ACL surgery advice

magico

I'm going for ACL reconstruction using patellar tendon next week after tearing it iny tight leg 6months ago.
Just wondering if anyone has any advice from their own experiences.
I'm worried about how mobile I'll be, how long it will be before I can walk straight without crutches, when I'll be able to drive, how to lose the weight I put on after the injury, the level of exercise I'll be able to for in the weeks and months after it
My aim is to be able snowboard in July I'm new zealand. Is this doable?

Nonoperational

Not a chance I'd risk snowboarding 6 months post op.

Pablo Escobar

I had mine replaced in 2010. I got it done in Shanakiel and the doctor at the time told me it was the worst one he'd ever worked on. He did a super job though. He took some of my hamstring to create the new ACL.

I will confirm the above, you will not be snowboarding in July. I was a few weeks on crutches. 6 months before I could jog. 8 months before I could run. 12 months before I could sit down without any pain from my hamstring. 18 months before I could play 5 a side. And 3 years before I felt there was no issue. That was after doing everything by the book and a hell of a lot of gym work. It's a long tough road, but it's doable.....just don't snowboard in July

bee06

Advice from my husband is don't half-ass the physio afterwards. He did and he had a lot of issues with his hamstring a few years later because he hadn't strengthened it properly after the surgery.

magico

Nonoperational wrote: »

Not a chance I'd risk snowboarding 6 months post op.

Even though my surgeon said I could have gone snowboarding even after I first injured it? Apparently you don't need your ACL to board!

magico

Mine will be using the patellar tendon though, not hamstring. Isn't that supposed to have a quicker recovery?
Had to cancel a trip to New Zealand last summer because I did my knee in the week before I was supposed to travel, really want to go this summer. I guess I don't have to hit the slopes 😯

overmantle

Definitely would not be hitting the slopes in July 2017.

the beer revolu

I would highly recommend seeing a physio therapist before the surgery.
Function Physiotherapy in Penrose Warf specialise in pre op work.

Nonoperational

magico wrote: »

Even though my surgeon said I could have gone snowboarding even after I first injured it? Apparently you don't need your ACL to board!

That's different. If the ACL is gone then boarding isn't going to break something that's already broken.

A new graft however is a different ball game. You need to look after it until it's fully rehabbed. 6 months is about the quickest someone with professional rehab can get back to proper sports, personally I wouldn't risk it.

hufpc8w3adnk65

Snowboarding???? Are you mad? Ha ha on a serious note I'd mine done by James Harty 3 years ago... hamstring graft aswell. No way can you snowboard tho and if you try it you'd be a fool. This injury can ruin a pro athletes career even with the best of care and physio. I can only echo the above. Get to a physio now and start building the muscles before surgery and then expect a lay off of around 12 months. Don't rush! You'll only have to do it all again!

razorblunt

Yep, physio like a devil now and like the devil's mother after the surgery.
Rehab is key, for the love of god DO NOT go snowboarding in 6 months time.

Joe Hill

Denis Collins and John o byrne two top surgeon's

Do the pre op physio

Turn the hamstrings into tree trunks

It's a mental challenge as much as physical

But yes no regrets