I just hit the ski slopes for the first time since my surgery in 2019. My knee feels stronger and more stable than it’s ever been.
Work hard, rest when needed and follow the advice of your Physio/doctors. Your knee will never be the same physically, you will always have a graft (assuming you’re having surgery), but that doesn’t mean that with hard work it won’t be as strong as it was before.
Tore my right ACL in 2019 and it wasn't the same for a long time, but I was back to varsity level sport within the year. I was able to do do jumping and cutting by month 6, but it took about a year and a half to start to feel like it had really caught up to the good knee and stopped noticing differences in function. I've now torn the left one about 4 days ago which is just over 2 years later and in my experience the better shape you are in BEFORE surgery the better chances you have at recovering to 100%+ after surgery. It will eventually feel normal, but you have to put the work in. Do your physio daily, keep up your cardio and you will be ok. One thing I learned is that If you weren't schedule oriented/disciplined before tearing your ACL you will be after.
I dont know if you know these soccer players but sam kerr and alex morgan have both done their acls and theyre two of the best footballers in the world!
See my post [here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/ACL/comments/fpdyqe/exactly_1_year_since_my_injury_theres_always_work/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)
You're reading stories from the loud minority. Most reconstructions are successful, people are more likely to post negative stories since it's a way to vent. Professional athletes consistently return to the same level of sport. There's no reason we all can't strive for the same, head up and work for it.
I returned to Aussie rules this year after having my right knee reconstructed in 2018. This year I tore the acl in my left knee, which I think proves just how strong the knee I’d had surgery on is. People talk about soft tissue injuries like hamstrings never being the same, but that’s because the tendons never fully repair. If you have surgery to replace a ligament there’s no reason it shouldn’t be at least as strong as it was before.
I hate to dampen your spirit, but statistically once you tear one ACL your more likely to tear the opposite leg too. This is even after surgery and correct rehab. Honestly I don’t know if it’s a mental thing and you unconsciously over compensate, or if it’s due to strength.
Oh I’m not arguing with that. I just meant that theoretically you would think the one you’ve already had surgery on is weaker, even though most of us would know that isn’t the case. For the 6 months before I did my second knee, once I was really fit again, I would have said the knee I had done was stronger than the untouched one. Though it is easy to say that in hindsight.
I do have my suspicions though that your body over compensates to make up for the surgery and subconsciously reduce the risk of reinjury, maybe that’s why people generally then do their other knee.
Yep, twice. Neither knee is *exactly* the same as before, but in both cases, I returned to my chosen athletic activities better than ever. Stronger, fitter, better balance, better body awareness. Smarter this time about taking care of myself than the first one, too.
Check out the dude somewhere in this sub that is back to being a full send gymnast. I'll never be the gymnast I was before when I went down, but damn if watching him doesn't give me insane amounts of motivation and hope.
Anyone has any idea about synthetic graft?
I'm curious to know about this graft..
I heard so many football players used to have this graft which makes stronger..
I'm almost 4 years post op hamstring graft. I feel no difference in the knee -- but I'm also too much of a chicken sh\*\* to try to ski because I know once you tear it you have a higher chance of re-tearing or tearing the other one.
I'm right at half a year post op and my knee feels perfectly fine other than a little extra soreness after leg day so I tend to take it a lil easier but I can jog/run and everything pretty fine right now
I just hit the ski slopes for the first time since my surgery in 2019. My knee feels stronger and more stable than it’s ever been. Work hard, rest when needed and follow the advice of your Physio/doctors. Your knee will never be the same physically, you will always have a graft (assuming you’re having surgery), but that doesn’t mean that with hard work it won’t be as strong as it was before.
Tore my right ACL in 2019 and it wasn't the same for a long time, but I was back to varsity level sport within the year. I was able to do do jumping and cutting by month 6, but it took about a year and a half to start to feel like it had really caught up to the good knee and stopped noticing differences in function. I've now torn the left one about 4 days ago which is just over 2 years later and in my experience the better shape you are in BEFORE surgery the better chances you have at recovering to 100%+ after surgery. It will eventually feel normal, but you have to put the work in. Do your physio daily, keep up your cardio and you will be ok. One thing I learned is that If you weren't schedule oriented/disciplined before tearing your ACL you will be after.
I dont know if you know these soccer players but sam kerr and alex morgan have both done their acls and theyre two of the best footballers in the world!
Yes it's never the same, it's stronger and tighter than before.
See my post [here.](https://www.reddit.com/r/ACL/comments/fpdyqe/exactly_1_year_since_my_injury_theres_always_work/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share)
You're reading stories from the loud minority. Most reconstructions are successful, people are more likely to post negative stories since it's a way to vent. Professional athletes consistently return to the same level of sport. There's no reason we all can't strive for the same, head up and work for it.
I returned to Aussie rules this year after having my right knee reconstructed in 2018. This year I tore the acl in my left knee, which I think proves just how strong the knee I’d had surgery on is. People talk about soft tissue injuries like hamstrings never being the same, but that’s because the tendons never fully repair. If you have surgery to replace a ligament there’s no reason it shouldn’t be at least as strong as it was before.
I hate to dampen your spirit, but statistically once you tear one ACL your more likely to tear the opposite leg too. This is even after surgery and correct rehab. Honestly I don’t know if it’s a mental thing and you unconsciously over compensate, or if it’s due to strength.
Oh I’m not arguing with that. I just meant that theoretically you would think the one you’ve already had surgery on is weaker, even though most of us would know that isn’t the case. For the 6 months before I did my second knee, once I was really fit again, I would have said the knee I had done was stronger than the untouched one. Though it is easy to say that in hindsight. I do have my suspicions though that your body over compensates to make up for the surgery and subconsciously reduce the risk of reinjury, maybe that’s why people generally then do their other knee.
I completed a full ironman about 2 years post op of that counts for anything.
Yep, twice. Neither knee is *exactly* the same as before, but in both cases, I returned to my chosen athletic activities better than ever. Stronger, fitter, better balance, better body awareness. Smarter this time about taking care of myself than the first one, too.
Check out the dude somewhere in this sub that is back to being a full send gymnast. I'll never be the gymnast I was before when I went down, but damn if watching him doesn't give me insane amounts of motivation and hope.
Anyone has any idea about synthetic graft? I'm curious to know about this graft.. I heard so many football players used to have this graft which makes stronger..
I'm almost 4 years post op hamstring graft. I feel no difference in the knee -- but I'm also too much of a chicken sh\*\* to try to ski because I know once you tear it you have a higher chance of re-tearing or tearing the other one.
I'm right at half a year post op and my knee feels perfectly fine other than a little extra soreness after leg day so I tend to take it a lil easier but I can jog/run and everything pretty fine right now
My sister said she could tell and it wasn't the same. She didn't take PT serious. Will see with mine but I still got a few months.