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Anterior Cruciate Ligament injuries: Stories, Tips, and Advice for recovery

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Post-Surgery Essentials?

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Posted by4 hours ago

2 Week Post OP

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Posted by14 hours ago

7 Months out update

Hey everybody I’m 7 months out and just wanted to let y’all know how I am doing. I’m finally able to run at a fast jogging pace and am still working on being able to sprint full speed. Jumping feels relatively normal and i’m able to shoot around at my local gym’s basketball courts. However I still don’t advise anyone to play full games as it is too early and your leg probably is not strong enough. I am probably recovering at a slower rate because I have been busy with college courses and wasn’t doing rehab consistently from the 3-5 month mark.

Some Issues:

Knee clicking and popping which i’ve heard is normal.

Sprinting feel really weird at times and it feel like my knee can’t handle the constant impact on the floor. (working on plyo) If anyone has tips for this let me know!

Overall doing good for basic functions!

Hope everyone a speedy recovery!!!!

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Posted by4 hours ago

How do you know when to clean stitches and how do you know when to change out the dressing?

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Posted by19 minutes ago

Should I give it up?

I’m 2 years post op and I’ve been wanting to get back into soccer but I’ve seemed to have developed a mental block and seem to not give it my all. Should I just throw in the towel?

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Posted by12 hours ago

I can not sleep…I am going crazy.. 3rd day post op…what is the most comfortable position? Am I allowed to have my knee bent?

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Posted by2 hours ago

Can't sleep while elevating leg

I'm 11 days post op (ACL - quad graft and lateral tenodesis), and I've been having a really hard time sleeping lately. I'll be exhausted, but since I can't find a comfortable position, I can't fall asleep.

I keep my knee elevated (using a wedge and pillow). Something weird I noticed is when I finally do relax, my body sortve jolts and my knee jerks inward for a moment (it's actually painful). The whole sensation is similar to the feeling of falling while sleeping.

I'm not sure if I should have done this, but I got fed up and removed the wedge and slept on my side. It started to hurt a bit, but I was still able to fall asleep. After that I tried using the wedge again, but it didn't help. I was finally able to fall asleep comfortably sleeping in my back without my knee elevated.

I know elevation is important, but at this point I'm actually wondering i should keep doing it

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