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I am so amazed you did this and then started classes in uni. Very brave to take on the healing along with the stress of school!❤ I am almost 3 weeks ACL reconstruction and meniscus repair and am off work for 6 weeks. 90 degree bend and no weight bearing until 4 weeks I am told. Amazing!

Thanks, that's helpful. And ooh, that noisy knee isn't fun. Your experience rather puts me off the prospect of ACL and meniscus surgery, and perhaps I'll keep going with the conservative management for an older person who was a keen long-distance runner, but perhaps now needs to slow down. Maybe I need to learn to live with potential instability and just manage it.

It's been 4 weeks after Acl surgery but I can't fully extend my leg. Anyway, I can bend my knee abt 90degrees. How do you train your leg extension?

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Thanks for the update. I’m post 9 months ACL and Meniscus surgery and I can’t sit on my heels either. Does your knee ever pop? Mine did twice today while walking. Kind of scared me. It’s fine now, no pain or swelling.

Great update! If you remember, my daughter had her surgery (Hamstring graft for ACL and meniscus repair) last Dec. She has just been discharged from the hospital. Full recovery and recent strength tests show operated leg stronger than other one! But she still hasnt returned to football and not sure she wants to risk it even though she was an academy player. Fixing the confidence is a different game - I hope you continue to progress well and thanks so much for the videos, these were so useful to me as her mum to have an idea what to expect. Good luck for the future!

Hello Just I want to tell you, you inspire me to try to get better. My surgery was 10 days ago, I'm feeling a little bit frustrated because my knee still is swollen....that is normal?

After your quad graft option & your experience with it, if you had to choose all over again would you change it or are you happy with your decision?

Another down side of the quad graft is that for people who are under or at the height of 5’2”, the tendon may not be long enough (needs to be ~6.5cm) to be used in acl reconstruction. This was the case for me (I’m 4 days post op) and had to get the patellar tendon graft instead which is still a good choice!

I’ve been following your whole journey since we were down around the same time. I’m a year and two months post op meniscus repair, so not as intense as yours. The physical therapy I had been prescribed by my surgeon either wasn’t long enough or the physical therapists didn’t push me to where I needed to be. So most of my strength now is because of myself alone. I am getting more and more strength in it but I’m concerned that one of the worst things happened to me, I don’t believe I have full extension. I can fully extend when I’m standing but trying to lay flat on my bed is impossible. My leg and knee are constantly uncomfortable. It doesn’t just feel like my knee, it’s like my hip and ankle as well. I feel I’ll never be able to be comfortable in bed anymore..

Wow

Great videos and progress! I think I tore my ACL shortly after you did, your progress timeline is also very similar. I had the same issues with my PT place, the first place SUCKED. The doc did go back in on mine to remove scar tissue and clean things up. I was locked just over 90 degrees of bend and she said i would never get anymore after she went back in and saw how much scar tissue developed. my scars are almost gone so i must heal fast internally as well. She also did and MUA. I never imagined the mental struggle it was at first but once i was able to get back on my feet it was on!

Your videos helped me a lot as I feel like I had similar struggles (despite having a good PT who’s very good/experienced with ACL injuries). Have you considered hiring an online coach? I think there is still progress you could make if desired.

I had my MCL surgery in oct 23 and haven’t done my acl and pcl surgery yet. I was 4 weeks late doing PT because they never reached me out til I started doing PT in Dec 6. Yesterday was my 3rd week (usually do it at home and only go to rehab once a week). In my 1st week I only had 30 degrees, My 2nd week was 53 degrees. My 3rd week (yesterday) was painful as hell that I even cried and screamed and only got into 58 degrees. I am so late and its supposed to be my 8th week now and should be at 90 degrees. Now, my Dr and PT said that they have to force to bent it to get to 70, 80, and 90 in just a week. I feel like I dont wanna do it anymore.

I had the same injury, from soccer too, I'm glad you get recovery, don't get afraid of playing soccer again, you can play with the brace and try not to get hard touch with someone, play light with care and always strentgh your quad muscles, BTW ski sport often lead to ACL injury so please take care too, cracking sound will disabear as me just strenth your quad muscle, subscibe to special trainer in the GYM for 3 to 6 months and I'm sure you will see the imporvements. Thank you for posting this help full video.

ur videos helped me a lot! i’m 3months in after my knee surgery

Megan, hii.. thank you so much for the update!! Well what a crazy thing knee surgery is, im almost 4 months post op and it has been the most frustrating time... As for me I've made peace with heaviness and neuropathic pain in my foot here and there( maybe due to common peroneal nerve pinching ) and making peace slowly with how my life will feel normal but there will be testing times! But yes thanks a ton for all your video's thats one of the reasons i haven't given up yet!🎀🫶🏻

Thank you Mehan....for Posting video... Im searching for ur video. I had surgery on may 29th 2024... Im in 7.5 month now... every month i saw ur video... its helps my recovery jouney.Ur videos are very useful ... Motivational... And guidance for me... I'm from India... I think ur small uncomfortness will reduce after 2 yrs...

They said my knee cap isn’t tracking right still and I’m post op year and a half also we went through this together lol been here from the beginning. Anyway my knee cap still isn’t tracking right and it hurts and pops going up or down stairs or squats. Anyway advice. I had another mri they said it’s still good

Hi Megan, I just wanted to say thank you for posting these videos. I had an acl reconstruction with my hamstring and also a meniscus repair 15 months ago and I came across your first video by chance and have follwed your recovery journey alongside mine. It has been so helpful to hear and see a real life perspective of the recovery process as it can often be a bit scary wondering if all the aches, twinges and noises are normal! 😳 So thank you for providing some reassurance during an uncertain time❤xx

Thanks so much for your update. It was good to hear.❤

Hi, When you ride a bike, do you feel pain at the end of the day?

At week 3 you want to be able to or close to doing a full leg raise and should be around 90 degrees if not you need do take PT more serious but don’t panic everybody heals differently and has different surgeries

Hey! Thank you for sharing your experience on your ACL reconstruction, LET and meniscus repair journey. I had just received the same surgery about a week ago and was just wondering if you had any troubles when you first tried doing straight leg raises? I cant seem to lift my leg up and not sure if it's because I had a nerve block or something cause my shin still feels tingly to touch. I could move my leg side to side and slightly bend my knee. So just wanted to know if you had a similar experience cause your procedure seemed closest to mine. Thank you!

I am afraid of the hoping lol.

Do you wear any type od brace when you exercise?

Thank you so much for sharing. You are right everyone journey is different

Hi meg, how are you? I'm 3 months 10 days post op and have a Rom 120-130°.. I want to ask did you do pt everyday? And what was your exercise schedule from 3 months onwards

I am so so happy to see you recover this way!

I feel a bit better after watching your video i’m currently 5 weeks post op ACL + Meniscus surgery and i’m stuck at around 60/65 degrees currently have no clue what graft was used or anything due to have my ‘6 weeks check up’ in the next two weeks so my 8th week

It's been about 40 days since my acl and meniscus repair surgery, and I had it in my other leg but not meniscus repair, what's really frustrating is avoiding weight bearing

I got have surgery on December 4th I have meniscus tear and my acl is sprain

Don’t lose hope, be patient, everyone heals differently. One of my incisions got infected because of one of the internal stitchings but on the other hand it’s only been 4 & half weeks since my surgery & I can already bend it to 115 degrees. Good luck and be patient!

hey, were you able to regain hyperextension?

Im at one month and a day now, been slow but I've been through it before in the 90s. Hope you're doing great now

This really gave a lot of hope. Thankyou so much for this. 7 weeks in so far and starting to feel a little normal now 💪🏼

Gosh...i am really questioning whether i want to go thru with this surgery. Your recovery has been so tough.

Wow. Six days post surgery and I was bending at 90 degrees. My tendon graft came from a cadaver. I am at day 17 now and I am bending my knee at 110 degrees. So it is starting to plateau now. Not worried. I had a torn ACL and torn meniscus.

Your videos are soooo helpful. Please keep posting, I’m about to have an ACL reconstruction surgery with meniscus repair as well using a quad graft! So very similar to your situation. Your videos are helping me so much to prepare for the post op journey. Please keep posting your progress, it helps sooo much for me to stay motivated.

You are incredible!! I admire how strong you are 💪

I’m about to go in the same exact procedure as you and I’m so scared 🥺 I’ll let you know how my process is.

I tore my ACL & MCL on August 6th and I just got my surgery on September 27th this is so frustrating the pain is not that bad I can give it a 5/10 so it’s just very uncomfortable to go to sleep with a brace on sometimes you wake up in the middle of the night and your knee would be throbbing but i’m ready to start my rehab 😣 who else is going through this keep your head up stay strong and positive ❤️

I just had mine done last Wed on the Sept 25 2024 an they gave me a walker an been walking on it since I came come bc they want me to walk on it

omg thanks for uploading this video because it’s really helping me mentally prepare for my meniscus and acl surgery in 2 weeks!

How is it can you come up with the new one please🙏🙏🙏

I am in week 7 and can bend my knee almost completely. Started theraband exercises

Hi, my situation was very similar to yours. now, 2 months and 10 days after surgery, I have about 80 degrees of flexion. I've been noticing a lot of improvements lately, as I've been stuck at 50 degrees of flexion for many weeks. I wanted to ask you if you had to resort to a second operation, like the one for knee adhesions. My recovery is so difficult because I was very still (60 days totally blocked) before the operation and because I suffer from bone edema and probably algodystrophy. Thanks and sorry if I got some words wrong but I'm using Google Translate 🤣

Hey megan! I hope you are doing well now. Excellent videos and appreciate all your efforts have made during the recovery period. I had also undergone acl and meniscus surgery, its my 4th week. I am close to 90 degree knee bending and I am walking now few steps without walker. Just cross finger moving forward everything will be going better. How are you feeling while walking now? Are you feeling the same as before?

I just recently had acl and mcl and meniscus reconstructed surgery my 4th week I was at a 105 degree bend and started walking again now I gotta get 120

I'm 5 weeks from my ACL surgery, and I'm 130 degrees. You're sure, right? Everyone is different. I was 95 degrees on the second week. My Doctor Mark Adickes MD recommended him 💯 .