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Message: [QUOTE="yz250-effer, post: 467742, member: 20448"] I still don't have an acl on the left after a severe injury a couple years ago and am riding on it ( with a brace, of course ) for a year and a half now. I am going the get the acl reconstructed tho, in the next year or so and have done a bit of research on it tho. The cadaver tendon is very popular these days. And it does require the down time from work ( depends on your work ), rehab, and just waiting for the tendon to turn from mush to something that actually stabilizes the knee. 6 months is what the Dr. says for that. BTW, I loved the passive motion machines so I guess that shows you how sick I am. I had to go through alot of rehab ( severed patellar, acl, and broken femur condials ) , so I know alot about that stuff. Pain pills are an effective tool, IMO, if you know you are in for hard session - but only one pill. The PT's don't care what your "normal" pain threshold is and most will go beyond it. Stretching through that scar tissue and immobility is going to be painful, but there is a difinite limit as to how much pain should be endured to get gains. Too forceful of a contraction is bound to do alot more damage to a freshly operated on knee than a forced stretch, but all of this is my humble opinion. Good luck ;) [/QUOTE]