http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/ ACL Injury - Talk about your experiences with an ACL inury Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:45:21 GMT Gail http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/596 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/596 It will be 3 years since I had knee reconstruction surgery in March. I'm not an athlete but work out regularly and am now a yoga teacher. I have my own yoga Sun, 15 Feb 2009 22:44:56 GMT G T http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/595 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/595 I blew out 80 % of my ACL  and wanted it replaced as result, I was told by surgeon that he can not give me as good a knee with replacement ACL as the 20% I Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:39:28 GMT Jues Taekwon-Do - School e-mail http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/594 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/594 Hey Trisportx That's great that your PT went well. I was up in a short amount of time. I do Martial Art and I thought I could be back at full strength in 3 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:31:39 GMT trisportx http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/593 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/593 I had ACL surgery (hamstring graft) 10 wks ago and have a few questions. Rehab and recovery has gone really well for the most part. I'm a former professional Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:24:11 GMT Brian http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/592 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/592 Can anyone suggest a good knee surgeon in the SF bay area? I'm in need of ACL reconstruction and meniscus repair. Thank you Brian Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:24:05 GMT Brian http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/591 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/591 Can anyone suggest a good knee surgeon in the SF bay area? I'm in need of ACL reconstruction and meniscus repair. Thank you Brian Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:10:36 GMT craig.woodman http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/590 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/590 hello there im 10 days in , just had a acl revision to try and get back to football ive had hamstring took from my left side to use as my acl on my right. The Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:15:13 GMT Harvy Gadia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/589 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/589 i agree with the Bill and Gail. i think the more you delay PT training, the more chance of not getting your flexibility back. Just don't push too much hard to Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:33:51 GMT Bill Aston http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/588 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/588 My opinion is to get the flexibility back ASAP! Then "gradually" work back on the strength side. The insurance will only pay for PT for so long, and the Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:46:10 GMT Gail http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/587 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/587 Hi Brandon, I'm sorry but I have not heard of this theory. I had ACL & MCL reconstruction surgery 2 years ago, cadaver tissue. My Dr. is top surgeon at the Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:46:16 GMT Brandon Sirstins http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/586 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/586 Hi, On March 20th (10 days ago), I had reconstruction of my ACL via a hamstring graft. Of course, I, like most everyone, am very excited about getting back to Sun, 04 Jun 2006 02:19:58 GMT krs_62 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/584 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/584 I don't remember your first email and how much you are having done (I had just my ACL done, hamstring graft) but I was only off work for one week, on crutches Sat, 03 Jun 2006 11:14:44 GMT Angela Phillips http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/583 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/583 Thank you very much.....It really is a lot more complicated than my docter made it seem......He pretty much said they do the surgery, I go home that day - I Sat, 03 Jun 2006 11:11:25 GMT Angela Phillips http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/582 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/582 Wow...Thanks. The more people I hear from, the more scared I get! I guess it's just a little more to the recovery than I thought........Thanks for the Sat, 03 Jun 2006 04:27:22 GMT Harvy Gadia http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/581 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/aclinjury/message/581 i agree. i had vacation from work for more than a month after operation. the first 2 weeks was like im almost bedridden. 2nd-3rd month can be back to normal