4 Years Post-ACL Surgery: Your Burning Questions Answered!

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It's officially been 4 years since my ACL surgery - so you know what that means...time for another ACL update!
This past year came with some big wins, but also some unexpected struggles - so I wanted to make sure to address some of those as honestly and authentically as possible - giving you guys the real deal on what this past year has been like.
Stay tuned for the last half of the video where I have a Q&A session, answering all of YOUR submitted questions about being 4 years post-op after ACL surgery.
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[@2345tag]

Congratulations Victoria. Great update. All your videos were very helpful for me just before and after my surgery. I had my ACL surgery and meniscus repaired in two places in December 2023. Till now I regained full extension full flexion but I have some weird symptom which is strange even for my physiotherapist. When I try to fully extend my leg from around 15-20 degrees to 0 degrees I can hear some pop and can feel that something is moving within the knee but in very minimal way. Very unpleasant feeling as it is happening almost every time and it is very uncomfortable during exercises like leg extension. Did anyone have similar symptoms?

[@QuyenNguyen-cp4eq]

Congrats

[@vasudharalla]

Wow! You are such an inspiration, Victoria! Thanks for sharing your journey.

[@reginalddecoteau6312]

Thank you for sharing and congratulations on being 4 years removed. Can you share a link to the return to sport brace you mentioned? Tks. God bless.

[@sagarpandya7865]

You are gem . Thank you for sharing

[@VictoriaDorsano]

Happy to help 🙏

[@courtneycamara779]

Congrats! About to undergo surgery hopefully soon! Can you like your pre-hab video? Having a lot of difficulty with straightening my injured leg! And want to strengthen it before surgery!

[@jesters1gamble201]

I'm in the same boat I torn my acl in a bicycle accident at the end of April and I think I start my pre therapy this coming week. I was told last week that I will under go surgery in 4 to 6 weeks.

[@romanwalczak7748]

Hi, I feel the same I torn my acl 18 months ago and I feel like I'm stock now I have more swelling than last year, and I don't understand why. I want to go see my surgery doc again to see maybe take MRI to see if anything is wrong on inside. I'm very frustrated now I can't play soccer as much as I wanted to, and I can't get my knee straight when walking a lot of days now. I feel I was better 12 months after surgery than now.

[@BELLSOFSTEEL]

Congratulations on 4 years! That’s a tough injury to have to deal with for sure.

[@VictoriaDorsano]

Thank you!!

[@hopper7547]

Thanks for your content. I'm ~one year post ACL and MCL allographs... I'm curious if at any point you've gone back for confirmatory MRI(s). Thanks.

[@DrSuperpump]

Hey it’s been 9 months since my Acl surgery. Almost everything is back to normal but the only thing that’s really bothering me is when i bear my full weight on the fully extended knee it hurts. Do you have any idea what this could be?

[@xheathermichelle]

Have you achieved some hyper extension back in your knee? I ask this because my non-op knee is def probably 5 or so degrees under 0, def has natural hyper extension. I am currently almost 6 weeks post op and I feel like the answer I keep receiving is I won’t ever get hyper extension back in my operative leg. I also had a bucket handle meniscus repair + ACLR, so I have to be careful going forward how I rehab this knee in recovery. I’m not even weight bearing just yet. But I do feel like unevenness poses a risk to my left leg. Thoughts?

[@medicineandbrazilianjiujit8511]

Excellent video, as always.
As always, you are employing all the high yield fundamentals for healing and maintenance.
May I humbly suggest some supplements and modalities that may possibly make a 1 to 5% difference in overall healing and recovery for your knee?
Peptides such as BPC 157 and TB 500.
Modalities such as orthopedic extracorporeal shockwave therapy, and extracorporeal magnetotransduction therapy.
Ortho biologics such as platelet rich plasma, and/or stem cells.
Just some possibilities, if your medical team agrees.
We are all thrilled that you are feeling better.
Thanks for posting. Always learn a lot.

[@getdestroyed1958]

What you are actually facing is the transition from being an athlete to just being athletic. It happens to everyone when they age out

[@ericmalitz]

Loss of athleticism is simply down to weakness or loss of mobility. Maintain the strength/mobility, and maintain the athleticism.
After an injury the average person has no idea what to do; the course is usually of avoidance, so of course they lose strength/mobility.
Now there’s ATG. As she says, she didn’t continue to prioritize it. It’s ultimately about measurable strengthening, but she kept falling back on “maintence.”