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Lifting Boxes After Knee Surgery

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , 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 [...]

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“ACL Rehab is Butt Rehab”

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , 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 [...]

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10 Golden Rules of ACL Rehab

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , 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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Disappointing News from the Doctor

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on January 13, 2010 | 5 Comments »

This whole time that I have been rehabbing, I’ve had my sights set on making my big sports comeback on the ski slopes. When I tore my ACL last Jan., I did it one week before a ski trip to Whistler. (Ouch!) I had to sit on the bench for the that one. I even [...]

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ACL Happy Hour

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on August 12, 2009 | 21 Comments »

So I recently moved to a new city, San Francisco, where I don’t know a lot of people. That alone can be a little tough, but even worse when you are trying to find a new physical therapist and fellow ACL friends to share stories with each other. Lucky for me, my boyfriend’s cousin’s sister-in-law [...]

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A Different Kind of Excercise Bike

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , on August 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

For the past two months, all of my PT sessions have started out on the excercise bike. This has not only warmed up the muscles, but given me added confidence so when I’m outside of my PT’s watchful eye, I can actually complete these activities. The road to full-sports recovery may be long, but biking is just [...]

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Uphill Battle

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on July 27, 2009 | 4 Comments »

This past weekend I was in San Francisco. I’m actually moving there for work next weekend. When the work opportunity first presented itself, I was about one month post-op and still in a knee brace. I went to visit and couldn’t walk around because the hills in that city are just so impossible. Well, after [...]

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A “Little” Encouragement

Posted in ACL Surgery Recovery, tagged , , , on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Encouragement can come in many forms. The other day, I found it in a four-pound tiny weiner dog named “Sweet pea.” (For the record, at one month post-op, “yes knee can” lift four pounds with the reconstructed knee!) Her owner brought her into the office, and seeing a little puppy bounce off the cubicles reminded [...]

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Recent Famous Athletes w/ Torn ACLs

Posted in ACL Surgery News, tagged , on June 16, 2009 | 10 Comments »

I see my surgeon tomorrow for my 2nd post-op visit, so until I get my own ACL news, here’s some recent ACLs in the news: -”Growing New Knees”? Did you recently tear your ACL? There might be some new hope for you in this video from the local ABC affliate in New York -76er’s center, [...]

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How I Tore My ACL

Posted in ACL Tear, tagged , , , on May 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »

It all started (or ended) with a fall, a twist and a “pop!” I was playing on my co-ed rec. soccer team, an activity I did on a weekly basis. Just another game. Just another ball heading out-of-bounds that I chased. And another collision with another guy. I fell, skidded across scratchy turf, and hoped [...]

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