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No crutches and no real idea what else they did as I was pretty groggy, I even forgot when to take of the dressings etc so had to have a re-read of all the info.
I expect they trimmed the cartliage which was also damaged and I have a follow up appointment in clinic an 6 weeks so will find out more then I guess.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Wow. I was sent home with crutches, not least it was drilled in to me about not letting myself develop a limp.
Whens first physio session and hopefully you were giveb first set of exercises?
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Due an NHS appointment shortly but one of my wifes clients is a rehab specialist so I'm going to see him, been told not to start excercise for a few weeks.
Got the dressing off this morning, definate hamstring graft and 13 staples to tie me back together.
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| homers double wrote: |
Due an NHS appointment shortly but one of my wifes clients is a rehab specialist so I'm going to see him, been told not to start excercise for a few weeks.
Got the dressing off this morning, definate hamstring graft and 13 staples to tie me back together. |
Initial exercises were simple ankle pumps, straighten leg as best I could tensing the quad, straight leg raises and bending and straightening within the range I could comfortably manage. If memory serves. Ah think another was putting rolled up towel under my ankle and straightening leg but that could have been added a week or 2 after operation
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| NickyJ wrote: |
| homers double wrote: |
Due an NHS appointment shortly but one of my wifes clients is a rehab specialist so I'm going to see him, been told not to start excercise for a few weeks.
Got the dressing off this morning, definate hamstring graft and 13 staples to tie me back together. |
Initial exercises were simple ankle pumps, straighten leg as best I could tensing the quad, straight leg raises and bending and straightening within the range I could comfortably manage. If memory serves. Ah think another was putting rolled up towel under my ankle and straightening leg but that could have been added a week or 2 after operation |
Although that op was many yeads ago now, but recall similar ones to be done post op for my other knee surgeries since.
Top tip do same with both legs. It was a little embarrassing when at physio they asked me to show them particular excersise on the operated leg, then asked on the other leg to find in a particular way that muscle was weaker!!!
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@NickyJ, my operated leg seems a bit stronger too 
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| under a new name wrote: |
| @NickyJ, my operated leg seems a bit stronger too |
It is sooo easy to put all that effort into rehabilitation of the operated leg! I still now do weight excersises in the gym (leg press and hamstring curl) on each leg individually to make sure I am not accidentally favouring one of them.
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@NickyJ, indeed. Over the last few weeks I've been working on (and my physio monitoring) equality of strength.
The new leg, conversely, still isn't quite as flexy.
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A small update as I'm almost two weeks post op.
Looking at what bruising I have and what our physio man has said it's a definite hamstring graft and after bit of youtubing I now know why I'm so bruised. Google "Tendon Harvester" and you'll also see why. They basically cut an incision into the knee area and shove a foot long steel rod up the inside of the thigh to strip out the graft which is around 8-10 inches long.
I can weight bear without issue, can get 90 degrees of flex in the knee and am in hardly any pain in the knee.
The skin around my ankle feels as if it's been burnt or tickled with a stinging nettle, again speaking to the physio this is quite normal due a nerve in the front of the leg being damaged but will stop eventually. Elevating the leg seems to relieve this.
He's given me some grade 1 exercise to do which start this afternoon when I finish work.
The wounds are healing nicely with no bleeding or redness, all looking good for the staples to be removed on Monday (2 weeks post op).
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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So, objective achieved, did some skiing Friday and Saturday and this morning the redoubtable Janie at the Clinique du Sport in Chamonix -who has done a sterling job - said I didn't need to visit any more.
Almost no pain, knee felt super solid (no favouring of "good" leg) and off to Italy on Wednesday for a few days of immaculately pisted slopes. 
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You know it makes sense.
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@under a new name, brilliant
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@under a new name, fantastic news. Well done! 
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Poster: A snowHead
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@under a new name, nice one! Be careful on those pistes - very dangerous!!!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| under a new name wrote: |
So, objective achieved, did some skiing Friday and Saturday and this morning the redoubtable Janie at the Clinique du Sport in Chamonix -who has done a sterling job - said I didn't need to visit any more.
Almost no pain, knee felt super solid (no favouring of "good" leg) and off to Italy on Wednesday for a few days of immaculately pisted slopes. |
Hard work worth it. Well done lad.
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Excellent news @under a new name, I'm still getting some swelling and lower leg pain. The wound from the largest incision has almost healed with the exception of one stubborn centimeter. Saw the district nurse yesterday who gave me some Aquacel to help it along.
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@homers double, not going to go on about the French system but I saw the nurse everyday for 2 weeks! But good, that sounds just fine 
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So... where are we?
I've skied maybe 6 times but it's the holidays so mostly fairly short sessions punctuated by lunch, etc.
The knee seems pretty solid, but I seem to have fallen into using it to bolster the excuse of , it's too busy to be fun, the traffic thru town, etc.,
I think I need to give myself a good hard shake.
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Hi, I'm a new member of the ruptured ACL Society, having done the damage on the harmless-looking red Glacier piste in Tignes, just over a month ago (lovely sunny afternoon, no queues on cable car - it was such a good idea). Got home, had MRI to confirm ruptured ACL and sprained MCL and am now starting out on the physio (apparently I'm not a candidate for surgery). Anyway, apologies for the setting-the-scene preamble, my question is this - why does it seem to be much harder to do the knee-flexing exercises lying down flat on the floor than sitting upright on a chair? If this has been covered somewhere on this forum, please point me in that direction. Thanks.
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So several months on I've seen the colnsultant who signed off my left knee. I've asked for (and had a week ago) an MRI on my right knee as as may have mentioned earlier that I think I did "something" to it at the time of the accident.
Physio has diagnosed patella tendonitis and nothing more however whilst under the consultant we both agreed it best to be scanned so I don't have to go back to the start.
Running is now pain free, I managed a 7 mile mixed surface event in June, cycling is great, swimming is also coming along. I have a sprint tri at the end of september which I'm now starting to look forward to.
Skiing has also been mentioned for the week before Christmas but unsure of that due to wifeys work load.
Onwards and upwards!
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Tendonitis seems to have gone now after a few months in the gym with some specific exercises.
MRI on the right knee came back with very slight signs of artritis (I'm 47 so nothing unexpected) and a small loose particle in the back of the knee which is nothing to worry about. All ligaments etc are fully intact and I'm 100% signed off.
Sprint tri done and dusted with no pain other than the usual achey legs after that sort of event.
Gym is currently 3 times a week to build up to skiing most likey 1st week in Feb 2025.
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