Unbelievable! It’s hard to think that it’s been a full year since my knee surgeries. I’ve spent a few moments today re-reading some of my first posts. It’s was very humbling. Orginally I started this blog as an outlet to vent through the process. But what ended up happening was far more than I could [...]
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The Anniversary of My Surgery; The End of the Blog
Posted in Uncategorized on May 20, 2010 | 4 Comments »
11 Months Post-Op and Back to Being Invincible
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 11 Months Post-Op ACL Surgery on April 29, 2010 | 5 Comments »
So how many months post-op ACL surgery does it take to feel like your old sports-playing-high-flying-risk-taking-dive-for-anything self? In my case, 10-11 months. We all are different, but you will know when you are there. You won’t think twice about playing two soccer games in one night. You’ll become the one begging YOUR friends(who most likely [...]
NCAA Final Four ACL Report: WVU’s Da’Sean Butler
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Basketball ACL Injuries, Da'Sean Butler ACL Injury, Da'Sean Butler ACL Surgery, Da'Sean Butler Tearing His ACL, NCAA Final Four, West Virginia vs. Duke on April 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As this year’s NCAA men’s tournament wrapped up, many brackets were busted from the beginning and one superstar’s ACL, Da’Sean Butler’s, got busted at the very end–with only nine minutes left in the game to determine who would play for the national title. “… with just under nine minutes remaining in regulation, Butler drove the [...]
Lifting Boxes After Knee Surgery
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ACL Post-op, ACL rehab, Lifting after ACL Surgery, Moving After ACL Surgery, Proper Way to Lift Boxes on March 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I’m moving for the second time since I had my surgery. Not just moving apartments, but moving cities. I moved from Chicago to San Francisco at 3 months post-op and now am moving back to Chicago this weekend, 10 months post-op. Two pieces of advice for those who move post op: 1. Seek a reputable [...]
“ACL Rehab is Butt Rehab”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ACL rehab, ACL strengthening, Glut muscles, Gluteus, posture excercises, Strengthening the gluts on March 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The title quote belongs to my therapist. In PT we’ve been focusing intensely on strengthening the gluts–never gets old. It’s all about getting the butt in shape so it will pull your body into better alignment and prevent further injury. The butt is easier than you think to whip into shape, at least for the [...]
“Tips for Saving Your Knees”
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ACL Tips, Knee Injury Prevention, Save Your Knee, Tips for saving your knees on March 4, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Recently while leaving a PT appointment, I found one of their general business cards for their office, the San Francisco Sport and Spine Physical Therapy. It struck me because it was very clever and filled with great tips, but it also struck me because I just complied my “10 Golden Rules of ACL Rehab Therapy.” [...]
Torn ACL w/ Displaced Tibia
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ACL Tear, Displaced Tibia, Moguls, Torn ACL while Skiing, Torn ACL with Broken Tibia on February 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Help out a fellow reader! Please comment if you have any experience with this ACL subject matter. Jaime, who recently commented on the ACL Happy Hour post, wrote: “I am a ski patroller in the East and was skiing moguls and made a cut turn and heard the biggest POP you could imagine. My ACL [...]
10 Golden Rules of ACL Rehab
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ACL recovery process, ACL rehab, Advice for ACL surgery, Rules for ACL Rehab, step-by-step ACL rehab on February 17, 2010 | 10 Comments »
I’m almost nine months post-op to the day. Over the months–the pre-op, op and post-op altogether–I’ve gained valuable fro insight from my blog readers, fellow ACL survivors, my surgeon, physical therapists, co-workers and perfect strangers who noticed my brace, crutches or limp and were kind enough to share their words of advice. So I’ve managed [...]
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