I’ll be 5 weeks post op on Wednesday. Today’s PT was hard! Nice to have a community out here with parallel experiences. Keep up the hard work. We’ll get there! 💛
I’m on week 3 after surgery. Medial and lateral menisectomy with shaves on ACL and MCL as well as shave on tibia bone. I have discoid meniscus. My leg is finally at maybe 10 degree bend. Your journey has been a blessing to watch. Pray you’re doing better every day. My knee just does not want to bend and some days are way worse than others and some days are way better than others. I’m going to fight and try to make it bend more and more weekly.
I’m glad you’ve liked watching! Best of luck in your recovery! I’m just seeing good progress now and I’m about 11 weeks out so don’t get discouraged, sometimes it just takes time :) (and hard work!)
First off, congrats on the flexion progress. I am glad you are trying to work it out on your own before doing a 2nd surgery. I am 6 weeks post op from patellar bone graft acl surgery. This video was incredibly helpful and informative, and I really appreciate the comments as well. In the past 3 months I have searched SO many acl videos for tips and tricks and advice with no luck until now! Meg, your tips on the shower chair (a must!), CBD salve & heat pack (I am trying this for the 1st time as I type this) are brilliant. For carrying while crutching, I used a small backpack with slim straps. I will definitely try a wearable ice pack today instead of sitting and icing. From the comments, I loved the tip on the toilet riser, as that would have been a game changer right after surgery! One tip of mine for putting shoes on is a long handled shoe horn. Regarding the CPM machine and ice machine, I was given both for a knee surgery 10 years ago but my recent surgeon does not use them. I was in PT 2 days post-op to get my knee moving (a bit challenging) and no good icing solution. Ice packs do NOT penetrate the thick knee wraps like you said. The ice bottles are a fabulous tip for the ice machine! Wishing you more progress with your recovery and same to all of the fellow commenter's!
Thanks so much for your kind words! It's awesome to see everyone's tips after they've gone through this, I think it will help a lot of others down the road. Best of luck in the rest of your healing!
Glad to know that your flexion has improved! I am 6 weeks post OP (quad gradt) and recently went past 90° myself. I tried hydrotherapy today and I'll highly recommend it. I saw far better progress with flexion after the session. I've heard cycling speeds up the flexion improvement process. I'm still a few degrees short before I can start static cycling. I would like to hear about whats helping you boost your flexion.
Yes hydrotherapy has been great for me too! And I can finally do full rotations on the bike so I do that at physical therapy as well. I am constantly bending throughout the day and trying to hold it for 30 ish seconds at its absolute max (pushing thru some pain). Other than that, I try to heat it before bending to try to loosen it as much as possible and I use a CBD salve hoping it will help in that respect as well. Good luck with the rest of your recovery!!
For those who will be going through this a good tip is get a sitting scooter around the house. I used a knee scooter and made a sling for my leg. Best decision ever. Had a hand to carry things for myself. Nothing is easy but it sure made it a hell of a lot better and probably saved my other knee from all the pounding the crutches were doing.
Wish you are feeling all good now.. Best wishes. I am going through my rehab post my ACL and Meniscus surgery.. been a month now so far the progress has been okay except the lack of extension and slightly behind in bending
Thank you so much for making videos about your experience and sharing what you learned. Was it Victoria Dorsano that you got the apron tip from? Currently doing prehab ahead of surgery for ACL and meniscus, so probably discovering a lot of the same videos :)
@megmed2860 hiya, happy to hear that you have past 90 degree flexion, must be a huge relief. ive also noticed a feeling of what feels like scar tissue breaking up, so hopefully thats a sign of our knee finally freeing up. This bit of advice might be useful, ive been told by a PT that when i have my leg in extension to manipulate my knee-cap with my fingers and push it left to right, up and down, as the knee-cap can become rigid in its tracking motion after surgery, there are YT videos showing this. You seem a lot more relaxed in yourself in this video, the pressure to get to 90 degrees can just be such a burden so hopefully you feel at ease now. How is med school going?
Yes I agree, the kneecap mobilizations seem like a great thing to do so I’ve been adding those in as well! Yes it’s such a relief to get to 90 and hopefully the progress will continue. Med school is going well, thanks! Still chugging along :)
@@megmed2860 glad to hear med school is going well. Respect for being able to focus on recovery and med school 🙌 fingers crossed that you can push the recovery on further. All the best
@@megmed2860that's good to hear. That would be cool, look forward to seeing that. I'll give you an update on how I'm doing on your three month video. Keep pushing meg 🙂
3 to 4 week for me. ACL and meniscus repair. I can go only to 50 degree, By big force it can go to 60 degree, lets see what I can do this week its so painful bending it but I think by time it will go.
I feel your pain! I think that’s similar to where I was at week 4. Hang in there, I’ve seen steady progress in my knee since then and I hope you do too!
Heyy! I've been following your recovery journey and I feel for you. I'm going to have surgery tomorrow morning. I'm extremely anxious but also excited I finally got a date after 5 months of waiting. Did you have a ACL/meniscus protocol to follow?
Best of luck with your surgery and recovery! Yes the surgeon gave me a protocol that he wanted me to follow. If you aren’t given one, there are many online from reputable hospitals (but I think most surgeons have their own protocol they give to you)
Do you mind going over in more detail about your swelling ? Did you notice the entire knee as swollen or sometimes more on the side ? I had a meniscus repair and I notice more swelling on the side of the knee where the repair was done. Almost 2 weeks post op btw
Hi! Yes, happy to talk about this/show my swelling in the next update video but sounds like I had the same experience as you with the swelling. For the first several weeks after surgery my whole knee was pretty swollen, and now 2.5 months out, the side with the meniscus repair is still a bit swollen compared to the other side where the swelling has gone down a good amount!
Hello from California. I'm a student on the medical track at UC Davis. I just tore my acl and lcl and need to know if the surgery had any affect on your studying/testing. I am suppose to have surgery in the first week of my courses and do not want to set myself up for failure academically.
Hi! Sorry to hear about your injury :( I had the same concerns as you, because my surgery was also during my first week of classes. I would say the key was keeping an open line of communication with the faculty, letting them know when the surgery was/how long I expected to be out/keep them updated if recovery was taking longer than expected. I ended up missing a full week, and then was able to do the next couple weeks remotely from home (including remote exams which was very helpful). It was a little difficult to focus on studying at first, as the pain was pretty distracting and it was hard to find a good position to sit and study with my leg brace (and pain meds make it hard to focus). I also had a unique situation because our first week was a health equity focused one-week module, so I was able to make that week up during my first break from school. So, I think it depends on your curriculum, willingness of faculty to work with you, and whether you think you can juggle that make up work along side new course material when you're ready to return. With all that being said, I made it through and am glad I got the surgery over with/didn't push it off. Hope this helps!
I did have to go back to school about 3 weeks after surgery. It was hard because I still was non-weight bearing on crutches and I usually walk to school so that was a bit of a challenge! but I just made sure to have an extra chair to elevate my leg all day and contacted my professors (would contact your boss if you work a job) to make sure they knew the situation and that I might need some accommodations.
It was some of the worst pain I've felt because I had some troubles with my nerve block, so i would say close to a 9 for me but everyone has a different experience!
Yes! I forgot to mention that--the bottom of my foot (just before my toes) and my ankle were pretty painful when I first started walking, and my foot pain continued on for a few weeks. I ended up having some acupuncture on my foot which really helped the pain, and the PT did some sort of release on my ankle with a stretching band which helped that pain.
@@richard-op3ip I was laying on a couch for 4 ish days after surgery but could get to the restroom etc on crutches! I only started fully walking at 6 weeks once the doctor told me I could put some weight on my leg!
Hi, I hope you’re getting better day by day. 🫶🏻 I’ll be 2 weeks post ACL surgery this Thursday. I might have missed that part, but I was wondering, after how much time did you manage to walk without crutches?
Hi! Hope your recovery is going well :) I was not allowed to walk without crutches for 6 weeks after my surgery because of the meniscus repair that I had done, so I'm not an accurate representation for people who just have ACL repair! I think within a week or two most people can walk without crutches if you just had ACL reconstruction.
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at 6 weeks post acl meniscus surgery:) walked for the first time felt like heaven. keep pushin!
Right!! Best feeling ever! Wishing you luck in the rest of your healing :)
I keep waiting for your updates. Very happy to hear that your flexion is improving :)
Love and support always 🤍
48 days post ACL mensicus here 🙋🏻♂️
Thank you so much, your support is much appreciated! I hope you're doing well in your recovery too!
I’ll be 5 weeks post op on Wednesday. Today’s PT was hard! Nice to have a community out here with parallel experiences. Keep up the hard work. We’ll get there! 💛
Yes we will! You got this :)
I’m on week 3 after surgery. Medial and lateral menisectomy with shaves on ACL and MCL as well as shave on tibia bone. I have discoid meniscus. My leg is finally at maybe 10 degree bend. Your journey has been a blessing to watch. Pray you’re doing better every day. My knee just does not want to bend and some days are way worse than others and some days are way better than others. I’m going to fight and try to make it bend more and more weekly.
I’m glad you’ve liked watching! Best of luck in your recovery! I’m just seeing good progress now and I’m about 11 weeks out so don’t get discouraged, sometimes it just takes time :) (and hard work!)
First off, congrats on the flexion progress. I am glad you are trying to work it out on your own before doing a 2nd surgery. I am 6 weeks post op from patellar bone graft acl surgery. This video was incredibly helpful and informative, and I really appreciate the comments as well. In the past 3 months I have searched SO many acl videos for tips and tricks and advice with no luck until now! Meg, your tips on the shower chair (a must!), CBD salve & heat pack (I am trying this for the 1st time as I type this) are brilliant. For carrying while crutching, I used a small backpack with slim straps. I will definitely try a wearable ice pack today instead of sitting and icing. From the comments, I loved the tip on the toilet riser, as that would have been a game changer right after surgery! One tip of mine for putting shoes on is a long handled shoe horn. Regarding the CPM machine and ice machine, I was given both for a knee surgery 10 years ago but my recent surgeon does not use them. I was in PT 2 days post-op to get my knee moving (a bit challenging) and no good icing solution. Ice packs do NOT penetrate the thick knee wraps like you said. The ice bottles are a fabulous tip for the ice machine! Wishing you more progress with your recovery and same to all of the fellow commenter's!
Thanks so much for your kind words! It's awesome to see everyone's tips after they've gone through this, I think it will help a lot of others down the road. Best of luck in the rest of your healing!
Glad to know that your flexion has improved!
I am 6 weeks post OP (quad gradt) and recently went past 90° myself.
I tried hydrotherapy today and I'll highly recommend it. I saw far better progress with flexion after the session.
I've heard cycling speeds up the flexion improvement process. I'm still a few degrees short before I can start static cycling.
I would like to hear about whats helping you boost your flexion.
Yes hydrotherapy has been great for me too! And I can finally do full rotations on the bike so I do that at physical therapy as well. I am constantly bending throughout the day and trying to hold it for 30 ish seconds at its absolute max (pushing thru some pain). Other than that, I try to heat it before bending to try to loosen it as much as possible and I use a CBD salve hoping it will help in that respect as well. Good luck with the rest of your recovery!!
For those who will be going through this a good tip is get a sitting scooter around the house. I used a knee scooter and made a sling for my leg. Best decision ever. Had a hand to carry things for myself. Nothing is easy but it sure made it a hell of a lot better and probably saved my other knee from all the pounding the crutches were doing.
such a good idea!
I am 11 days out and can now bend my knee 90 degrees!
Wish you are feeling all good now.. Best wishes. I am going through my rehab post my ACL and Meniscus surgery.. been a month now so far the progress has been okay except the lack of extension and slightly behind in bending
Perfect knee ice pack for ACL/MCL/PLC Reconstruction. Thank you for sharing.🥰
Thank you so much for making videos about your experience and sharing what you learned. Was it Victoria Dorsano that you got the apron tip from? Currently doing prehab ahead of surgery for ACL and meniscus, so probably discovering a lot of the same videos :)
Yes I think it was her! She has some good videos about her experience as well. Best of luck with your prehab and surgery!
You are a true researcher! Nice going😅
5 inch toilet booster seat is a must. Getting up and down can be a nightmare without one!
So true! One of the most frustrating post-surgery inconveniences
@megmed2860 hiya, happy to hear that you have past 90 degree flexion, must be a huge relief. ive also noticed a feeling of what feels like scar tissue breaking up, so hopefully thats a sign of our knee finally freeing up. This bit of advice might be useful, ive been told by a PT that when i have my leg in extension to manipulate my knee-cap with my fingers and push it left to right, up and down, as the knee-cap can become rigid in its tracking motion after surgery, there are YT videos showing this.
You seem a lot more relaxed in yourself in this video, the pressure to get to 90 degrees can just be such a burden so hopefully you feel at ease now. How is med school going?
Yes I agree, the kneecap mobilizations seem like a great thing to do so I’ve been adding those in as well! Yes it’s such a relief to get to 90 and hopefully the progress will continue. Med school is going well, thanks! Still chugging along :)
@@megmed2860 glad to hear med school is going well. Respect for being able to focus on recovery and med school 🙌 fingers crossed that you can push the recovery on further. All the best
@megmed2860 Hiya, just thought I'd catch up to see how you are doing? Hope the recovery is going well.
Hi! Thanks for checking in, recovery is going well--still making some progress! I am planning to make a 3 month update very soon :) @@08davidlfc
@@megmed2860that's good to hear. That would be cool, look forward to seeing that. I'll give you an update on how I'm doing on your three month video. Keep pushing meg 🙂
3 to 4 week for me. ACL and meniscus repair. I can go only to 50 degree, By big force it can go to 60 degree, lets see what I can do this week its so painful bending it but I think by time it will go.
I feel your pain! I think that’s similar to where I was at week 4. Hang in there, I’ve seen steady progress in my knee since then and I hope you do too!
Heyy! I've been following your recovery journey and I feel for you. I'm going to have surgery tomorrow morning. I'm extremely anxious but also excited I finally got a date after 5 months of waiting.
Did you have a ACL/meniscus protocol to follow?
Best of luck with your surgery and recovery! Yes the surgeon gave me a protocol that he wanted me to follow. If you aren’t given one, there are many online from reputable hospitals (but I think most surgeons have their own protocol they give to you)
Do you mind going over in more detail about your swelling ? Did you notice the entire knee as swollen or sometimes more on the side ? I had a meniscus repair and I notice more swelling on the side of the knee where the repair was done. Almost 2 weeks post op btw
Hi! Yes, happy to talk about this/show my swelling in the next update video but sounds like I had the same experience as you with the swelling. For the first several weeks after surgery my whole knee was pretty swollen, and now 2.5 months out, the side with the meniscus repair is still a bit swollen compared to the other side where the swelling has gone down a good amount!
Hello from California. I'm a student on the medical track at UC Davis. I just tore my acl and lcl and need to know if the surgery had any affect on your studying/testing. I am suppose to have surgery in the first week of my courses and do not want to set myself up for failure academically.
Hi! Sorry to hear about your injury :( I had the same concerns as you, because my surgery was also during my first week of classes. I would say the key was keeping an open line of communication with the faculty, letting them know when the surgery was/how long I expected to be out/keep them updated if recovery was taking longer than expected. I ended up missing a full week, and then was able to do the next couple weeks remotely from home (including remote exams which was very helpful). It was a little difficult to focus on studying at first, as the pain was pretty distracting and it was hard to find a good position to sit and study with my leg brace (and pain meds make it hard to focus). I also had a unique situation because our first week was a health equity focused one-week module, so I was able to make that week up during my first break from school. So, I think it depends on your curriculum, willingness of faculty to work with you, and whether you think you can juggle that make up work along side new course material when you're ready to return. With all that being said, I made it through and am glad I got the surgery over with/didn't push it off. Hope this helps!
Did you have to go back to work any time soon after surgery? How did that work for you?
I did have to go back to school about 3 weeks after surgery. It was hard because I still was non-weight bearing on crutches and I usually walk to school so that was a bit of a challenge! but I just made sure to have an extra chair to elevate my leg all day and contacted my professors (would contact your boss if you work a job) to make sure they knew the situation and that I might need some accommodations.
@@megmed2860 that’s tough and dangerous going back to school with crutches and being around the crowd.
what was your pain on a scale of 1 to 10 in first week ?
It was some of the worst pain I've felt because I had some troubles with my nerve block, so i would say close to a 9 for me but everyone has a different experience!
Did you have a lot of pain in your heel and foot in general when you first started walking ?
Yes! I forgot to mention that--the bottom of my foot (just before my toes) and my ankle were pretty painful when I first started walking, and my foot pain continued on for a few weeks. I ended up having some acupuncture on my foot which really helped the pain, and the PT did some sort of release on my ankle with a stretching band which helped that pain.
@@megmed2860 thanks :) yeah i thought i had a bout of plantar fasciitis but it’s gotten better in a couple days 🤞🏽
good i'm glad that it improved! @@rt994
How many days u spend in bed before you start waking
@@richard-op3ip I was laying on a couch for 4 ish days after surgery but could get to the restroom etc on crutches! I only started fully walking at 6 weeks once the doctor told me I could put some weight on my leg!
Hi, I hope you’re getting better day by day. 🫶🏻 I’ll be 2 weeks post ACL surgery this Thursday. I might have missed that part, but I was wondering, after how much time did you manage to walk without crutches?
Hi! Hope your recovery is going well :) I was not allowed to walk without crutches for 6 weeks after my surgery because of the meniscus repair that I had done, so I'm not an accurate representation for people who just have ACL repair! I think within a week or two most people can walk without crutches if you just had ACL reconstruction.
Thanks so much! And also I wanted to say that your videos are very inspiring for me during this period! Good luck and fast recovery 🥰