a few small boxes first and realized with my brace as a mental crutch i was good to go

 
ah, I'm not using a brace, I went to the dryslope and did some tiny straight airs and flat boxes but I'm really scared of spinning again and bigger impacts. Does your patella feel normal and everything, mine is still kinda sore? How much physio and training did you do?
 
Some of the soreness is from breaking up scar tissue in your knee. Whenever you push it harder during recovery, your knee is going to be sore because the tissues aren't used to the stress. It's not bad, per se - as long as its not excessive.
 
this is nice to hear.

I had my ACL done with my patella and meniscus trimmed in the beginning of May and see the doc to get officially cleared on nov. 29th. I've been working my ass off trying to get ready for this season and they keep telling me I'll be ready to ski by december but I'm still super worried. My kneecap gets really sore with things like squats, one-legged squats, plyos, etc. They got me a CTI brace so that should help the mental aspect.

My question to you all is, is it supposed to feel strange and sore at this point, about 7 months out? And is it unsafe to ski aggressively on it, even though the surgeon says I'm fine?

 
^yea, in my experience it felt weird for about half of the first season. I'm sure a fair bit was mental.

As for skiing aggressively, don't jump into it too quick. Even if your major muscle groups are fit, skiing takes coordination and proprioception that you only rebuild by skiing. If you jump into it to quickly, you're likely to put your knee in a compromised position. Skiing is the best rehab for skiing, so I'd treat it like the rest of rehab: build up the intensity slowly and let your body get used to it.

9 months is still a pretty quick recovery. The 6 months figure that gets thrown around is based on the time for the new ligament solidifying into the bone, not on regaining functional ability to use your knee. 9 to 12 months was the number I was told both by my surgeon and the PT I worked with (who worked with athletes, not geriatrics).
 
this is very, very true.My surgeon put it this way about skiing on a new knee."You could take any pro basketball, football, soccer player with very fit and strong legs. assuming they know how to ski, if they were to ski with someone that can ski hard and try and keep up with them. the next day that professional player from whatever sport would wake up extremely sore and leg muscles exhausted from not being used to using the muscles in that way." it makes sense to me.
 
3 years post op acl/mcl and i can hardly tell i ever tore it. had a hamstring graft. barely even have a scar!
 
I'm a year out from post op. I workout out 2-3 days a week and my kneecap still gets sore. especially towards the end of the work outs any type of squat hurts. It also hurts to kneel down on it. (I had patellar graft). It hasn't affected me skiing (yet). After a full day it does get sore driving if I don't use the Cruise Control.

this is normal. My doctor confirmed it with me, and I am in school for Care for athletic Injury, everything I've learned is that people heal at different rates and soreness lingers for awhile

 
You might be glad to hear that I am in a similar situation. I had surgery almost 10 months ago (patellar graft) & my knee still hurts during exercise. If I bend it fully then there is this dirty crunching kind of noise, and kneeling is nasty (although possible). I find that stretching is only ok if I do it every day, usually once or twice is enough, and if left for several days becomes slightly painful.

Do you have any areas with less feeling than before (as in nerves cut/strained)?
 
I do not have any dead spots from nerve damage/cuts. my knee is exactly what was expected from surgery. 75% of my issue was mental which I am just getting over with a few days of skiing under my belt. Next is strengthening. lots of leg extensions, knee extensions, squats, deadlifts, you name it.

my knee doesnt crunch occasionally when i pivot walking ill feel my kneecap slide and click but no pain.

 
Probably the first time I ever heard this. Usually people get meteorosensitive or at least still feel it after a couple of hours charging...

I've had 2x ACL replacements (last one in may) and MCL surgeries and my knee is just not the same anymore. I cycle at least one hour per day, average ~30km and gained thigh muscles like crazy but still feel a dull pain after a day of skiing. Not really sure how it will hold up this season, but so far I did not ski park.
 
im about 7 1/2 post-op from ACL patella surgery...still reluctant to ski and haven't gone out yet. I try to go the gym as much as possible but I know at this point I'm still not ready to go...any advice? hearing stuff like this makes me feel better about it though
 
my advice is start small, and build confidence. I still feel wobbly when working and doing a lot of planting and pivoting. But when I put on skis I'm magically better. I think at this point its 90% mental 10% physical. do 1 small trail just hiking. see how you do if you can do more buy a half day ticket it. baby steps and you should be back on the mountain like me.

Me, garret russel, LJ, and andy parry have all tore our acl's and been back skiing in a year. among others here on the forum. You'll be fine.

 
my advice is start small, and build confidence. I still feel wobbly when working and doing a lot of planting and pivoting. But when I put on skis I'm magically better. I think at this point its 90% mental 10% physical. do 1 small trail just hiking. see how you do if you can do more buy a half day ticket it. baby steps and you should be back on the mountain like me.

Me, garret russel, LJ, and andy parry have all tore our acl's and been back skiing in a year. among others here on the forum. You'll be fine.

 
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