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Originally Posted by Superman
... ACL reconstruction surgery is not for sissies. When NFL players get an early-season tear, their hope is they will be back the following season. If they work hard. You're no different.
I have not had this surgery but my (then) wife did. Healthy, energetic, athletic, and it took her probably 8-10 months before her legs were the same thickness. That was a long time ago, but the warning is the same.... .
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No experience with reconstruction, replacement, but I had my ACL removed (torn and atrophied after being in a cast with a broken tibia) from multiple basketball injuries years ago. I did an intensive 9 month PT/rehab (3 - two hour workouts per week) building up the muscles at a facility designed for professional sports teams....highly recommended. I'd previously had a PT whose equipment consisted of rubber tubbing and "passive" exercises...practically worthless for someone into sports imo, but damn she was hot
. Good luck!!!