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Originally Posted by quasi
So over the past 6 days I've seen a lot of improvement. I've been able to get up and down stairs, sleep in my bed the past 3 nights. I met with the surgeon the other day he showed me photo's of inside my knee and we went over what he did, showed me photo's of the new ACL grafted in place. He cleared me to start physio and said start walking on it as soon as I'm able. New ACL from my hamstring. The meniscus on the inside of my leg was also torn and had to be cut away because it's been so long since I injured it there wasn't any life left in it nor was it repairable.
I start Physio this morning, no experience with this location I asked some questions prior to making the appointment hopefully there a good fit.
I can limp around although super awkwardly without crutches if going short distances. The amount of weight I can bare on it without discomfort is increasing everyday.
The worst part is this brace, surgeon wants me to wear it basically from when I wake up to when I go to bed for the next 6 months but I'll be honest that's not going to happen. I'll wear it until the graft heals 100% 8-10 weeks them I'm probably not going to wear it around the house or around the office, it's an annoyance. I've read a lot about it and there are mixed reviews, studies don't show that the brace actually doesn't do much and if anything it can actually hinder long term healing because your knee relies on it to much. I'm sure there are studies that say otherwise but that's some of the reading I've found.
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Gonna chime in here.
Make sure your Physio doesn't just put you on the machines. Make sure they use manual therapy. If all they're doing is putting you on machines/heat, find a new Physio.
What physio said is correct. The brace is good at stabilizing knee so that it can recover in the proper position initially. Later on, you want to develop those stabilizers (via movement) within the knee so you don't want to be wearing the brace too frequently.
Good luck with rehab. =)