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Little Miss Lucky

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on March 17, 2010 | 8 Comments »

Happy St. Pat’s day to all from “Little Miss Lucky”–that’s me moments after my surgery. Thanks to massive pain killers and nerve blocks, I don’t really remember most of it. I remember waking up to graham crackers and ginger ale and the nurse directing me to eat the crackers. I just wanted to fall back [...]

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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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Ready to Run

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , on December 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Leaving the office and heading off to the gym for my first post-op jog! It feels good just saying that. I’m limited to five minutes. And will let you all know how I feel after that. Slow and steady wins the race. I imagine I will be as just like this girl, Corkthedork33, on her 1st [...]

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Get in Shape for Ski Season Part 2

Posted in ACL Excercises, tagged , , , on December 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Here is the next video in the series. Be sure to stretch, stretch, stretch! I can feel myself getting stronger by the day and can not wait to hit the slopes. One more month! (Note: some of these excercises in the video are for advanced skiers. You know where you are in your progress, so [...]

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Get in Shape for Ski Season in 3 Weeks

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on December 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Any ACL rehabber knows it takes a little more than three weeks to prepare for something. But, here’s a series of videos I found on youtube to help prep me even more for the slopes. I head to Tahoe in about a month. This programs claims to prep you in three weeks.

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Making Strides–6 months post-op

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on December 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Today I realized that after sitting at my desk for long periods of time, I can comfortably get up and walk like it’s no problem. Prior to now, every time I would get up, I would feel like my leg was “stuck” and I would have to walk it out before it would straight. Walking [...]

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Athletes: Recently Torn ACLs

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on December 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Maybe I’ve just never noticed it before, but it seems like every week some NFL or college footballer is tearing their ACLs. There’s even more injuries when you throw in women’s soccer, basketball, UFC and more. Be safe out there! I don’t wish the intensive recovery process and life-changing injury on anyone! Perhaps you can [...]

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How to increase quad and hamstring muscle?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , on October 1, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Hey everyone! Let’s pool together our collective knee wisdom and help a fellow reader out. He recently commented in the “All About Knee” section, and I wanted to bring it to the forefront to get your opinions. Here’s his comment: I had patellar graft on June 19th from my left knee and i am back [...]

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What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve been back from New Zealand for a week now, but then I jetted off to exotic Iowa for a few days. That said, I have to apologize for the lack of blog activity. For the record, New Zealand is an amazing and inspiring place. (It was well worth pushing myself through extra PT for.) [...]

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Sports for ACL Recovery: Rollersoccer?

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , on August 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Yesterday, I made a quick run to Walgreen’s and ran into this guy … … at first, I was startled. I couldn’t believe his hair do, so I had to ask him about it. Turns out, Jack, with www.rollersoccer.com tattooed on the back of his head, is the owner creator of the Rollersoccer Federation International. [...]

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