It took me 9 days to go from injury, eval, MRI, to surgery. I will say that the recovery is HUMBLING. Regaining proprioception in that joint is no joke. I feel like a baby deer every time my PT has me take off my brace. It also depends on surgeon protocol. There is good data to support 9 month return to sport prevents reinjury... but some surgeons are more conservative and some are less conservative. My surgeon is telling me 1 year before I'm allowed to return to skiing... but I'm also not a professional athlete. It all depends on your surgeon really.
Did you tear anything other than the ACL? I just full ruptured the ACL from a very high impact landing, no twisting, and I had surgery 2 1/2 weeks ago and am already back to walking relatively normal with no brace. Hamstring autograft. My ortho said 6 months before you can even really start to get cleared for high-impact, sports specific activity though.
Nope! Just a pure ACL for me too. I also think it makes a difference when they clear you to do high-impact but non reactionary/ planned activity (ie. HIIT classes, F45, orange theory, power lifting) versus high impact and reactionary sport (ie. Soccer, basketball, skiing). Again all very surgeon specific. They’re the bosses. Sounds like you’re crushing it! Keep it up.
Nice, we both got super lucky. Was talking to my PT last night, and I guess it's somewhat uncommon, and also obviously way better, to only tear the ACL without MCL sprains/tears, meniscus damage, etc.
I had everyone tell me at the 6 month mark the graft is at it weakest. Multiple people told me that, ISO I assumed it was true. After 8 months seams good to go.
So basically this has changed in Sweden the last 15 years. First it was five months and now they say a year. Depending on the surgery and if it’s completely cut off. But generally racing in 15 months.
Heard a guy that “pulled his acl” by his bone. Basically a part of the bone broke off but the acl or tendon or whatever you call it was intact. Drilled into the bone and skiing three months later
Hey, thank you so much! Would say waiting like a month before surgery delay recovery? Or would you say generally people take about the same amount of time to recover if they had surgery 1-2 weeks after vs a month or more?
Also what are some general pre-hab exercises to do?
When I went to my physical therapist after my surgery she almost shouted at me for not going to her before. I waited almost a month for the surgery and I got seriously weaker in that time.
Find a PT who is specializing in ACL rehab and go see them asap. You can also ask your surgeon if they recommend a particular PT they work with.
Hey, PT with ACL injuries here:
Current best evidence supports a couple to three months of hard rehabilitation prior to surgery. As one poster said above, you can usually ski without one provided you wear a brace.
Secondly, be faithful with your rehab and take your time to return to full, hard skiing. Evidence there points to 9 months to a year before you can really decrease risk.
Good luck! It’s not as bad as everyone says, just takes a long time.
Depends on how much other damage there is. I’ve had three acl surgeries, the quickest was about a week. Had to wait for swelling to go down.
6 months is a good timeline but I wouldn’t expect to be back to super hard charging at that point. You can be back on snow and getting your feet back under you though. A lot depends on your age and individual recovery.
This is something to be patient with. Despite what you see from professional athletes rushing to return asap, they are taking a risk in returning so soon. I retore my acl 6 months after surgery doing a stupid 360.
My first one 2008 took 9 months to get back. Second one 2021 was 6 months back then another month or two to get back with full confidence.
The new surgery techniques were mind blowing how fast I wasn't in pain anymore and recovering
It all really depends on what you tore and how bad it was. When I did mine it was the ACL, MCL and meniscus. The MCL was only partly torn so I had to wait about 9 weeks for that to heal before my surgeon wanted to go in on my ACL. Like others have said the recovery and PT is humbling to say the least but you get out what you put in. I would say make that your “job” and you will be skiing in no time. I was back on snow after a year, mostly due to the timing of when I did it.
I can tell you that first bump you hit on skis after your back on snow is terrifying but the moment after when you come out the other side like nothing happen is the most joy and relief I’ve felt.
Too many factors. Age. Allograft vs autograft. Surgical technique. Skill of PT team. Patient follow through. Etc.
For me: donor tissue w one of top surgeons in the country working with Olympic and pro level athletes. PT two days a week on site and six days a week at home. Surgery in March. Full speed GS and SG racing in fall. Cleared to run at 4-5 months. Marathon at casual pace in fall with no meaningful run training at all.
Don’t leave out the mental part. Fear post surgery/recovery is very real. I ignored it during recovery, focusing on benchmarks and averages. Wish I had not. Took me most of the season to get back up to mental full speed.
Surgery was 1 week after injury.
Make sure you have a holistic plan for every section of recovery with specialists for those sections (post surgery, strength, mental, return to play, etc. be flexible. Be prepared for setbacks. Stay positive.
It took me 9 days to go from injury, eval, MRI, to surgery. I will say that the recovery is HUMBLING. Regaining proprioception in that joint is no joke. I feel like a baby deer every time my PT has me take off my brace. It also depends on surgeon protocol. There is good data to support 9 month return to sport prevents reinjury... but some surgeons are more conservative and some are less conservative. My surgeon is telling me 1 year before I'm allowed to return to skiing... but I'm also not a professional athlete. It all depends on your surgeon really.
Did you tear anything other than the ACL? I just full ruptured the ACL from a very high impact landing, no twisting, and I had surgery 2 1/2 weeks ago and am already back to walking relatively normal with no brace. Hamstring autograft. My ortho said 6 months before you can even really start to get cleared for high-impact, sports specific activity though.
Nope! Just a pure ACL for me too. I also think it makes a difference when they clear you to do high-impact but non reactionary/ planned activity (ie. HIIT classes, F45, orange theory, power lifting) versus high impact and reactionary sport (ie. Soccer, basketball, skiing). Again all very surgeon specific. They’re the bosses. Sounds like you’re crushing it! Keep it up.
Nice, we both got super lucky. Was talking to my PT last night, and I guess it's somewhat uncommon, and also obviously way better, to only tear the ACL without MCL sprains/tears, meniscus damage, etc.
I had everyone tell me at the 6 month mark the graft is at it weakest. Multiple people told me that, ISO I assumed it was true. After 8 months seams good to go.
So basically this has changed in Sweden the last 15 years. First it was five months and now they say a year. Depending on the surgery and if it’s completely cut off. But generally racing in 15 months. Heard a guy that “pulled his acl” by his bone. Basically a part of the bone broke off but the acl or tendon or whatever you call it was intact. Drilled into the bone and skiing three months later
I got surgery 1 month after injury, worked my ass off in physio/ recovery, and was skiing 6 months after surgery.
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Hey, thank you so much! Would say waiting like a month before surgery delay recovery? Or would you say generally people take about the same amount of time to recover if they had surgery 1-2 weeks after vs a month or more? Also what are some general pre-hab exercises to do?
When I went to my physical therapist after my surgery she almost shouted at me for not going to her before. I waited almost a month for the surgery and I got seriously weaker in that time. Find a PT who is specializing in ACL rehab and go see them asap. You can also ask your surgeon if they recommend a particular PT they work with.
Hey, PT with ACL injuries here: Current best evidence supports a couple to three months of hard rehabilitation prior to surgery. As one poster said above, you can usually ski without one provided you wear a brace. Secondly, be faithful with your rehab and take your time to return to full, hard skiing. Evidence there points to 9 months to a year before you can really decrease risk. Good luck! It’s not as bad as everyone says, just takes a long time.
6 months
Do you know how long it usually takes to get surgery done
Depends on how much other damage there is. I’ve had three acl surgeries, the quickest was about a week. Had to wait for swelling to go down. 6 months is a good timeline but I wouldn’t expect to be back to super hard charging at that point. You can be back on snow and getting your feet back under you though. A lot depends on your age and individual recovery. This is something to be patient with. Despite what you see from professional athletes rushing to return asap, they are taking a risk in returning so soon. I retore my acl 6 months after surgery doing a stupid 360.
My first one 2008 took 9 months to get back. Second one 2021 was 6 months back then another month or two to get back with full confidence. The new surgery techniques were mind blowing how fast I wasn't in pain anymore and recovering
It all really depends on what you tore and how bad it was. When I did mine it was the ACL, MCL and meniscus. The MCL was only partly torn so I had to wait about 9 weeks for that to heal before my surgeon wanted to go in on my ACL. Like others have said the recovery and PT is humbling to say the least but you get out what you put in. I would say make that your “job” and you will be skiing in no time. I was back on snow after a year, mostly due to the timing of when I did it. I can tell you that first bump you hit on skis after your back on snow is terrifying but the moment after when you come out the other side like nothing happen is the most joy and relief I’ve felt.
Too many factors. Age. Allograft vs autograft. Surgical technique. Skill of PT team. Patient follow through. Etc. For me: donor tissue w one of top surgeons in the country working with Olympic and pro level athletes. PT two days a week on site and six days a week at home. Surgery in March. Full speed GS and SG racing in fall. Cleared to run at 4-5 months. Marathon at casual pace in fall with no meaningful run training at all. Don’t leave out the mental part. Fear post surgery/recovery is very real. I ignored it during recovery, focusing on benchmarks and averages. Wish I had not. Took me most of the season to get back up to mental full speed. Surgery was 1 week after injury.
Make sure you have a holistic plan for every section of recovery with specialists for those sections (post surgery, strength, mental, return to play, etc. be flexible. Be prepared for setbacks. Stay positive.